Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is very high in Africa. However, information
obtained from the increasing number of African studies on IPV among pregnant women has not …

By comparing Somali narratives of emotion and suffering with literature about emotion in
relation to trauma and “the refugee experience,” this paper contributes to the understanding of …

Background HIV status disclosure is a central strategy in HIV prevention and treatment but
in high prevalence settings women test disproportionately and most often during pregnancy. …

Background Yobe State has faced severe disruption of its health service as a result of the Boko
Haram insurgency. A systems dynamics analysis was conducted to identify key pathways …

Intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Zimbabwe: a cross‐sectional study of prevalence,
predictors and associations with HIV - Shamu - 2013 - Tropical Medicine & International …

Introduction Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common form of violence experienced by
pregnant women and is believed to have adverse mental health effects postnatally. This study …

This commentary discusses the contributions that One Health (OH) principles can make in
improving the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We highlight four areas where the …

Background In remote rural Tanzania, the rate of linkage into HIV care was estimated at 28%
in 2014. This study explored facilitators and barriers to linkage to HIV care at individual/…

Background The global scale-up of Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
services is credited for a 52% worldwide decline in new HIV infections among children between …

This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10
papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as …