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Cost of integrating assisted partner services in HIV testing services in Kisumu and Homa Bay counties, Kenya: a microcosting study
BACKGROUND: HIV assisted partner services (aPS), or provider notification and testing for sexual and injecting partners of people diagnosed with …
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Adapting an evidence-based contraceptive behavioural intervention delivered by mobile phone for young people in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: Despite the availability of a range of contraceptive methods, young people around the world still face barriers in accessing …
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A qualitative study of patients and healthcare workers’ experiences and perceptions to inform a better understanding of gaps in care for pre-discharged tuberculosis patients in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Many people diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in tertiary and district hospitals in South Africa do not arrive at …
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Two decades of regional trends in vaccination completion and coverage among children aged 12-23 months: an analysis of the Uganda Demographic Health Survey data from 1995 to 2016
BACKGROUND: Childhood vaccination is an important public health intervention but there is limited information on coverage, trends, and determinants of …
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Evaluating the implementation of home delivery of medication by community health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Cape Town, South Africa: a convergent mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Primary care services in South Africa have been challenged by increasing numbers of people with communicable and non-communicable chronic …
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A data quality assessment of the first four years of malaria reporting in the Senegal DHIS2, 2014–2017
BACKGROUND: As the global burden of malaria decreases, routine health information systems (RHIS) have become invaluable for monitoring progress towards …
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Waiting time and its associated factors in patients presenting to outpatient departments at Public Hospitals of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Waiting time is defined as the total time that a patient spends in a facility from arrival at the …
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Regulation of medicines advertisement in Zimbabwe: an assessment of the impact of pharmaceutical promotion on the prescribing behaviour of healthcare professionals
BACKGROUND: The pharmaceutical industry plays a key role in drug discovery and is considered useful regards to informing the health …
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Immediate IUD insertion after second trimester abortion: implications for service delivery
BACKGROUND: The availability of modern contraception including long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), is a fundamental component of postabortion care. Findings from …
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“We have to learn to cooperate with each other”: a qualitative study to explore integration of traditional healers into the provision of HIV self-testing and tuberculosis screening in Eswatini
BACKGROUND: Traditional healing plays an important role in healthcare in Eswatini, and innovative collaborations with traditional healers may enable hard-to-reach …
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Subjective wellbeing among rheumatic heart disease patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: observational cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Subjective wellbeing (SWB) is a self-reported positive life judgment and good feeling. RHD, rheumatic heart disease, is a long-term …
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A review of simulation models for the long-term management of type 2 diabetes in low-and-middle income countries
INTRODUCTION: The burden of type 2 diabetes is steadily increasing in low-and-middle-income countries, thereby posing a major threat from both …
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Clinical incident reporting behaviors and associated factors among health professionals in Dessie comprehensive specialized hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a mixed method study
BACKGROUND: Understanding the type and causes of errors are necessary for the prevention of occurrence or reoccurrence. Therefore addressing the …
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A multidimensional study of public satisfaction with the healthcare system: a mixed-method inquiry in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Many governments in sub-Saharan Africa have recently sought to improve their health systems by increasing investment in healthcare facilities …
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Human resource and governance challenges in the delivery of primary eye care: a mixed methods feasibility study in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: To increase access to eye care, the World Health Organization's Africa Region recently launched a primary eye care (PEC) …
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Economic consequences of caesarean section delivery: evidence from a household survey in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Caesarean section (C-section) delivery is an important indicator of access to life-saving essential obstetric care. Yet, there is limited …
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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on ART Service delivery: perspectives of healthcare workers in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Ghana has a generalized HIV epidemic and efforts have been made to curb the spread and reverse its effects …
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Experiences of private sector quality care amongst mothers, newborns, and children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Experience of care is a pillar of quality care; positive experiences are essential during health care encounters and integral …
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Primary health care facility readiness to implement primary eye care in Nigeria: equipment, infrastructure, service delivery and health management information systems
BACKGROUND: Over two-thirds of Africans have no access to eye care services. To increase access, the World Health Organization (WHO) …
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Action leveraging evidence to reduce perinatal mortality and morbidity (ALERT): study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda
BACKGROUND: Insufficient reductions in maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths in the past decade are a deterrence to achieving the …