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Biomaterials as vectors for the delivery of CRISPR–Cas9
The emergence of the CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing system has generated considerable hope and excitement in the field of gene therapy and the larger scientific community. Recently, biomaterials have become an attractive option ... -
Co-opetition in Service Clusters with Waiting-Area Entertainment
Problem Definition: Unoccupied waiting feels longer than it actually is. Service providers operationalize this psychological principle by offering entertainment options in waiting areas. A service cluster with a common ... -
Salesforce Contracting under Uncertain Demand and Supply: Double Moral Hazard and Optimality of Smooth Contracts
We consider the compensation design problem of a firm that hires a salesperson to exert effort to increase demand. We assume both demand and supply to be uncertain, with sales being the smaller of demand and supply, and ... -
Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”
Community health workers (CHWs) are frequently put forward as a remedy for lack of health system capacity, including challenges associated with health service coverage and with low community engagement in the health system, ... -
Polio Eradication and Health Systems in Karachi: Vaccine Refusals in Context
Community and health worker engagement will be key to polio eradication in Karachi, Pakistan. In this study, the authors conducted participant observation, interviews, and a document review in SITE Town, Karachi, an area ... -
A Women’s Development Army: Narratives of Community Health Worker Investment and Empowerment in Rural Ethiopia
Creating community health worker jobs in the public sector is a prominent goal in the global health-development industry. According to industry leaders, Ethiopia’s government has created community health worker jobs at a ... -
Pakistan's lady health worker labor movement and the moral economy of heroism
In December 2012, militants began targeted attacks on workers going door to door in Pakistan delivering polio vaccine, including members of a community health worker cadre called Lady Health Workers (LHWs). Over the ... -
Using community health workers:
In this article, we use semi-structured interviews and documents produced by Ethiopian government officials and international health donors to examine two key features of the nation’s CHW program: (1) the process and ... -
The Impact of Polio Eradication on Routine Immunization and Primary Health Care: A Mixed-Methods Study
Background.After 2 decades of focused efforts to eradicate polio, the impact of eradication activities on health systems continues to be controversial. This study evaluated the impact of polio eradication activities on ... -
Why We Must Provide Better Support for Pakistan's Female Frontline Health Workers
Summary Points As the Global Polio Eradication Initiative deploys its endgame strategy, the commitment and effectiveness of field health workers in polio-endemic countries is critical. Ongoing attacks on Lady ... -
“We Can't Give Up Now”: Global Health Optimism and Polio Eradication in Pakistan
The Polio Eradication Initiative, the largest coordinated public health project in history, is currently facing serious difficulties. For years, it has tried and failed to eliminate polio from its last strongholds in ... -
Healthcare Operations Management: A Snapshot of Emerging Research
A new generation of healthcare operations management (HOM) scholars is studying timely healthcare topics (e.g., organization design, design of delivery, and organ transplantation) using contemporary methodolog- ical tools ...
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