Introduction: Capacity-building interventions for health extension workers (HEWs) are key to providing quality health services to the community. Since Ethiopia's Health Extension Program was established, several types of capacity-building interventions have been developed to build HEW competencies. However, no comprehensive study has mapped the types of capacity-building interventions being used or the competencies targeted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The proliferation of false and misleading health claims poses a major threat to public health. This ongoing "infodemic" has prompted numerous organizations to develop tools and approaches to manage the spread of falsehoods and communicate more effectively in an environment of mistrust and misleading information. However, these tools and approaches have not been systematically characterized, limiting their utility.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAllogeneic hematopoietic transplantation is a powerful treatment for hematologic malignancies. Posttransplant immune incompetence exposes patients to disease relapse and infections. We previously demonstrated that donor alloreactive natural killer (NK) cells ablate recipient hematopoietic targets, including leukemia.
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