International Health: Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025

15 May 2025

Highlights in the latest International Health include a cross-sectional study of point-of-care lactate testing in integrated community care management (ICCM) for children with acute respiratory illness in rural Uganda; an assessment of the prevalence of trachoma in the Adamaoua regions of Cameroon; and an economic modelling analysis evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the Cy-Tb skin test for latent tuberculosis infection in India. 

It also includes an assessment of the quality of life and associated factors among primary caregivers of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

Review Articles

Guidelines for the transfer of people living with HIV attending primary healthcare facilities in South Africa: a scoping review
Jasantha Odayar, Tamsin K Phillips, Claudine Hennessey, Landon Myer
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 237–244, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae057

Admission and outcomes of COVID-19 among chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases patients in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
Guesh Mebrahtom, Abrha Hailay, Woldu Aberhe, Kidane Zereabruk, Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Degena Bahrey Tadesse
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 245–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae062

Original Articles

Attitudes towards wife-beating justification and its association with female genital mutilation – analysis of ever-married Somali women in the 2020 Somali Health and Demographic Survey
Abdirahman Saeed Mohamed, Espen Bjertness, Aung Soe Htet, Win Thuzar Aye, Ahmed Ali Madar
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 251–258, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae047

Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of Cy-Tb for LTBI in India: a comprehensive economic modelling analysis
Malaisamy Muniyandi, Karikalan Nagarajan, Kavi Mathiyazhagan, Kirti Tyagi, Kavitha Rajsekar, Chandrasekaran Padmapriyadarsini
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 259–269, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae048

Quality of life and associated factors among primary caregivers of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders attending public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Jerman Dereje, Abenet Kassaye, Abiy Mulugeta , Girmaw Medfu, Shegaye Shumet, Tilahun Kassew
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 270–281, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae055

Provincial distribution and factors associated with high completed fertility among married and cohabiting women aged 40–49 years in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study
Augustus Osborne, Alhaji Mustapha Abu, Hassan S Rogers, Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 282–291, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae058

Sputum culture conversion and its predictors among drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis patients in eastern Ethiopia
Mulugeta Gamachu , Alemayehu Deressa , Lemma Demissei Regassa , Miesso Bayu , Ibsa Mussa , Fekede Asefa Kumsa , Tariku Dingeta
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 292–303, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae059

Training in the symptothermal method to ameliorate unmet need for family planning: knowledge, attitudes and satisfaction
Catherine E Igben-Pender, Peter Omemo, Gideon Ng'wena
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 304–312, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae063

Supporting multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB treatment adherence in people with harmful use of alcohol through person-centred care
Rebecca E Harrison, Volha Shyleika, Raman Vishneuski, Olga Leonovich, Dmitri Vetushko, Alena Skrahina, Htay Thet Mar, Ekaterine Garsevanidze, Christian Falkenstein, Öznur Sayakci, Antonio Isidro Carrion Martin, Cecilio Tan, Norman Sitali, Kerri Viney, Knut Lonnroth, Beverley Stringer, Cono Ariti, Animesh Sinha
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 313–323, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae066

Experiences and needs of persons who have undergone limb amputation in Saki West, Oyo State, Nigeria
Elizabeth Oluwamayowa Oloruntola, Chioma J Eze, Gloria O Alao, Mercy Opateye, Oluwaseun T Gbadebo, Precious E Akinbote, Ruth D Adesina, Oluwadamilare Akingbade
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 324–333, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae068

Pregnant women and healthcare workers’ perceptions on tuberculosis and screening: a cross-sectional study in Indonesia
Dzerlina Syanaiscara Rahari, Detty Siti Nurdiati, Jarir At Thobari, Suyanto Suyanto, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 334–341, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae069

Health insurance in rural Tanzania promotes self-care for among patients with non-communicable diseases via their disease management behaviours
Ayano Miyashita, Keiko Nakamura, Stephen M Kibusi, Eugene Benjamin Meshi, Anderson Bendera, Hideko Sato, Saber Al-Sobaihi, Yuri Tashiro, Kaushik L Ramaiya, Bruno F Sunguya, Kaoruko Seino
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 342–350, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae070

Assessing the prevalence of trachoma in the East, North, Far North and Adamaoua regions of Cameroon, 2016–2022 
Emilienne Epee, Carine Fokam Tagne, Ana Bakhtiari, Sarah Boyd, Rebecca Willis, Anna J Harte, Cristina Jimenez, Clara Burgert-Brucker, Whitney Goldman, Amir B Kello, Stephanie Palmer, Patricia Houck, Steven Reid, Emily Toubali, Yaobi Zhang, Daniel A Cohn, Fatou Gueye, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Ismael Teta, Emma M Harding-Esch, Anthony W Solomon, Sidi M Coulibaly, Jean Claude Noah Noah, Georges Nko'ayissi, Alain Georges Etoundi Mballa, André Omgbwa Eballé, Assumpta Bella
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 351–365, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae071

Self-reported prevalence of tuberculosis: unveiling spatial representation in the districts of Tamil Nadu
Malaisamy Muniyandi, Kavi Mathiyazhagan, Nagarajan Karikalan
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 366–376, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae072

A cross-sectional study of point-of-care lactate testing in integrated community care management (ICCM) for children with acute respiratory illness in rural uganda
Michael Matte, Natsumi Koyama, Dana Giandomenico, Emmanuel Baguma, Georget Kibaba, Moses Ntaro, Raquel Reyes, Edgar M Mulogo, Ross M Boyce, Emily J Ciccone
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 377–384, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae075

Short Communication

Using disruptive innovation to design endoscopic ligators for resource-challenged health settings
Jack T Gardner, Vincent Dusabejambo, Steve P Bensen
International Health, Volume 17, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 385–387, https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae067