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Investigating the knowledge, perception, and practice of healthcare practitioners toward rational use of compounded medications and its contribution to antimicrobial resistance: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Pharmaceutical compounding ensures access of individuals with specific requirements to individualized therapy. However, there is an inconsistency of compounded …
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Factors associated with health insurance enrolment among Ghanaian children under the five years: analysis of secondary data from a national survey
BACKGROUND: Health insurance enrolment provides financial access to health care and reduces the risk of catastrophic healthcare expenditure. Therefore, the …
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Applying the WHO-ICRC BEC course to train emergency and inpatient healthcare workers in Sierra Leone early in the COVID-19 outbreak
BACKGROUND: Treating critical illness in resource-limited settings during disease outbreaks is feasible and can save lives. Lack of trained healthcare …
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“My condition is my secret”: perspectives of HIV positive female sex workers on differentiated service delivery models in Kampala Uganda
BACKGROUND: Differentiated service delivery (DSD) models for female sex workers (FSWs) continue to be scaled up with the goal of …
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Health care providers’ understanding of self-management support for people with chronic low back pain in Ethiopia: an interpretive description
BACKGROUND: Healthcare providers play a key role in supporting people with chronic low back pain to self-manage their condition. The …
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Impact of accreditation on health care services performance in Kiryandongo district, Uganda: a longitudinal study
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the need for quality laboratory services worldwide. There is renewed focus to strengthen country …
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Expressions of actor power in implementation: a qualitative case study of a health service intervention in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Implementation frameworks and theories acknowledge the role of power as a factor in the adoption (or not) of interventions …
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The impact of Ethiopian community-based health extension program on diarrheal diseases among under-five children and factors associated with diarrheal diseases in the rural community of Kalu district, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The health extension program is a community-based health care delivery program with eighteen defined packages. The main aim of …
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Implications of national tax policy on local pharmaceutical production in a southwestern state nigeria – qualitative research for the intersection of national pharmaceutical policy on health systems development
BACKGROUND: Universal access to quality and affordable medicines is one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Access …
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Implementation of a campus-based and peer-delivered HIV self-testing intervention to improve the uptake of HIV testing services among university students in Zimbabwe: the SAYS initiative
BACKGROUND: The uptake of HIV testing services among adolescents and young adults in Zimbabwe is low due to stigma associated …
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Developing a patient-centered community-based model for management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
BACKGROUND: The advent of all-oral regimens for the management of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) makes the implementation of community-based directly …
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Using Andersen’s model of health care utilization to assess factors associated with COVID-19 testing among adults in nine low-and middle-income countries: an online survey
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate, using Andersen's model of health care utilization, factors associated with COVID-19 testing among adults …
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“It was difficult to offer same day results”: evaluation of community-based point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections among youth using the GeneXpert platform in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) may improve diagnosis and treatment of STIs in low- and middle-income counties. …
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A scoping review examining the integration of exercise services in clinical oncology settings
BACKGROUND: Addressing questions surrounding the feasibility of embedding exercise service units in clinical oncology settings is imperative for developing a …
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Health system responsiveness and associated factors among outpatients in primary health care facilities in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Health system responsiveness is defined as the outcome of designing health facility relationships so that they are familiar and …
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Health insurance coverage and timely antenatal care attendance in sub-Saharan Africa
INTRODUCTION: Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare remain a significant health financing challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), preventing women from using maternal …
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Patients’ pathways to cancer care in Tanzania: documenting and addressing social inequalities in reaching a cancer diagnosis
BACKGROUND: This article investigates the extent and sources of late diagnosis of cancer in Tanzania, demonstrating how delayed diagnosis was …
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Enhancing and promoting data management and systematic monitoring for an improved HIV/AIDS programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment findings showed that in Addis Ababa, only 65.2% of people living with HIV (PLHIV) …
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Village health workers as health diplomats: negotiating health and study participation in a malaria elimination trial in The Gambia
BACKGROUND: Although many success stories exist of Village Health Workers (VHWs) improving primary health care, critiques remain about the medicalisation …
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Barriers and facilitators of male engagement in Community Client-Led Antiretroviral therapy Delivery groups (CCLADS) for HIV care and treatment in Southwestern Uganda: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Male engagement in HIV programs is a persistent challenge that results in poor utilization of HIV care services. Differentiated …