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A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia
Significant progress has been made to advance Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) in Ethiopia. Further, the country has enshrined …
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Comparison of household socioeconomic status classification methods and effects on risk estimation: lessons from a natural experimental study, Kisumu, Western Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Low household socioeconomic status is associated with unhealthy behaviours including poor diet and adverse health outcomes. Different methods leading …
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Current intimate partner violence and associated factors among sero-positive women attending Adama town ART Clinics, Central Ethiopia 2019
BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence against women is a behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual, or psychological harm …
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The political economy of health financing reforms in Zimbabwe: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Implementation of health financing reforms for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is inherently political. Despite the political determinants of UHC, …
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Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human right to health
BACKGROUND: Human rights are best protected, promoted and guaranteed when they can compel binding and enforceability duty. One prominent criticism …
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How equitable is health spending on curative services and institutional delivery in Malawi? Evidence from a quasi-longitudinal benefit incidence analysis
BACKGROUND: Malawi is one of a handful of countries that had resisted the implementation of user fees, showing a commitment …
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Continued adherence to community-based health insurance scheme in two districts of northeast Ethiopia: application of accelerated failure time shared frailty models
BACKGROUND: The sustainability of a voluntary community-based health insurance scheme depends to a greater extent on its ability to retain …
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The burden of household out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, household Out-Of-Pocket healthcare expenditure accounts for one-third of total healthcare expenditure, is one of the highest in …
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The Ebola crisis and people with disabilities’ access to healthcare and government services in Liberia
BACKGROUND: There has been little research on the impact of the 2014-2015 West African Ebola crisis on people with disabilities. …
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Community-based health financing: empirical evaluation of the socio-demographic factors determining its uptake in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing global concern of financing poor people who live in low- and middle-income countries. The burden …
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COVID-19 and the ageing workforce: global perspectives on needs and solutions across 15 countries
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has a direct impact on the employment of older people. This adds to the challenge of ageism. The …
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‘It was hell in the community’: a qualitative study of maternal and child health care during health care worker strikes in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Health care workers in Kenya have launched major strikes in the public health sector in the past decade but …
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The triple burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases and injuries on sex differences in life expectancy in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has experienced great improvements in life expectancy (LE) at birth over the last three decades. Despite consistent increases …
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Dynamics of inequality in child under-nutrition in Ethiopia
INTRODUCTION: Although Ethiopia has already achieved a remarkable progress in reducing under-five mortality in the last decades, undernutrition among children …
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Family planning for urban slums in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of interventions/service delivery models and their impact
BACKGROUND: Although evidence suggest that many slum dwellers in low- and middle-income countries have the most difficulty accessing family planning …
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Socioeconomic inequality in exclusive breastfeeding behavior and ideation factors for social behavioral change in three north-western Nigerian states: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic inequalities could mitigate the impact of social and behavior change (SBC) interventions aimed at improving positive ideation towards …
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Inequitable access to healthcare in Africa: reconceptualising the “accountability for reasonableness framework” to reflect indigenous principles
BACKGROUND: The "Accountability for Reasonableness" (A4R) framework has been widely adopted in working towards equity in health for sub-Saharan Africa …
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Equity in newborn care, evidence from national surveys in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: High coverage of care is essential to improving newborn survival; however, gaps exist in access to timely and appropriate …
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Socioeconomic inequalities in curative healthcare-seeking for children under five before and after the free healthcare initiative in Sierra Leone: analysis of population-based survey data
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic inequalities between and within countries lead to disparities in the use of health services. These disparities could lead …
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Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing and equity as intrinsic goals of health systems. However, of the …