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In this issue
- Literature Reviews & Evidence Digests
Systematic Review vs. Meta-Analysis: Why the Distinction Matters When Reading Evidence
A systematic review and a meta-analysis are not the same thing. Here is what each one actually does, and how to read the certainty behind them.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - PPE for High-Consequence Pathogens
Face Shield or Goggles: The Eye-Protection Question in High-Consequence PPE
Why guidance for Ebola and Marburg PPE ensembles shifted toward face shields over goggles, and what that means for procurement teams.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Vaccination Campaign Logistics
Vaccine Wastage Rate: What It Reveals About Campaign Logistics
Wastage rate is not a compliance number — it is the clearest signal of whether a mass immunization campaign’s planning and delivery actually worked.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs)
Reading a Positive HIV Rapid Test: Why WHO Requires Three, Not One
A single reactive HIV rapid test is never a diagnosis. Here is how WHO’s three-test strategy and window periods shape the result.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Fever & Vital-Signs Screening
The 60-Second Count: Why Shortcuts in Respiratory Rate Screening Miss Tachypnea
Why full-minute respiratory rate counts still outperform shortcut methods for catching tachypnea at the outbreak triage line.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Literature Reviews & Evidence Digests
The Missing-Studies Problem: How Trial Registries Guard Against Publication Bias
Why unregistered, unpublished trials distort global health evidence, and how WHO ICTRP, ClinicalTrials.gov, and PRISMA close the gap.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Task-Shifting & Workforce
Supportive Supervision: The Overlooked Variable in Task-Shifting Success
Task-shifting redistributes clinical work to community health workers, but evidence shows outcomes hinge on how — or whether — they are supervised.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Supply Chain & Procurement
Quantification: How Global Health Programs Forecast Medicine Needs Before They Run Out
Why quantification, the forecasting step behind PEPFAR and Global Fund procurement, still leaves essential medicines short in low-resource clinics.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Vaccination Campaign Logistics
Microplanning: How Immunization Teams Turn a District Map Into a Coverage Target
Before a single dose is given, campaign teams build a district-level microplan: population estimates, catchment maps, staffing ratios, and tally sheets.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Portable Field Microscopy
Microscope Fungus in the Field: The Humidity Threshold That Protects Diagnostic Optics
Fungal growth, not drop damage, is the quiet threat to field microscopes in humid climates and the humidity threshold that prevents it.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Outbreak Field Kits & Procurement
Shelf-Life Rules for Outbreak Kits: Why the Shortest Expiry Date Sets the Whole Kit’s Clock
Outbreak kit procurement runs on a hidden rule: one short-dated item sets the usable life of the entire kit. Here’s how teams manage it.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read - Defibrillation & Emergency Devices
AED Maintenance: Why the Monthly Check Still Matters in the Self-Test Era
Automated self-tests do not catch everything an AED needs. Here is what a proper maintenance routine actually verifies, and why it matters.
IHJ Editorial Board16 August 20265 min read