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Evaluating implementation effectiveness and sustainability of a maternity waiting homes intervention to improve access to safe delivery in rural Zambia: a mixed-methods protocol
BACKGROUND: In low-income countries such as Zambia, where maternal mortality rates are persistently high, maternity waiting homes (MWHs) represent one …
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Testing the validity and feasibility of using a mobile phone-based method to assess the strength of implementation of family planning programs in Malawi
BACKGROUND: To effectively deliver on proposed objectives, it is vital that practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders are able to clearly …
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Maternal and partner’s level of satisfaction on the delivery room service in University of Gondar Referral Hospital, northwest, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Asking patients/clients what they perceive about the care and treatment they have received is one of the important steps …
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In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Accessibility of health care to students with disabilities is a global concern. This is no less important in Ghana, …
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Pharmacists’ knowledge and counselling on fall risk increasing drugs in a tertiary teaching hospital in Nigeria
Abstract Background Falls and fall-related injuries are a foremost health concern among older adults aged 60 years and above. Fall-risk-increasing …
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Assessing health system challenges and opportunities for better noncommunicable disease outcomes: the case of Mauritius
BACKGROUND: The objectives of the study reported in this paper were: (a) to score the coverage of core NCD population-based …
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Results-based financing as a strategic purchasing intervention: some progress but much further to go in Zimbabwe?
BACKGROUND: Results-Based Financing (RBF) has proliferated in the health sectors of low and middle income countries, especially those which are …
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Achieving self-sustainability of service delivery in an eye care program in Madagascar using time-driven activity based costing
BACKGROUND: In the absence of adequate and reliable external funding, eye care programs in developing countries need a high level …
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Neonatal care and community-level treatment seeking for possible severe bacterial infection (PSBI) in Amhara, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, neonatal mortality accounts for approximately 54% of under-five deaths with the majority of these deaths driven by …
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Evaluating the quality and coverage of post-abortion care in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study with a census of health facilities
BACKGROUND: An estimated 65,000 abortions occurred in Zimbabwe in 2016, and 40 % resulted in complications that required treatment. Quality …
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Assessing quality of newborn care at district facilities in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Malawi is celebrated as one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal of …
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Quality of youth friendly sexual and reproductive health Services in West Gojjam Zone, north West Ethiopia: with special reference to the application of the Donabedian model
BACKGROUND: Although there has been momentum in implementing sexual and reproductive health services in Ethiopia, young people remain underserved despite …
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Factors associated with institutional delivery in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: In spite of the promotion of institutional delivery in Ethiopia, home delivery is still common primarily in hard-to-reach areas. …
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Challenges with scale-up of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® in Uganda: a health systems perspective
BACKGROUND: Many high burden countries are scaling-up GeneXpert® MTB/RIF (Xpert) testing for tuberculosis (TB) using a hub-and-spoke model. However, the …
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Utilization of breast cancer screening in Kenya: what are the determinants?
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer accounts for 23% of all cancer cases among women in Kenya. Although breast cancer screening is important, …
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Institutional delivery services utilization and its determinant factors among women who gave birth in the past 24 months in Southwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Institutional delivery is a delivery that takes place at any medical facility staffed by skilled delivery assistance. It is …
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Understanding implementation barriers in the national scale-up of differentiated ART delivery in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Although Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) for anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been rolled-out nationally in several countries since World Health …
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Development and upgrading of public primary healthcare facilities with essential surgical services infrastructure: a strategy towards achieving universal health coverage in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Infrastructure development and upgrading to support safe surgical services in primary health care facilities is an important step in …
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Medicine shortages and challenges with the procurement process among public sector hospitals in South Africa; findings and implications
BACKGROUND: Medicine shortages are a complex global challenge affecting all countries. This includes South Africa where ongoing medicine shortages are …
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Factors associated with the use of maternal health services by mothers in a post-conflict area of western Côte d’Ivoire in 2016
Abstract Background In Côte d’Ivoire, maternal health service utilization indicators remain low despite improvements in health coverage and the availability …