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Baseline assessment of patient safety culture in public hospitals in Kuwait
Conducting patient safety culture assessments can provide hospitals with information on how structures and processes within their system can impact …
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Overcoming barriers to access and utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in northern Nigeria: an evaluation of facility health committees
BACKGROUND: Poor quality of health services and socio-cultural dynamics may severely limit utilization of health services. Facility health committees were …
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A multicenter, prospective study evaluating the impact of the clinical pharmacist-physician counselling on warfarin therapy management in Lebanon
BACKGROUND: Health care professionals (HCP) are known key elements of effective patient's counselling and education. For patients taking warfarin, education …
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Reliability of length measurements collected by community nurses and health volunteers in rural growth monitoring and promotion services
BACKGROUND: Length measurements are important in growth, monitoring and promotion (GMP) for the surveillance of a child's weight-for-length and length-for-age. …
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She knows that she will not come back: tracing patients and new thresholds of collective surveillance in PMTCT Option B+
BACKGROUND: Malawi, Uganda, and Zimbabwe have recently adopted a universal 'test-and-treat' approach to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV …
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Rollout of rapid point of care tests for antenatal syphilis screening in Ghana: healthcare provider perspectives and experiences
BACKGROUND: Effective implementation of rapid point of care tests (POCTs) for antenatal syphilis screening especially in settings where antenatal care …
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Health insurance is important in improving maternal health service utilization in Tanzania—analysis of the 2011/2012 Tanzania HIV/AIDS and malaria indicator survey
BACKGROUND: Maternal mortality rates vary significantly from region to region. Interventions such as early and planned antenatal care attendance and …
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Healthcare workers’ beliefs, motivations and behaviours affecting adequate provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare services to adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Adolescents' sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) needs have been prioritized globally, and they have the rights to access and …
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Challenges in the use of the mental health information system in a resource-limited setting: lessons from Ghana
BACKGROUND: One of the most successful modes of record-keeping and data collection is the use of health management information systems, …
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Beyond coverage: improving the quality of antenatal care delivery through integrated mentorship and quality improvement at health centers in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Inadequate antenatal care (ANC) can lead to missed diagnosis of danger signs or delayed referral to emergency obstetrical care, …
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Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions concerning antibiotic resistance: a survey in a Ghanaian tertiary care hospital
BACKGROUND: Understanding the knowledge, attitudes and practices of physicians towards antibiotic resistance is key to developing interventions aimed at behavior …
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Sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) for adolescents in Enugu state, Nigeria: a mixed methods approach
BACKGROUND: Availability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents are very crucial for prevention and control of …
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Relative contribution of various chronic diseases and multi-morbidity to potential disability among Dutch elderly
BACKGROUND: The amount of time spent living with disease greatly influences elderly people's wellbeing, disability and healthcare costs, but differs …
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Does a provider payment method affect membership retention in a health insurance scheme? a mixed method study of Ghana’s capitation payment for primary care
BACKGROUND: Ghana introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 applying fee-for-service method for paying NHIS-credentialed health care providers. …
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South African primary health care allied health clinical practice guidelines: the big picture
BACKGROUND: Good quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are a vehicle to implementing evidence into allied health (AH) care. This paper …
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Extending coverage to informal sector populations in Kenya: design preferences and implications for financing policy
BACKGROUND: Universal health coverage (UHC) is important in terms of improving access to quality health care while protecting households from …
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Challenges and opportunities for healthcare workers in a rural district of Chad
BACKGROUND: Trained healthcare workers are an essential resource for effective health systems. However, healthcare workers' perspective on healthcare, the challenges …
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Correction to: Public-on-private dual practice among physicians in public hospitals of Tigray National Regional State, North Ethiopia: perspectives of physicians, patients and managers
Correction After the publication of this article [1] it has come to our attention that the author Jeph Herrin was …
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Implementing, improving and learning: cross-country lessons learned from the African Health Initiative
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Bridging the intervention-implementation gap in primary health care delivery: the critical role of integrated implementation research
For national and local leaders to achieve universal health coverage, a new approach or technique to gathering evidence and understanding …