Global Health: Science and Practice

The journal is published by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Knowledge SUCCESS Project. The journal's editorial team is comprised of experts in global health, including Editor-in-Chief Stephen Hodgins, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Abdulmumin Saad, and Associate Editors from various institutions. The journal's September 2021 issue, Volume 9, Number 3, features a range of articles on various global health topics. In the editorial section, Madeleine Short Fabic argues that the global health field should move beyond the distinction between research relevant to low- and middle-income countries and research relevant to high-income countries. Julia Bluestone, Jim Ricca, Denise Traicoff, and Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu propose a shift away from traditional health care worker training approaches. The commentary section includes an article by Janica Adams and colleagues, who examine the low COVID-19 mortality burden in sub-Saharan Africa and attribute it to the region's demographic age structure. Santhanalakshmi Gengiah and colleagues describe a quality improvement intervention to inform the scale-up of integrated HIV-TB services in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Dorothy Peprah and colleagues discuss the challenges of disseminating research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses in Sierra Leone, highlighting the need for an operational framework that considers the social and political context. In the viewpoint section, Daniel Josef Lindegger and colleagues discuss the application of the Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons (NOTSS) framework to improve the quality of surgical care in global efforts to improve access to affordable surgery. They draw lessons from the implementation of NOTSS in Rwanda. The original articles section features two articles on immunization training for health care workers in Ghana. Denise Traicoff and colleagues describe the development of a training of trainers program using adult learning best practices. Dieula Delissaint Tchoualeu and colleagues evaluate the impact of immunization second-year-of-life training interventions on health care workers in Ghana, highlighting the effectiveness of performance-based training interventions that follow adult learning principles. The journal's articles cover a range of topics, including multisectoral policies and programming, quality improvement interventions, and the dissemination of research findings on emerging zoonotic viruses. The articles demonstrate the journal's commitment to publishing evidence-based information on global health programs and its focus on improving health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries.