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Management of chronic conditions in resource limited settings: multi stakeholders’ perception and experiences with receiving and providing integrated HIV, diabetes and hypertension services in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) alongside the continuing high burden of HIV poses a serious challenge to …
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Correction: Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study
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Early infant diagnosis of HIV infection: a mixed-method study of uptake and challenges at primary health centers in Lagos State, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: Nigeria has a low uptake of early infant diagnosis (EID) of HIV despite its high pediatric HIV infection rate. …
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Assessment of magnitude and associated factors of attitude towards time management among health professionals working in public hospitals of Dessie City, Northeast Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Good attitude towards to time management is the backbone to bring a change at individual and organizational levels in …
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Learning from implementation of a COVID case management desk guide and training: a pilot study in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: When the COVID pandemic hit the world, there was need for applied guides and training materials to support frontline …
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Health, wealth, and medical expenditures among the elderly in rural Tanzania: experiences from Nzega and Igunga districts
BACKGROUND: The per capita health expenditure (HE) and share of gross domestic product (GDP) spending on elderly healthcare are expected …
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Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is a global public health problem. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a substantial …
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Optimizing HIV case identification: investigating client characteristics predictive of HIV positivity from provider-initiated testing (PITC) in central Kenya
BACKGROUND: Routine program data indicates positivity rates under 2% from HIV testing services (HTS) at sites supported by Centre for …
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Scale up of anaesthesia services in underserved rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Because of critical shortage of physician anaesthesiologists, the government of Tanzania adopted a task shifting strategy for provision of …
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The role of social accountability in changing service users’ values, attitudes, and interactions with the health services: a pre-post study
This study evaluated the effects of community engagement through social accountability on service users' values, attitudes and interactions. We conducted …
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Patterns of presentation of adults with hearing impairment in a peri-urban community in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: There is a wealth of research, globally, on the help-seeking behavior patterns of individuals with a variety of chronic …
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Medium-to-long term sustainability of a health systems intervention to improve service readiness and quality of non-communicable disease (NCD) patient care and experience at primary care settings in Uganda
BACKGROUND: With the double burden of rising chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and persistent infectious diseases facing sub-Saharan Africa, integrated health …
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing advanced HIV disease screening at a secondary referral hospital -Malawi: a convergent parallel study
BACKGROUND: Malawi continues to register HIV/AIDS mortality despite increased expansion of ART services and as well as advanced HIV screening …
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Evaluation of treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization and cost of illness for sickle cell disease in Ghana: a private medical insurance claims database study
BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for nearly 75% of the …
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Investigating sedentariness and health status of primary school teachers in Ghana
Abstract Objective Physical inactivity is linked to chronic illnesses and disabilities among workers, especially those in high demanding jobs like …
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Assessment of immunization data management practices in Cameroon: unveiling potential barriers to immunization data quality
BACKGROUND: One crucial obstacle to attaining universal immunization coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa is the paucity of timely and high-quality data. …
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Protocol: identifying policy, system, and environment change interventions to enhance availability of blood for transfusion in Kenya, a mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: Safe blood is essential for the care of patients with life-threatening anemia and hemorrhage. Low blood donation rates, inefficient …
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Nurses’ knowledge on nosocomial infections preventive measures and its associated factors in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Nosocomial infections (NCIs) have been associated with several adverse outcomes including extended hospitalization, persistent disability, heightened antimicrobial resistance, amplified …
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Factors affecting patient satisfaction at a plastic surgery outpatient department at a tertiary centre in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The main purpose of a medical facility is to improve the welfare of patients, and user satisfaction is one …
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Facilitators and barriers to optimal home blood pressure management in patients with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in a tertiary care facility in Abuja, Nigeria: a qualitative research study
BACKGROUND: Nigeria has one of the highest burdens of maternal deaths globally, and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are the …