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The health and well-being of populations around the world rely on well-trained public health practitioners and scholars who can meet today’s increasingly complex challenges. Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) prepares students with a comprehensive curriculum that incorporates specialized study and practical field experience. Eight academic departments offer educational and research training in biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology; health law, bioethics and human rights; health policy and management, international health, and maternal and child health, as well as social and behavioral sciences. Flexible full- and part-time programs of study allow students to work while pursuing their master’s, doctor of public health, specialized academic master’s, or doctor of science degrees. In addition to certificate programs, BUSPH provides dual degree options in cooperation with other graduate schools within Boston University.
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Preferences for services in a patient’s first six months on antiretroviral therapy for HIV in South Africa and Zambia (PREFER): research protocol for a prospective observational cohort study
BACKGROUND: For patients on HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the highest risk for loss from care consistently remains the first six months after antiretroviral (ART) initiation, when patients are not yet eligible ... -
MAHMAZ maternity waiting home: setup cost dataset
These datasets detail 1) the setup costs expended to set up 10 maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia and 2) the monthly occupancy of the maternity waiting homes. The former includes the date of purchase, cost category, ... -
Dataset: Observational study of the clinical performance of a Public-Private Partnership national referral hospital network in Lesotho: Do improvements last over time?
Public-private partnerships (PPP) may increase healthcare quality but lack longitudinal evidence for success. The Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) in Lesotho is one of Africa's first healthcare PPPs. We compare ... -
Mission hospital responses to challenges and implications for their future role in India’s health system
BACKGROUND: India’s health system is currently experiencing rapid change. Achieving India’s aspirations for improved population health and universal health coverage will require the contribution of all health providers; ... -
Simplified clinical algorithm for identifying patints eligible for immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV (SLATE): protocol for a randomised evaluation
(Boston University, 2017-05)INTRODUCTION: African countries are rapidly adopting guidelines to offer antiretroviral therapy (ART) to all HIV-infected individuals, regardless of CD4 count. For this policy of 'treat all' to succeed, millions of new ... -
Dataset for "Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: A qualitative study of women’s perceptions after implementation of an improved Maternity Waiting Homes intervention"
Objectives: Women in sub-Saharan Africa face well-documented barriers to facility-based deliveries. An improved maternity waiting homes (MWH) model was implemented in rural Zambia to bring pregnant women closer to facilities ... -
Whole genome sequences of a male and female supercentenarian, ages greater than 114 years
(2011)Supercentenarians (age 110+ years old) generally delay or escape age-related diseases and disability well beyond the age of 100 and this exceptional survival is likely to be influenced by a genetic predisposition that ... -
Design of the WHIP-PD study: a phase II, twelve-month, dual-site, randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of a cognitive-behavioral approach for promoting enhanced walking activity using mobile health technology in people with Parkinson-disease
(2020-04-20)BACKGROUND: Parkinson disease (PD) is a debilitating and chronic neurodegenerative disease resulting in ambulation difficulties. Natural walking activity often declines early in disease progression despite the relative ... -
Neuroimaging markers for studying Gulf-War illness: single-subject level analytical method based on machine learning
(2020-11-20)Gulf War illness (GWI) refers to the multitude of chronic health symptoms, spanning from fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and neurological complaints to respiratory, gastrointestinal, and dermatologic symptoms experienced ... -
Components of clean delivery kits and newborn mortality in the Zambia Chlorhexidine Application Trial (ZamCAT): an observational study
(2021)BACKGROUND: Infection, a leading cause of neonatal death in low- and middle-income countries, is often caused by pathogens acquired during childbirth. Clean delivery kits (CDKs) have shown efficacy in reducing infection-related ...
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