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Making HIV testing work at the point of care in South Africa: a qualitative study of diagnostic practices
BACKGROUND: Point of care testing promises to reduce delays in diagnosing and initiating treatment for infectious diseases such as Human …
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Patients’ satisfaction towards radiological service and associated factors in Hawassa University Teaching and referral hospital, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction, one of the main components of quality of care, is a crucial phenomenon for the overall health …
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Unplanned pregnancy-risks and use of emergency contraception: a survey of two Nigerian Universities
BACKGROUND: The vulnerabilities of young women of low socio-economic status and those with little or no formal education tend to …
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Early postnatal care use by postpartum mothers in Mundri East County, South Sudan
BACKGROUND: Globally, most maternal and newborn deaths are within the first week of delivery. Early postnatal-care (EPNC) visits between 2 …
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Impact of free delivery policy on utilization of maternal health services in county referral hospitals in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Kenya has a high maternal mortality rate. Provision of skilled delivery plays a major role in reducing maternal mortality. …
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Improving primary health care facility performance in Ghana: efficiency analysis and fiscal space implications
BACKGROUND: Health centers in Ghana play an important role in health care delivery especially in deprived communities. They usually serve …
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Social accountability in primary health care in West and Central Africa: exploring the role of health facility committees
BACKGROUND: Social accountability has been emphasised as an important strategy to increase the quality, equity, and responsiveness of health services. …
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Knowledge of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescription practices among prescribers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana; a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance (ABR) has become a major public health challenge in most parts of the world including Ghana and …
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Conceptualisation of job-related wellbeing, stress and burnout among healthcare workers in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Wellbeing of healthcare workers is important for the effective functioning of health systems. The aim of this study was …
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Task shifting of triage to peer expert informal care providers at a tertiary referral HIV clinic in Malawi: a cross-sectional operational evaluation
BACKGROUND: HIV treatment models in Africa are labour intensive and require a high number of skilled staff. In this context, …
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Going to scale: design and implementation challenges of a program to increase access to skilled birth attendants in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The lack of availability of skilled providers in low- and middle- income countries is considered to be an important …
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The impact of facility audits, evaluation reports and incentives on motivation and supply management among family planning service providers: an interventional study in two districts in Maputo Province, Mozambique
BACKRGOUND: Good progress is being made towards universal access to contraceptives, however stock-outs still jeopardize progress. A seldom considered but …
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Introducing onsite antenatal syphilis screening in Burkina Faso: implementation and evaluation of a feasibility intervention tailored to a local context
BACKGROUND: Although the advantages of introducing point of care testing for syphilis in antenatal care (ANC) are well documented, there …
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Current status, challenges and the way forward for clinical pharmacy service in Ethiopian public hospitals
BACKGROUND: Clinical pharmacy service has evolved steadily over the past few decades and is now contributing to the 'patient care …
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of maternal healthcare services in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The progress in coverage of maternal health services in Ethiopia has been rather slow over the past decade and …
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Use of medical services and medicines attributable to type 2 diabetes care in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The increasing numbers of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a global concern and especially in sub-Saharan Africa, …
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Use of Lot quality assurance sampling surveys to evaluate community health worker performance in rural Zambia: a case of Luangwa district
BACKGROUND: The Better Health Outcomes through Mentoring and Assessment (BHOMA) project is a cluster randomized controlled trial aimed at reducing …
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An assessment of the HIV/TB knowledge and skills of home-based carers working in the North West province in South Africa: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Home-based carers (HBCs) play a critical role in ensuring the success of the primary health care re-engineering strategy in …
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Workflow standardization of a novel team care model to improve chronic care: a quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: Team-based chronic care models have not been widely adopted in community settings, partly due to their varying effectiveness in …
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Continuous quality improvement interventions to improve long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in women who initiated therapy during pregnancy or breastfeeding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: design of an open-label, parallel, group randomized trial
BACKGROUND: Despite the rapid adoption of the World Health Organization's 2013 guidelines, children continue to be infected with HIV perinatally …