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Time spent on work-related activities, social activities and time pressure as intermediary determinants of health disparities among elderly women and men in 5 European countries: a structural equation model
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors shape the health of older adults through complex inter-relating pathways. Besides socioeconomic factors, time use activities may …
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Can community action improve equity for maternal health and how does it do so? Research findings from Gujarat, India
BACKGROUND: Efforts to work with civil society to strengthen community participation and action for health are particularly important in Gujarat, …
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Government resource contributions to the private-not-for-profit sector in Uganda: evolution, adaptations and implications for universal health coverage
BACKGROUND: A case study was prepared examining government resource contributions (GRCs) to private-not-for-profit (PNFP) providers in Uganda. It focuses on …
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Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy
BACKGROUND: Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any level of economic development, …
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Prevalence and associated factors of underweight among children 6–59 months of age in Takusa district, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Most of the nearly 104 million underweight children in the world lived in South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa …
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Is healthcare really equal for all? Assessing the horizontal and vertical equity in healthcare utilisation among older Ghanaians
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of focused research on the older population in Ghana and about issues pertaining to their …
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Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a rapid qualitative assessment
BACKGROUND: The Safe Motherhood Research Project studies the implementation and scale-up of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) initiatives in …
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Do free caesarean section policies increase inequalities in Benin and Mali?
BACKGROUND: Benin and Mali introduced user fee exemption policies focused on caesarean sections (C-sections) in 2005 and 2009, respectively. These …
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Making free public healthcare attractive: optimizing health equity funds in Cambodia
BACKGROUND: Following the introduction of user fees in Cambodia, Health Equity Funds (HEF) were developed to enable poor people access …
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“Poverty is the big thing”: exploring financial, transportation, and opportunity costs associated with fistula management and repair in Nigeria and Uganda
BACKGROUND: Women living with obstetric fistula often live in poverty and in remote areas far from hospitals offering surgical repair. …
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Examining equity in health insurance coverage: an analysis of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
BACKGROUND: Following years of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare, some countries in Africa including Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda have instituted social …
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Decomposing health inequality with population-based surveys: a case study in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Ensuring equal access to care and providing financial risk protection are at the center of the global health agenda. …
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Assessing the community-level impact of a decade of user fee policy shifts on health facility deliveries in Kenya, 2003-2014
BACKGROUND: The long-term impact of user fee removal policies on health service utilization in low- and middle-income countries may vary …
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Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Street-level workers play a key role in public health policies in Africa, as they are often the ones to …
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The impact of rural residence and HIV infection on poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a large urban hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis
BACKGROUND: Successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment is essential to effective TB control. TB-HIV coinfection, social determinants and access to services influenced …
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Social health insurance contributes to universal coverage in South Africa, but generates inequities: survey among members of a government employee insurance scheme
BACKGROUND: Many low- and middle-income countries are reforming their health financing mechanisms as part of broader strategies to achieve universal …
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Do beneficiaries’ views matter in healthcare purchasing decisions? Experiences from the Nigerian tax-funded health system and the formal sector social health insurance program of the National Health Insurance Scheme
BACKGROUND: Purchasing is a health financing function that involves the transfer of pooled resources to providers on behalf of a …
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Monitoring SO2emission trends and residents’ perceived health risks from PGM smelting at Selous Metallurgical Complex in Zimbabwe
Persistently high sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions from platinum group metal (PGM) smelting pose a major threat to communities …
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Doing implementation research on health governance: a frontline researcher’s reflexive account of field-level challenges and their management
BACKGROUND: Implementation Research (IR) in and around health systems comes with unique challenges for researchers including implementation, multi-layer governance, and …
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Factors influencing risky sexual behaviour among Mozambican miners: a socio-epidemiological contribution for HIV prevention framework in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Information dealing with social and behavioural risk factors as well as their mechanisms among Mozambican migrants working in South …