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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
Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: Street-level workers play a key role in public health policies in Africa, as they are often the ones to …
Article scientifique
Bridging the intervention-implementation gap in primary health care delivery: the critical role of integrated implementation research
For national and local leaders to achieve universal health coverage, a new approach or technique to gathering evidence and understanding …
Rapport
Progressive Pathway to Universal Health Coverage in Tanzania : A Call for Preferential Resource Allocation Targeting the Poor
Article scientifique
Deaths during tuberculosis treatment among paediatric patients in a large tertiary hospital in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite availability of effective cure, tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in children. In many high-burden countries, …
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Strengthening close to community provision of maternal health services in fragile settings: an exploration of the changing roles of TBAs in Sierra Leone and Somaliland
BACKGROUND: Efforts to take forward universal health coverage require innovative approaches in fragile settings, which experience particularly acute human resource …
Article scientifique
National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
BACKGROUND: Ethiopia lacks a complete vital registration system that would assist in measuring disease burden and risk factors. We used …
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Skilled delivery inequality in Ethiopia: to what extent are the poorest and uneducated mothers benefiting?
BACKGROUND: The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targeted at improving maternal health. In this regard, Ethiopia has shown substantial progresses …
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Which primary care model? A qualitative analysis of ward-based outreach teams in South Africa
Globally, models of extending universal health coverage through primary care are influenced by country-specific systems of health care and disease …
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Providers of antenatal care services in Ghana: evidence from Ghana demographic and health surveys 1988–2014
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care is one of the three most essential care - antenatal, delivery and post-natal, given to women during …
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The effect of social behavior change communication package on maternal knowledge in obstetric danger signs among mothers in East Mamprusi District of Ghana
BACKGROUND: An understanding of maternal knowledge of the danger signs of obstetric and newborn complications is fundamental to attaining universal …
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Kenya National Hospital Insurance Fund Reforms : Implications and Lessons for Universal Health Coverage
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Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Application
BACKGROUND: Advocacy around mass treatment for the elimination of selected Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) has typically put the cost per …
Article scientifique
Schools of public health in low and middle-income countries: an imperative investment for improving the health of populations?
BACKGROUND: Public health has multicultural origins. By the close of the nineteenth century, Schools of Public Health (SPHs) began to …
Rapport
Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Universal Health Coverage in Africa Side Event
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Allocution de M. Jim Yong Kim, Président du Groupe de la Banque Mondiale, à la Manifestation Parallèle sur la Couverture Sanitaire Universelle en Afrique
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“This thing of testing our blood is really very important”: a qualitative study of primary care laboratory services in Tete Province, Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Laboratory services are essential for diagnosis and management of patients, and for disease control, and should form an integral …
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Health policy dialogue: experiences from Africa
Background The high volume of investments in health seen in Africa over the last decade, mainly through global health initiatives …
Article scientifique
Developing the African national health research systems barometer
BACKGROUND: A functional national health research system (NHRS) is crucial in strengthening a country's health system to promote, restore and …
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Close-to-community providers of health care: increasing evidence of how to bridge community and health systems
The recent thematic series on close-to-community providers published in this journal brings together 14 papers from a variety of contexts …