Objective. This paper seeks to review the available evidence to determine whether a
systems approach is employed in the implementation and evaluation of task shifting for …

Despite an increasing demand for mental health services in sub-Saharan Africa, few
professionals are available to meet these needs. In the last few decades, task shifting using …

Importance Depression and anxiety are common mental disorders globally but are rarely
recognized or treated in low-income settings. Task-shifting of mental health care to lay …

Integration of services into primary health care for people with common mental disorders is
considered a key strategy to improve access to mental health care in low-income and middle …

Using a pilot trial design in an HIV care clinic in Zimbabwe, we randomised 32 adults with
poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy and at least mild depression to either six sessions of …

Introduction Adolescents living with HIV have poor treatment outcomes, including lower
rates of viral suppression, than other age groups. Emerging evidence suggests a connection …

Importance Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
are the leading causes of mortality in low-and middle-income countries. Previous studies …

Background Rates of homelessness have been increasing in recent years, thereby
necessitating a more direct approach to treating this complex social problem. Homeless …

Background Task-sharing is a promising strategy to expand mental healthcare in low-
resource settings, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Research on how …

There is a paucity of evidence regarding interventions that can improve the mental health of
adversity-affected young adolescents living in low-resource settings. We evaluated the …