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In search of universal health coverage – highlighting the accessibility of health care to students with disabilities in Ghana: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Accessibility of health care to students with disabilities is a global concern. This is no less important in Ghana, …
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Determinants of Inappropriate Antibiotics Use in Rural Central Ghana Using a Mixed Methods Approach
Background: The consequences of antibiotic resistance are projected to be most severe in low and middle income countries (LMIC) with …
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The effects of health expenditure on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel data analysis
INTRODUCTION: Although health expenditure in sub-Saharan African countries is the lowest compared with other regions in the world, most African …
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Multi-site community-engaged quality improvement to inform regional cervical cancer screening implementation and sustainment in rural Sénégal
Abstract Background The improvement of quality at the primary health care level in low resource settings is key to addressing …
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Assessing health system responsiveness in primary health care facilities in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Health system performance is one of the important components of the health care delivery; its achievement depends on the …
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Exploring patient experiences with and attitudes towards hypertension at a private hospital in Uganda: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality worldwide and is more common in sub-Saharan Africa than any other …
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Determinants of Undernutrition among Children under Five Years of Age in Ethiopia
Abstract Background: Child undernutrition is still a persistent health problem in developing country like Ethiopia. Several cross-sectional studies have used …
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How Can Digital Health Technologies Contribute to Sustainable Attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Africa? A Perspective
Background: Innovative strategies such as digital health are needed to ensure attainment of the ambitious universal health coverage in Africa. …
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Predictive models and under-five mortality determinants in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
Abstract Background There is a dearth of literature on predictive models estimating under-five mortality risk in Ethiopia. In this study, …
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Integration of schistosomiasis control activities within the primary health care system: a critical review
BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease linked to poverty and is widely endemic, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. For decades, the …
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A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa
Health facilities form a central component of health systems, providing curative and preventative services and structured to allow referral through …
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Estimating the Impact of Improved Roads on Access to Health Care : Evidence from Mozambique
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Husbands’ involvement in family planning use and its associated factors in pastoralist communities of Afar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Husbands play an influential role in women's access to health care, such as family planning services. However, there is …
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TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE FOR SURGICAL CONDITIONS IN MALAWI a cross sectional nationwide household survey
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that nearly five billion people worldwide do not have access to safe surgery. This access gap …
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Policy review on the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia by community health workers in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Mozambique. Limited access to health care facilities and …
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Determinants of delayed or incomplete diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in parallel urban and rural birth cohorts of 30,956 infants in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Delayed vaccination increases the time infants are at risk for acquiring vaccine-preventable diseases. Factors associated with incomplete vaccination are …
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Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the forest belt of Ghana
BACKGROUND: Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth …
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Causes of death and predictors of childhood mortality in Rwanda: a matched case-control study using verbal social autopsy
BACKGROUND: Rwanda has dramatically reduced child mortality, but the causes and sociodemographic drivers for mortality are poorly understood. METHODS: We …
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Patients’ perspectives of acceptability of ART, TB and maternal health services in a subdistrict of Johannesburg, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The field of acceptability of health services is emerging and growing in coherence. But there are gaps, including relatively …
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‘I am always crying on the inside’: a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women’s lives in urban Gambia
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few …