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How prepared is Mozambique to treat COVID-19 patients? A new approach for estimating oxygen service availability, oxygen treatment capacity, and population access to oxygen-ready treatment facilities
BACKGROUND: This study aims to assess the COVID-19 response preparedness of the Mozambican health system by 1) determining the location …
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Analysis of equity and social inclusiveness of national urban development policies and strategies through the lenses of health and nutrition
INTRODUCTION: Rapid urbanization increases competition for scarce urban resources and underlines the need for policies that promote equitable access to …
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has significantly impacted the global economy, by forcing people to stay indoors and creating a 'new …
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Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Nearly 90,000 under-five children die from diarrhoea annually in Nigeria. Over 90% of the deaths can be prevented with …
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Changing men or changing health systems? A scoping review of interventions, services and programmes targeting men’s health in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Sex and gender have been shown to influence health literacy, health seeking behaviour, and health outcomes. However, research examining …
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The effect of COVID-19 on maternal newborn and child health (MNCH) services in Bangladesh, Nigeria and South Africa: call for a contextualised pandemic response in LMICs
Global response to COVID-19 pandemic has inadvertently undermined the achievement of existing public health priorities and laregely overlooked local context. …
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Gender-related influences on adherence to advice and treatment-seeking guidance for infants and young children post-hospital discharge in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Post-hospital discharge mortality risk is high among young children in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The available literature …
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Designing for Scale and taking scale to account: lessons from a community score card project in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Planning for the implementation of community scorecards (CSC) is an important, though seldom documented process. Makerere University School of …
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Estimating the cost of implementing a facility and community score card for maternal and newborn care service delivery in a rural district in Uganda
INTRODUCTION: This paper aimed at estimating the resources required to implement a community Score Card by a typical rural district …
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Exploring equity and inclusion in Malawi’s National Disability Mainstreaming Strategy and Implementation Plan
BACKGROUND: Equity and inclusion are important principles in policy development and implementation. The aim of this study is to explore …
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Reducing regional health inequality: a sub-national distributional cost-effectiveness analysis of community-based treatment of childhood pneumonia in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Increasing the coverage of community-based treatment of childhood pneumonia (CCM) is part of the strategy to improve child survival, …
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Instructive roles and supportive relationships: client perspectives of their engagement with community health workers in a rural South African home visiting program
BACKGROUND: Community health worker (CHW) programs have been positioned as a way to meet the needs of those who experience …
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Applying a gender lens to understand pathways through care for acutely ill young children in Kenyan urban informal settlements
BACKGROUND: In many African settings, gender strongly influences household treatment-seeking and decision-making for childhood illnesses. While mothers are often the …
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Geographic variation and determinants of help seeking behaviour among married women subjected to intimate partner violence: evidence from national population survey
BACKGROUND: Help seeking behaviour amongst married women who experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has received limited attention in Africa. This …
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Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6
BACKGROUND: Child stunting is a global health concern. Stunting leads to several consequences on child survival, growth, and development. The …
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Mapping experiences and perspectives of equity in international health collaborations: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Whilst global health research often involves international collaborations, achieving or promoting equity within collaborations remains a key challenge, despite …
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Strengthening social accountability in ways that build inclusion, institutionalization and scale: reflections on FHS experience
This editorial provides an introduction to the special issue on "Lessons about intervening in accountability ecosystems: implementation of community scorecards …
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Ease and equity of access to free DR-TB services in Nigeria- a qualitative analysis of policies, structures and processes
INTRODUCTION: Persistent low rates of case notification and treatment coverage reflect that accessing diagnosis and treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) …
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Socioeconomic inequalities in hypertension in Kenya: a decomposition analysis of 2015 Kenya STEPwise survey on non-communicable diseases risk factors
BACKGROUND: One in four Kenyans aged 18-69 years have raised blood pressure. Despite this high prevalence of hypertension and known …
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Prices of medicines for the management of pain, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in private pharmacies and the national health insurance in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: High price is a major challenge limiting access to essential medicines especially among the poorest families in developing countries. …