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Poor Quality for Poor Women? Inequities in the Quality of Antenatal and Delivery Care in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Quality of healthcare is an important determinant of future progress in global health. However, the distributional aspects of quality …
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A socio-ecological perspective of access to and acceptability of HIV/AIDS treatment and care services: a qualitative case study research
BACKGROUND: Access to healthcare is an essential element of health development and a fundamental human right. While access to and …
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Knowledge, awareness and readiness of private sector doctors practising in the Ethekweni and Ugu districts of KwaZulu-Natal province for the implementation of the National Health Insurance
Background: The proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) aims to improve quality of care and equity in healthcare financing for all …
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‘Tweaking’ the model for understanding and preventing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Low Income Countries: “inserting new ideas into a timeless wine skin”
BACKGROUND: Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality in Low Income Countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa involves numerous interrelated causes. The …
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Pathways to Care for Critically Ill or Injured Children: A Cohort Study from First Presentation to Healthcare Services through to Admission to Intensive Care or Death
PURPOSE: Critically ill or injured children require prompt identification, rapid referral and quality emergency management. We undertook a study to …
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The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) jointly hosted its triennial palliative care conference for Africa with the Hospice and Palliative …
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The treatment of sexually transmitted infections
The high level of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa can be attributed to a large number of factors …
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Dimensions of patient satisfaction with comprehensive abortion care in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is a measure of the extent to which a patient is content with the health care received …
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Barriers to Institutional Childbirth in Rumbek North County, South Sudan: A Qualitative Study
BACKGROUND: South Sudan has one of the world's poorest health indicators due to a fragile health system and a combination …
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Cost effectiveness of clinical associates: A case study for the Mpumalanga province in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The National Department of Health of South Africa decided to start a programme to train mid-level healthcare workers, called …
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Criteria-based audit to improve quality of care of foetal distress: standardising obstetric care at a national referral hospital in a low resource setting, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In Tanzania, substandard intrapartum management of foetal distress contributes to a third of perinatal deaths, and the majority are …
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Provider adherence to first antenatal care guidelines and risk of pregnancy complications in public sector facilities: a Ghanaian cohort study
BACKGROUND: Guideline utilization aims at improvement in quality of care and better health outcomes. The objective of the current study …
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The inescapable question of fairness in Pay-for-performance bonus distribution: a qualitative study of health workers’ experiences in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: During the last decade there has been a growing concern about the lack of results in the health sectors …
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Awareness of diabetic foot disease amongst patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the chronic outpatients department at a regional hospital in Durban, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Diabetic foot disease (DFD) is a major challenge for the healthcare system, with enormous economic consequences for people living …
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Stillbirths and quality of care during labour at the low resource referral hospital of Zanzibar: a case-control study
BACKGROUND: To study determinants of stillbirths as indicators of quality of care during labour in an East African low resource …
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Factors Determining Quality of Care in Family Planning Services in Africa: A Systematic Review of Mixed Evidence
BACKGROUND: Improving use of family planning services is key to improving maternal health in Africa, and provision of quality of …
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A qualitative study on factors that influence women’s choice of delivery in health facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Facility based delivery for mothers is one of the proven interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. …
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Long-Term Outcomes on Antiretroviral Therapy in a Large Scale-Up Program in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: While there has been a rapid global scale-up of antiretroviral therapy programs over the past decade, there are limited …
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mPneumonia, an Innovation for Diagnosing and Treating Childhood Pneumonia in Low-Resource Settings: A Feasibility, Usability and Acceptability Study in Ghana
Pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious disease mortality in children. Currently, health care providers (HCPs) are trained to use …
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Maternal Near Miss and quality of care in a rural Rwandan hospital
BACKGROUND: The WHO Maternal Near Miss (MNM) approach was developed to evaluate and improve quality of obstetric care worldwide. This …