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Women empowerment indices and utilization of health facilities during childbirth: evidence from the 2019 Sierra Leone demographic health survey
BACKGROUND: Women empowerment is recognized as a potential enabling factor to the utilization of health facilities during childbirth. However, the …
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Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness
BACKGROUND: In high-resource settings, structured diabetes self-management education is associated with improved outcomes but the evidence from low-resource settings is …
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Organizational commitment and associated factors among health professionals working in public hospitals of southwestern Oromia, Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: Organizational commitment refers to the extent to which employees identify with and are involved with a given organization. It …
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Health care providers’ perceptions of using misoprostol in the treatment of incomplete abortion in Malawi
BACKGROUND: In Malawi, abortion is only legal to save a pregnant woman's life. Treatment for complications after unsafe abortions has …
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Health services utilization and associated factors among fee waiver beneficiaries’ in Dessie city administration, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design
BACKGROUND: The fee waiver system is one of the components of the 2004 health care financing reform in Ethiopia. It …
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Assessing public–private procurement practices for medical commodities in Dar Es Salaam: a situation analysis
BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, the Medical Stores Department is the principal pharmaceutical provider to public health facilities throughout the country. However, …
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The cost of implementing the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach for a cluster randomized trial integrating HIV testing into family planning services in Mombasa County, Kenya
BACKGROUND: Although HIV testing in family planning (FP) clinics is a promising approach for engaging women in HIV treatment and …
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Effects of computerized decision support on maternal and neonatal health-worker performance in the context of combined implementation with performance-based incentivisation in Upper East Region, Ghana: a qualitative study of professional perspectives
BACKGROUND: Computerized decision support systems (CDSS) and performance-based incentives (PBIs) can improve health-worker performance. However, there is minimal evidence on …
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Effect of wealth inequality on child and infant mortality in Togo
At birth, individual has a health capital that depends on family, environmental and personal characteristics which depreciates over time requiring …
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Enablers and inhibitors of community participation in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services programme: a qualitative study in the Builsa North Municipality
BACKGROUND: Community participation is essential for the successful implementation of primary health care programmes across the globe, including sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Economic hardship among principal family caregivers of cancer patients at Khartoum oncology hospital 2020: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The impact of cancer extends beyond patients and consumes their families. Family members are widely recognized as informal caregivers. …
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare access and utilisation in South Sudan: a cross-sectional mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on communities in fragile and conflict-affected settings may be severe due to reduced …
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Improving the effectiveness of Field Epidemiology Training Programs: characteristics that facilitated effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda
BACKGROUND: The global need for well-trained field epidemiologists has been underscored in the last decade in multiple pandemics, the most …
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A collaborative care package for depression comorbid with chronic physical conditions in South Africa
INTRODUCTION: A task-sharing collaborative care model for integrated depression care for South Africa's burgeoning primary health care population with chronic …
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Short and longer-term impacts of health insurance on catastrophic health expenditures in Kwara State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Out- of-pocket health expenditures (OOPs) constitute a significant proportion of total health expenditures in many low- and middle-income countries …
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Mandatory health insurance and health care utilization in Togo
BACKGROUND: Despite the implementation of a mandatory health insurance (MHI) scheme in Togo since 2011, its coverage rate remains low, …
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Profiling of antimicrobial dispensing practices in accredited drug dispensing outlets in Tanzania: a mixed-method cross-sectional study focusing on pediatric patients
BACKGROUND: The emergency of antimicrobial resistance due to irrational antimicrobial use has put public health under threat. Accredited Drug Dispensing …
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Attributes development for a discrete choice experiment on preferences in sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: A major component of the validity of the discrete choice experiment (DCE) research design lies in the correct specification …
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Knowledge and skills of pre-eclampsia management among healthcare providers working in antenatal clinics in Zanzibar
BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are the leading causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early detection and treatment of preeclampsia …
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Assessment of community pharmacy professionals’ willingness, involvement, beliefs, and barriers to offer health promotion services: a cross-sectional study
INTRODUCTION: The role of community pharmacy professionals has been expanded to patient care and health promotion service globally. However, in …