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Afrique du SudBéninCamerounGabonMauritanieNigerNigeriaOugandaTogo
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Accès aux soins
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Couverture sanitaire universelle
304 publication(s)
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19 publication(s)
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208 publication(s)
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27 publication(s)
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Publications
1527 publication(s) trouvée(s)
Article scientifique
Performance and self-perceived competencies of enrolled nurse/midwives: a mixed methods study from rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tanzania is experiencing a severe shortage of human resources for health, which poses a serious threat to the quality …
Article scientifique
Scaling-up strategic purchasing: analysis of health system governance imperatives for strategic purchasing in a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Enugu State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Significant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes …
Article scientifique
Completeness of the Road-to-Health Booklet and Road-to-Health Card: Results of cross-sectional surveillance at a provincial tertiary hospital
BACKGROUND: Accurate record-keeping is important for continuity and quality of care. Completing a child's Road-to-Health Booklet (RTHB), or the older, …
Article scientifique
Increasing women’s access to skilled pregnancy care to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in rural Edo State, Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Nigeria presently has the second highest absolute number of maternal deaths and perinatal deaths (stillbirth and neonatal deaths) in …
Article scientifique
Retention of medical doctors at the district level: a qualitative study of experiences from Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Retention of Human Resources for Health (HRH), particularly doctors at district level is a big challenge facing the decentralized …
Article scientifique
Cost of malaria treatment and health seeking behaviour of children under-five years in the Upper West Region of Ghana
BACKGROUND: There is limited knowledge on cost of treating malaria in children under-five years in northern Ghana which poses a …
Article scientifique
Place of Delivery Associated With Postnatal Care Utilization Among Childbearing Women in Zambia
OBJECTIVE: Postnatal care (PNC) utilization is critical to the prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality. Despite its importance, the proportion …
Lettre
Correspondence regarding ‘Assefa Y, et al., BMC Health Services Research. 2011; 11 (1):81 and 2014; 14(1):45’: The Positive-Deviance approach for translating evidence into practice to improve patient retention in HIV care
The purpose of this correspondence is to describe how the positive-deviance approach can be used to translate evidence into practice, …
Article scientifique
Economic evaluation of a mentorship and enhanced supervision program to improve quality of integrated management of childhood illness care in rural Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) can reduce under-5 morbidity and mortality in low-income settings. A program to strengthen …
Article scientifique
The bird’s-eye perspective: how do district health managers experience the impact of family physicians within the South African district health system? A qualitative study
Background: Health policy-makers in Africa are looking for local solutions to strengthen primary care teams. A South African national position …
Article scientifique
Perception of quality health care delivery under capitation payment: a cross-sectional survey of health insurance subscribers and providers in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Ghana introduced capitation payment method in 2012 but was faced with resistance for its perceived poor quality of care. …
Article scientifique
Evaluation of a novel device for the management of high blood pressure and shock in pregnancy in low-resource settings: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial (CRADLE-3 trial)
BACKGROUND: Obstetric haemorrhage, sepsis and pregnancy hypertension account for more than 50% of maternal deaths worldwide. Early detection and effective …
Article scientifique
Development and validation of the quality care questionnaire –palliative care (QCQ-PC): patient-reported assessment of quality of palliative care
BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to develop and validate an instrument that could be used by patients with cancer …
Article scientifique
Selling my sheep to pay for medicines – household priorities and coping strategies in a setting without universal health coverage
BACKGROUND: The first month of life is the period with the highest risk of dying. Despite knowledge of effective interventions, …
Rapport
Quality of Care for Children with Severe Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Article scientifique
Hygiène Buccodentaire, Formes Cliniques des Lésions Carieuses et Parodontopathies chez les Enfants Handicapés dans Deux Centres Spécialisés de Yaoundé
RESUME Introduction et buts. Les personnes handicapees semblent predisposees aux pathologies bucco-dentaires, mais de nombreuses barrieres limitent leur acces aux …
Article scientifique
Predictors associated with unplanned hospital readmission of medical and surgical intensive care unit survivors within 30 days of discharge
BACKGROUND: Reducing the 30-day unplanned hospital readmission rate is a goal for physicians and policymakers in order to improve quality …
Résumé de communication
Analysis of selected policies towards universal health coverage in Uganda: the policy implementation barometer protocol
BACKGROUND: Policy implementation remains an under researched area in most low and middle income countries and it is not surprising …
Article scientifique
Association of the client-provider ratio with the risk of maternal mortality in referral hospitals: a multi-site study in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The paucity of human resources for health buoyed by excessive workloads has been identified as being responsible for poor …
Article scientifique
Quality of care in integrated community case management services in Bugoye, Uganda: a retrospective observational study
BACKGROUND: Village health workers (VHWs) in five villages in Bugoye subcounty (Kasese District, Uganda) provide integrated community case management (iCCM) …