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‘We saw she was in danger, but couldn’t do anything’: Missed opportunities and health worker disempowerment during birth care in rural Burkina Faso
BACKGROUND: Facility-based births have been promoted as the main strategy to reduce maternal and neonatal death risks at global scale. …
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Switching the poles in sexual and reproductive health research: implementing a research capacity-strengthening network in West and North Africa
Health research capacities have been improved in Africa but still remain weak as compared to other regions of the World. …
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The efficiency of chronic disease care in sub-Saharan Africa
The number of people needing chronic disease care is projected to increase in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of expanding …
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Persistent barriers to care; a qualitative study to understand women’s experiences in areas served by the midwives service scheme in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The Nigerian Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) is an ambitious human resources project created in 2009 to address supply side …
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Effective non-drug interventions for improving outcomes and quality of maternal health care in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: Many interventions have been implemented to improve maternal health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Currently, however, systematic information on …
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Cost and impact of policies to remove and reduce fees for obstetric care in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Morocco
BACKGROUND: Across the Africa region and beyond, the last decade has seen many countries introducing policies aimed at reducing financial …
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The influence of distance and quality of care on place of delivery in rural Ghana
Facility delivery is an important aspect of the strategy to reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Geographic access to care is …
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Diarrhea management in children under five in sub-Saharan Africa: does the source of care matter? A Countdown analysis
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea remains a high burden disease, responsible for nine percent of deaths in children under five globally. We analyzed …
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The prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in urban Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In many countries, rates of facility-based childbirth have increased substantially in recent years. However, insufficient attention has been paid …
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Attitudes towards the implementation of universal umbilical artery lactate analysis in a South African district hospital
BACKGROUND: Of the 5.54 million stillbirths and neonatal deaths occurring globally each year, a significant amount of these occur in …
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Impact of Lean on patient cycle and waiting times at a rural district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
BACKGROUND: Prolonged waiting time is a source of patient dissatisfaction with health care and is negatively associated with patient satisfaction. …
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Participatory approaches involving community and healthcare providers in family planning/contraceptive information and service provision: a scoping review
As efforts to address unmet need for family planning and contraception (FP/C) accelerate, voluntary use, informed choice and quality must …
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Improving the quality of obstetric care for women with obstructed labour in the national referral hospital in Uganda: lessons learnt from criteria based audit
BACKGROUND: Obstructed labour remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality whose complications can be reduced with improved quality …
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Assessing the Impact of Community Engagement Interventions on Health Worker Motivation and Experiences with Clients in Primary Health Facilities in Ghana: A Randomized Cluster Trial
BACKGROUND: Health worker density per 1000 population in Ghana is one of the lowest in the world estimated to be …
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HIV/AIDS clients, privacy and confidentiality; the case of two health centres in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
BACKGROUND: While most studies on HIV/AIDS often identify stigmatization and patients' unwillingness to access health care as critical problems in …
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Factors affecting acquisition of psychomotor clinical skills by student nurses and midwives in CHAM Nursing Colleges in Malawi: A qualitative exploratory study
BACKGROUND: Acquisition of psychomotor clinical skills has been shown to improve the quality of care provided to patients when care …
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Development and pilot evaluation of a home-based palliative care training and support package for young children in southern Africa
BACKGROUND: The leading cause of death among young children in southern Africa is complications due to HIV infection and, in …
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Knowledge and Perceptions about Clinical Trials and the Use of Biomedical Samples: Findings from a Qualitative Study in Rural Northern Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Clinical trials conducted in sub-Saharan Africa have helped to address the prevalent health challenges. The knowledge about how communities …
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Maternal death and obstetric care audits in Nigeria: a systematic review of barriers and enabling factors in the provision of emergency care
BACKGROUND: Maternal death reviews and obstetric audits identify causes and circumstances related to occurrence of a maternal death or serious …
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To what extent do site-based training, mentoring, and operational research improve district health system management and leadership in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol
BACKGROUND: District health managers play a key role in the effectiveness of decentralized health systems in low- and middle-income countries. …