Thirty years since the discovery of HIV, the HIV pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa accounts for
more than two thirds of the world's HIV infections. Southern Africa remains the region most …

Social marketing is a commonly used strategy in global health. Social marketing
programmes may sell subsidized products through commercial sector outlets, distribute …

Crisis Communications: A Casebook Approach presents case studies of organizational,
corporate, and individual crises, and analyzes the communication responses to these …

Background Mass media is critical in disseminating public health information, improving
health knowledge and changing health behaviours. However, most of the mass media …

Translating research evidence to reduce health disparities has emerged as a global priority.
The 2008 World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health recently …

Background Most couples affected by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa live in discordant
relationships. Men are thought to be the index case in most relationships, and most social …

In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the private sector—including international
donors, non-governmental organizations, for-profit providers and traditional healers—plays …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between condom social marketing programmes
and condom use. METHODS: Standard systematic review and meta-analysis methods were …

Objective Teenage pregnancies and childbirths are associated with negative health
outcomes. Access to health information enables adolescents to make appropriate decisions …

Background A policy for couple HIV counseling and testing was introduced in 2006 in
Uganda, urging pregnant women and their spouses to be HIV tested together during …