Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health activity report for 2005.

District Health Officer Perceptions of PEPFAR’s Influence on the Health System in Uganda, 2005-2011

Background Vertically oriented global health initiatives (GHIs) addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), have successfully contributed to reducing HIV/AIDS related morbidity and mortality. However, there is still debate about whether these disease-specific programs have improved or harmed health systems overall, especially with respect...

Association of Methylmalonic Acidemia and Erythema Nodosum

Performance-Based Financing Empowers Health Workers Delivering Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV Services and Decreases Desire to Leave in Mozambique

Background Despite increased access to treatment and reduced incidence, vertical transmission of HIV continues to pose a risk to maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. Performance-based financing (PBF) directed at healthcare providers has shown potential to improve quantity and quality of maternal and child health services. However, the ways in which these PBF initiatives lead to impr...

ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS In Utero Exposure to Background Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Cognitive Functioning among School-age Children

1 Chemical Exposures and Molecular Biology Branch, Office of Program Development, Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC. 2 Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Develo...

1019Bipolaris Surgical Site Infections among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients —Texas, Arkansas, and Florida, 2008–2013

Patients —Texas, Arkansas, and Florida, 2008–2013 Anne Purfield, PhD; Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH; Kaitlin Benedict, MPH; Shawn Lockhart, PhD; Cau Pham, PhD; Ulzii Luvsansharav, MD, PhD; Wendy Chung, MD, MSPH; Emily Hall, MPH; Jordan Peart; Neil Pascoe RN, BSN; Gary Heseltine, MD, MPH; Charlotte Wheeler, RN; Karen Brust, MD; Sharon Holmes, MPH; Prinu Gabriel, MS; Justin Groves, MPH; Craig Gil...