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Health care needs assessment among adolescents in correctional institutions in Zambia: an ethical analysis
BACKGROUND: While health care needs assessments have been conducted among juveniles or adolescents by researchers in developed countries, assessments using …
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Cost-effectiveness of an electronic clinical decision support system for improving quality of antenatal and childbirth care in rural Tanzania: an intervention study
BACKGROUND: QUALMAT project aimed at improving quality of maternal and newborn care in selected health care facilities in three African …
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Pediatric HIV care and treatment services in Tanzania: implications for survival
BACKGROUND: Improving child survival for HIV-infected children remains an important health agenda. We present progress regarding care and treatment services …
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The path from a volunteer initiative to an established institution: evaluating 15 years of the development and contribution of the Lighthouse trust to the Malawian HIV response
BACKGROUND: The HIV epidemic has triggered the development of new health institutions with a special focus on HIV care. The …
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of antenatal syphilis screening and treatment for the prevention of congenital syphilis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia: results of qualitative formative research
BACKGROUND: The impact of untreated syphilis during pregnancy on neonatal health remains a major public health threat worldwide. Given the …
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Primary care clinical practice guidelines in South Africa: qualitative study exploring perspectives of national stakeholders
BACKGROUND: Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are common tools in policy and clinical practice informing clinical decisions at the bedside, governance …
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Water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and quality in rural healthcare facilities in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: WHO and UNICEF have proposed an action plan to achieve universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) coverage in healthcare …
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Delay along the care-seeking journey of patients with ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya
BACKGROUND: In Africa, accessing eye health services is a major challenge. Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a substantial ocular …
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Strengthening close to community provision of maternal health services in fragile settings: an exploration of the changing roles of TBAs in Sierra Leone and Somaliland
BACKGROUND: Efforts to take forward universal health coverage require innovative approaches in fragile settings, which experience particularly acute human resource …
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The Association of Health Insurance with institutional delivery and access to skilled birth attendants: evidence from the Kenya Demographic and health survey 2008–09
BACKGROUND: Healthcare financing through health insurance is gaining traction as developing countries strive to achieve universal health coverage and address …
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Unsuccessful TB treatment outcomes with a focus on HIV co-infected cases: a cross-sectional retrospective record review in a high-burdened province of South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa did not meet the MDG targets to reduce TB prevalence and mortality by 50% by 2015, and …
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“We and the nurses are now working with one voice”: How community leaders and health committee members describe their role in Sierra Leone’s Ebola response
BACKGROUND: Across low-income settings, community volunteers and health committee members support the formal health system - both routinely and amid …
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Assessing the impact of health research on health policies: a study of the Dodowa Health Research Centre, Ghana
BACKGROUND: The importance of assessing research impact is increasingly recognised. Ghana has a long tradition of research dating from the …
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Greater involvement of HIV-infected peer-mothers in provision of reproductive health services as “family planning champions” increases referrals and uptake of family planning among HIV-infected mothers
In 2012, Makerere University Johns - Hopkins University, and Mulago National Referral Hospital, with support from the National Institute of …
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Parents’ and guardians’ perceptions on availability and pricing of medicines and healthcare for children in eThekwini, South Africa – a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Inadequate access to affordable essential medicines poses a challenge to achieving Universal Health Coverage. Access to essential medicines for …
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Explaining time elapsed prior to cancer diagnosis: patients’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada. Early cancer diagnosis could improve patients' prognosis and quality of …
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Perceptions of quality across the maternal care continuum in the context of a health financing intervention: Evidence from a mixed methods study in rural Malawi
BACKGROUND: In 2013, Malawi with its development partners introduced a Results-Based Financing for Maternal and Newborn Health (RBF4MNH) intervention to …
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Building freeways: piloting communication skills in additional languages to health service personnel in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: This study reflects on the development and teaching of communication skills courses in additional national languages to health care …
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Can formalizing links among community health workers, accredited drug dispensing outlet dispensers, and health facility staff increase their collaboration to improve prompt access to maternal and child care? A qualitative study in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, progress toward achieving the 2015 Millennium Development Goals for maternal and newborn health was slow. An intervention …
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Quality of anticoagulation management with warfarin among outpatients in a tertiary hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Warfarin is the most widely used anticoagulant in the world. The difficulty of managing warfarin contributes to great potential …