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Inequality and private health insurance in Zimbabwe: history, politics and performance
INTRODUCTION: Zimbabwe has one of the highest rates of private health insurance (PHI) expenditures as a share of total health …
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Catastrophic health expenditure and associated factors among households of non community based health insurance districts, Ilubabor zone, Oromia regional state, southwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Out-of-pocket health expenditure is the proportion of total health expenditure that is paid by individuals and households at the …
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Equity in the public social healthcare protection in Tanzania: does it matter on household healthcare financing?
Efforts to promote equity in healthcare involve implementing policies and programs that address the root causes of healthcare disparities and …
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How gender is socially constructed in policy making processes: a case study of the Adolescent and Youth Health Policy in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Gender equality remains an outstanding global priority, more than 25 years after the landmark Beijing Platform for Action. The …
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Perceived barriers, benefits, facilitators, and attitudes of health professionals towards type 2 diabetes management in Oujda, Morocco: a qualitative focus group study
BACKGROUND: In Morocco, the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is mainly focused on medication and only 2% of patients …
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“It is like an umbrella covering you, yet it does not protect you from the rain”: a mixed methods study of insurance affordability, coverage, and financial protection in rural western Kenya
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly adopting mandatory social health insurance programs. In Kenya, mandatory social health insurance is being …
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Hot fomentation of newborn fontanelles as an indigenous practice in Ghana: implications for policy and integrated community-based health care in Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
OBJECTIVE: African newborns undergo numerous traditional and religious practices ranging from fontanelle fomentation to total head shaving, scalp molding, skin …
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How do we best engage young people in decision-making about their health? A scoping review of deliberative priority setting methods
INTRODUCTION: International organisations have called to increase young people's involvement in healthcare and health policy development. We currently lack effective …
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Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda
BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) among transwomen is a human rights and public health challenge. Nonetheless, there …
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Achieving optimal heath data impact in rural African healthcare settings: measures to barriers in Bukomansimbi District, Central Uganda
BACKGROUND: Health data is one of the most valuable assets in health service delivery yet one of the most underutilized …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and health workforce brain drain in Nigeria
Over the years, the Nigerian healthcare workforce, including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists have always been known to emigrate to developed …
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Financing care for Severe Stigmatizing Skin Diseases (SSSDs) in Liberia: challenges and opportunities
INTRODUCTION: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are an important global health challenge, however, little is known about how to effectively finance …
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The right of access to healthcare: an analysis of how legal and institutional frameworks constrain or facilitate access to healthcare for residents in border areas in the East African Community
BACKGROUND: Despite many countries working hard to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and the Health-related Sustainable Development Goals, access to …
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Knowledge of COVID-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 constitutes a global health emergency of unprecedented proportions. Preventive measures, however, have run up against certain difficulties in …
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Impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive uptake in Ghana and Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Social accountability, which is defined as a collective process for holding duty bearers and service providers to account for …
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Challenges to the right to health in sub-Saharan Africa: reflections on inequities in access to dialysis for patients with end-stage kidney failure
Realization of the individual's right to health in settings such as sub-Saharan Africa, where health care adequate resources are lacking, …
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“We should be at the table together from the beginning”: perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Global health research partnerships have been scrutinised for how they operate and criticised for perpetuating inequities. Guidance to inform …
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Correction: A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
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Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia
INTRODUCTION: This article aimed to analyse constructions of adolescents' sexualities and sexual health and the consequences of these discourses for …
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The true costs of cesarean delivery for patients in rural Rwanda: Accounting for post-discharge expenses in estimated health expenditures
INTRODUCTION: While it is recognized that there are costs associated with postoperative patient follow-up, risk assessments of catastrophic health expenditures …