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Social capital and maternal and child health services uptake in low- and middle-income countries: mixed methods systematic review
BACKGROUND: Social capital has become an important concept in the field of public health, and is associated with improved health …
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Social norms, attitudes and access to modern contraception for adolescent girls in six districts in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Social norms continue to be entrenched in Uganda. Understanding social norms helps to uncover the underlying drivers that influence …
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The infrastructural capacity of Ghanaian health facilities to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Ghana is one of few countries in sub-Saharan Africa with relatively liberal abortion laws, but little is known about …
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Exploring drivers and barriers to the utilization of community client-led ART delivery model in South-Western Uganda: patients’ and health workers’ experiences
BACKGROUND: In an effort to accommodate the growing number of HIV clients, improve retention in care and reduce health care …
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Health insurance and health system (un) responsiveness: a qualitative study with elderly in rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Health insurance (HI) has increasingly been accepted as a mechanism to facilitate access to healthcare in low and middle-income …
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Examining health facility financing in Kenya in the context of devolution
BACKGROUND: How health facilities are financed affects their performance and health system goals. We examined how health facilities in the …
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Health care providers’ attitudes toward and experiences delivering oral PrEP to adolescent girls and young women in Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND: In Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) …
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Factors associated with health facility utilization during childbirth among 15 to 49-year-old women in Uganda: evidence from the Uganda demographic health survey 2016
BACKGROUND: Almost all maternal deaths and related morbidities occur in low-income countries. Childbirth supervised by a skilled provider in a …
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A qualitative study of evidence-based therapeutic process in mental health services in Ghana– context-mechanisms-outcomes
BACKGROUND: Evidence-based clinical practice is an inherent component of mental health professional practice in developed countries. However, little is known …
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Mobility for maternal health among women in hard-to-reach fishing communities on Lake Victoria, Uganda; a community-based cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality is still a challenge in Uganda, at 336 deaths per 100,000 live births, especially in rural hard …
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An evaluation of an influenza vaccination campaign targeting pregnant women in 27 clinics in two provinces of South Africa, 2015 – 2018
INTRODUCTION: Despite prioritization, routine antenatal influenza vaccine coverage is < 16% in South Africa. We aimed to describe maternal influenza …
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Critical comparative analysis of data sources toward understanding referral during pregnancy and childbirth: three perspectives from Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The highest risk of maternal and perinatal deaths occurs during and shortly after childbirth and is preventable if functional …
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Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014–2019
BACKGROUND: Monitoring medically certified causes of death is essential to shape national health policies, track progress to Sustainable Development Goals, …
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Towards equity: a retrospective analysis of public sector radiological resources and utilization patterns in the metropolitan and rural areas of the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2017
Abstract Background The reduction of inequality is a key United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (WHO, Human Resources for Health: …
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Examining the cost-effectiveness of personal protective equipment for formal healthcare workers in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Healthcare workers are at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection during care encounters compared to the general population. Personal …
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Pharmacist-led intervention in treatment non-adherence and associated direct costs of management among ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes in southwestern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Non-adherence to recommended therapy remains a challenge to achieving optimal clinical outcome with resultant economic implications. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate …
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Geospatial analysis and impact of targeted development of breast cancer care in The Gambia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The Gambia has one of the lowest survival rates for breast cancer in Africa. Contributing factors are late presentation, …
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Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities and infection control/prevention practices in traditional birth homes in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Poor environmental conditions and hygiene practices at the time of childbirth is linked to life-threatening infections and death in …
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Measuring coverage of maternal and child health services using routine health facility data: a Sierra Leone case study
BACKGROUND: There are limited existing approaches to generate estimates from Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) data, despite the growing interest …
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Fathers’ involvement in perinatal healthcare in Australia: experiences and reflections of Ethiopian-Australian men and women
BACKGROUND: Family-centred maternity care models include the expectation that fathers prepare for and attend the birth. In Australia over 20% …