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Leadership practices and maternal and child health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) remain a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where preventable mortality …
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Stakeholder identification and prioritization of barriers to One Health implementation in Ghana’s zoonotic disease surveillance and response system: a sequential mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: One Health approaches are vital for zoonotic disease control, yet its effective implementation requires fundamental health system reforms for …
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Health-seeking amid conflict and climate stress: how climate disaster shapes maternal and child healthcare behavior in fragile and conflict-affected settings
BACKGROUND: Floods can have significant adverse health consequences, placing an additional burden on healthcare systems and altering healthcare-seeking behavior. However, …
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Examining the emergence and implementation experience of Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) in Kenya: a qualitative process evaluation
BACKGROUND: Kenya has identified Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) as a key reform to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) delivery …
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Streamlining care through patient navigation: a retrospective cohort study of timely anti-HER2 therapy in early breast cancer in a low-middle income country
BACKGROUND: Timely initiation of therapy is critical for patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer, especially in low- and middle-income countries …
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Understanding the cost of pharmacy-delivered HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis service delivery in Kenya: findings from pilot studies
BACKGROUND: Private pharmacies are a primary access point for health services in many African countries. Leveraging private-sector pharmacies to deliver …
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Development and testing of the IMPRESS hospital management survey (IHMS) to measure hospital management practices in a low-income country setting
BACKGROUND: Strong hospital management has long been recognised by policymakers and the public as important for hospital performance, yet it …
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Midwives workload in the context of free maternal healthcare: a cross-sectional study based on the Workload Indicators of Staffing Needs (WISN) method in primary healthcare facilities in Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has introduced free maternal halthcare to reduce direct payments made by households. This …
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Understanding the relational culture of healthcare workplaces: a framework to guide improvement interventions, derived from a realist evaluation of neonatal care in Kenya
BACKGROUND: The implementation, design, and process of healthcare interventions and quality improvement initiatives often neglect the social and relational components …
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Uptake of community-based integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Zimbabwe: the CHIEDZA study
INTRODUCTION: Limited engagement with health services contributes to the poorer HIV care outcomes observed in young people. We conducted a …
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Enhancing maternal and newborn outcomes in Ghana: a comprehensive randomized controlled trial evaluation of obstetric triage effectiveness and midwives training
BACKGROUND: Ghana has made progress in maternal and newborn health, but significant challenges remain, with maternal mortality at 263 per …
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“I think it is quite naive to think everybody’s goal is that”: how Zambian sexual violence stakeholder perspectives complicate global health roadmaps to ‘decolonization’
BACKGROUND: The global health and development field is embracing calls to decolonize, producing 'roadmaps' to decolonial practices. These calls are …
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A cost-effectiveness analysis of novel stool processing methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis in children under 5 years of age in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Stool-based molecular assays for childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis have shown promise as an alternative to respiratory sample testing. While …
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding tetanus: a case of healthcare workers in the emergency and intensive care departments of a regional hospital in the northern region of Morocco
BACKGROUND: Tetanus is a potentially fatal, vaccine-preventable infection caused by Clostridium tetani. Healthcare workers play a crucial role in preventing …
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Acceptability of home-based HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among users and providers in the West region of Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization's 90-70-90 goal aims to eliminate cervical cancer (CC) as a public health issue, with a …
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Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in a primary care subdistrict in Cederberg, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Climate change poses a significant threat to global health, risking decades of progress in public health gains and threatening …
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A qualitative evaluation of stakeholder perspectives on the implementation of HIV services within adolescent and youth-friendly services for the youth in Nampula, Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Despite the well-documented challenges affecting HIV treatment for adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAHIV) in low- and …
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Understanding the maternal sepsis patient journey in Malawi: “I called for help, but they showed no interest in helping me”
BACKGROUND: In Malawi, there is a limited understanding of the personal experiences of women who have survived severe maternal infections …
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Decentralization of hepatitis B care in sub-Saharan Africa: study protocol for a prospective cohort assessing three models of care in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Improving treatment uptake among people with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection who live outside urban centres is crucial to …
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Improving healthcare quality in Sudan: situation and factors influencing healthcare professionals’ engagement
BACKGROUND: Quality improvement (QI) projects depend on the active involvement of healthcare professionals. However, their engagement remains suboptimal, specially in …