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Determinants of healthcare providers’ confidence in their clinical skills to deliver quality obstetric and newborn care in Uganda and Zambia
BACKGROUND: Poor quality obstetric and newborn care persists in sub-Saharan Africa and weak provider competence is an important contributor. To …
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The potential role of patent and proprietary medicine vendors’ associations in improving the quality of services in Nigeria’s drug shops
BACKGROUND: Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) play a major role in Nigeria's health care delivery but regulation and monitoring …
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Quality antenatal care services delivery at health facilities of Ethiopia, assessment of the structure/input of care setting
BACKGROUND: According to the Donabedian model, the assessment for the quality of care includes three dimensions. These are structure, process, …
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Strengths of community and health facilities based interventions in improving women and adolescents’ care seeking behaviors as approaches for reducing maternal mortality and improving birth outcome among low income communities of Egypt
BACKGROUND: Provision of emergency obstetric care is considered the key for maternal mortality reduction worldwide. This study evaluated the impact …
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Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Integrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes into routine health services under complex socio-political and health system conditions is …
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The impacts of quality improvement on maternal and newborn health: preliminary findings from a health system integrated intervention in four Ethiopian regions
BACKGROUND: Quality improvement (QI) methods are effective in improving healthcare delivery using sustainable, collaborative, and cost-effective approaches. Systems-integrated interventions offer …
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Challenges and facilitators to evidence-based decision-making for maternal and child health in Mozambique: district, municipal and national case studies
BACKGROUND: The need for evidence-based decision-making in the health sector is well understood in the global health community. Yet, gaps …
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Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana
BACKGROUND: There is growing interest in the use of reliable evidence for health decision-making among low-and middle-income countries. Ghana has …
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Validation of an e-health readiness assessment framework for developing countries
BACKGROUND: Studies document e-health as having potential to improve quality of healthcare services, resulting in both developed and developing countries …
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The development and tailoring of a peer support program for patients with diabetes mellitus and depression in a primary health care setting in Central Uganda
BACKGROUND: About 20-40% of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) suffer from depressive disorders (DD) during the course of their illness. …
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HIV knowledge, risky behaviours and public health care services attendance among adolescents from the Grassroot soccer Zimbabwe programme
BACKGROUND: Interventions aimed at improving accessing of health care services, including HIV testing, remain a priority in global HIV eradication …
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Establishing a community advisory group (CAG) for partnership defined quality (PDQ) towards improving primary health care in a peri-urban setting in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Community advisory groups (CAGs) have been shown to be catalysts who bridge the gap between communities and primary health …
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Improving the effectiveness of point of care tests for malaria and anaemia: a qualitative study across three Ghanaian antenatal clinics
BACKGROUND: Anaemia and malaria are both major contributors to maternal and child mortality, and morbidity, with some of the worst …
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Provider attitudes about childhood tuberculosis prevention in Lesotho: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization estimated that 1.12 million children developed tuberculosis (TB) in 2018, and at least 200,000 children …
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Addressing the quality and scope of paediatric primary care in South Africa: evaluating contextual impacts of the introduction of the Practical Approach to Care Kit for children (PACK Child)
BACKGROUND: Despite significant reductions in mortality, preventable and treatable conditions remain leading causes of death and illness in children in …
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Level of adult client satisfaction with clinic flow time and services of an integrated non-communicable disease-HIV testing services clinic in Soweto, South Africa: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: While HIV Testing Services (HTS) have increased, many South Africans have not been tested. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the …
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Female clients’ gender preferences for frontline health workers who provide maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services at primary health care level in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, anecdotes abound that female clients, particularly within northern Nigeria, have gender-based preferences for frontline health workers (FLHWs) …
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Training needs for Ugandan primary care health workers in management of respiratory diseases: a cross sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Uganda, but there is little attention and …
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Quality of intrapartum care at health centers in Jabi Tehinan district, North West Ethiopia: clients’ perspective
BACKGROUND: Despite progress recently, Ethiopia remains one of the largest contributors to the global burden of maternal deaths. As facility-based …
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Impact of socioeconomic status on patient experience on quality of care for ambulatory healthcare services in tertiary hospitals in Southeast Nigeria
BACKGROUND: To determine how socioeconomic factors, such as level of education and employment status, affect patient experiences on quality of …