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Using Implementation Science to Improve Health and Well-being Around the World
Implementation scientists at the University of Washington are working to improve health and well-being in more than forty countries around the world. Click on any purple country on the map to view published research in that national context.
Below, you can explore our archive by geographic context to see examples of implementation science around the world, across sectors, and from a range of journals. Open access articles are marked with the ✪ symbol.
Afghanistan
Argentina
November 22, 2018
The Pediatric Guideline Adherence and Outcomes (PEGASUS) programme in severe traumatic brain injury: A single-centre hybrid implementation and effectiveness study
Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
Bangladesh
November 6, 2020
✪ How to evaluate the implementation of complex health programmes in low-income settings: the approach of the Gavi Full Country Evaluations
Health Policy and Planning
Benin
July 19, 2021
✪ Structural readiness to implement community-wide mass drug administration programs for soil-transmitted helminth elimination: results from a three-country hybrid study
Implementation Science Communications
Botswana
Brazil
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Cambodia
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
Cameroon
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
Chile
China
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
Colombia
Côte d’Ivoire
September 2, 2016
Health facility factors and quality of services to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, and Mozambique
International Journal of STD & AIDS
Ecuador
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Egypt
November 6, 2020
✪ Identifying pathways for large-scale implementation of a school-based mental health programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A theory-driven approach
Health Policy and Planning
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Ethiopia
April 25, 2018
✪ An evaluation of a common elements treatment approach for youth in Somali refugee camps
Global Mental Health
Ghana
March 19, 2020
✪ A targeted systematic review of cost analyses for implementation of simulation-based education in healthcare
SAGE Open Medicine
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
Guatemala
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
India
July 19, 2021
✪ Structural readiness to implement community-wide mass drug administration programs for soil-transmitted helminth elimination: results from a three-country hybrid study
Implementation Science Communications
Iran
November 6, 2020
✪ Identifying pathways for large-scale implementation of a school-based mental health programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A theory-driven approach
Health Policy and Planning
Jordan
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Kenya
November 12, 2024
✪ Acceptability of single-dose HPV vaccination schedule among health-care professionals in Kenya: a mixed-methods study
JNCI Monographs
July 5, 2024
✪ Providing HIV-assisted partner services to partners of partners in western Kenya: an implementation science study
Journal of the International AIDS Society
November 17, 2023
✪ An implementation strategy package (video education, HIV self-testing, and co-location) improves PrEP implementation for pregnant women in antenatal care clinics in western Kenya
Frontiers in Reproductive Health
September 26, 2023
✪ Higher rates of mental health screening of adolescents recorded after provider training using simulated patients in a Kenyan HIV clinic: results of a pilot study
Frontiers in Public Health
Kuwait
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Lebanon
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Liberia
Malawi
July 19, 2021
✪ Structural readiness to implement community-wide mass drug administration programs for soil-transmitted helminth elimination: results from a three-country hybrid study
Implementation Science Communications
April 20, 2021
✪ Prevention of cervical cancer through two HPV-based screen-and-treat implementation models in Malawi: Protocol for a cluster randomized feasibility trial
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Mexico
October 16, 2018
✪ Results-based aid with lasting effects: Sustainability in the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative
Globalization and Health
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Mozambique
July 24, 2023
✪ Assessing drivers of implementing “Scaling-up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach” for Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission in Mozambique (SAIA-SCALE) over implementation waves
Implementation Science Communication
September 15, 2022
✪ Applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to Identify Implementation Determinants for the Integrated District Evidence-to-Action Program, Mozambique
Global Health: Science and Practice
Nepal
June 17, 2020
✪ Community-based postpartum contraceptive counseling in rural Nepal: a mixed-methods evaluation
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
January 17, 2020
✪ Measuring fidelity, feasibility, costs: an implementation evaluation of a cluster-controlled trial of group antenatal care in rural Nepal
Reproductive Health
October 22, 2019
✪ The power of peers: an effectiveness evaluation of a cluster-controlled trial of group antenatal care in rural Nepal
Reproductive Health
Nigeria
Pakistan
November 6, 2020
✪ Identifying pathways for large-scale implementation of a school-based mental health programme in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A theory-driven approach
Health Policy and Planning
April 4, 2019
Use of the Fogg Behavior Model to Assess the Impact of a Social Marketing Campaign on Condom Use in Pakistan
Journal of Health Communication
Panama
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Peru
February 3, 2020
Validation of a counseling guide for adherence to antiretroviral therapy using implementation science
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
November 1, 2018
Key considerations prior to nasal high flow deployment in a Peruvian PICU from providers’ perspectives
Acta Paediatrica
Philippines
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Romania
Rwanda
December 20, 2019
✪ Adapting and Operationalizing the RE-AIM Framework for Implementation Science in Environmental Health: Clean Fuel Cooking Programs in Low Resource Countries
Frontiers in Public Health
December 21, 2017
✪ Data-driven quality improvement in low-and middle-income country health systems: lessons from seven years of implementation experience across Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia
BMC Health Services Research
December 21, 2017
✪ Health system strengthening: a qualitative evaluation of implementation experience and lessons learned across five African countries
BMC Health Services Research
Saudi Arabia
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Sierra Leone
Somalia
January 6, 2024
✪ Integrating HPV self-collect into primary care to address cervical cancer screening disparities
Preventative Medicine Reports
April 25, 2018
✪ An evaluation of a common elements treatment approach for youth in Somali refugee camps
Global Mental Health
South Africa
July 5, 2024
✪ Integrating a mental health intervention into PrEP services for South African young women: a human-centered implementation research approach to intervention development
Journal of the International AIDS Society
April 16, 2024
✪ Systems analysis and improvement approach to optimize tuberculosis (SAIA-TB) screening, treatment, and prevention in South Africa: a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
Implementation Science Communication
November 13, 2023
✪ Strengthening integrated depression services within routine primary health care using the RE-AIM framework in South Africa
PLOS Global Public Health
Spain
Sudan
June 17, 2021
✪ Perceived consequences of healthcare service decentralization on access, affordability and quality of care in Khartoum locality, Sudan
BMC Health Services Research
Sweden
February 13, 2024
✪ Fidelity-consistency and deliberateness of modifications in parenting programs
Implementation Science Communications
Switzerland
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Tanzania
June 1, 2022
Realist evaluation in times of decolonising global health
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management
Thailand
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
Uganda
January 28, 2022
✪ A pragmatic approach to identifying implementation barriers and facilitators for a novel pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery model at public facilities in urban Uganda
Implementation Science Communications
November 6, 2020
✪ How to evaluate the implementation of complex health programmes in low-income settings: the approach of the Gavi Full Country Evaluations
Health Policy and Planning
November 2, 2020
✪ Unintended uses, meanings, and consequences: HIV self-testing among female sex workers in urban Uganda
AIDS Care
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
September 7, 2018
✪ Novel public–private partnerships to address the double burden of malnutrition
Nutrition Reviews
United Kingdom
United States
September 16, 2024
✪ A research agenda to advance the study of implementation mechanisms
Implementation Science Communications
September 5, 2024
✪ Changing hearts and minds: theorizing how, when, and under what conditions three social influence implementation strategies work
Frontiers in Health Services
August 14, 2024
✪ Are we being equitable enough? Lessons learned from sites lost in an implementation trial
Implementation Research and Practice
July 15, 2024
✪ Implementing evidence-based practices to improve primary care for high-risk patients: study protocol for the VA high-RIsk VETerans (RIVET) type III effectiveness-implementation trial
Implementation Science Communications
Zambia
November 6, 2020
✪ How to evaluate the implementation of complex health programmes in low-income settings: the approach of the Gavi Full Country Evaluations
Health Policy and Planning
March 19, 2020
✪ A targeted systematic review of cost analyses for implementation of simulation-based education in healthcare
SAGE Open Medicine
Zimbabwe
July 24, 2019
✪ Supply chain management and accessibility to point-of-care testing in resource-limited settings: a systematic scoping review
BMC Health Services Research