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Assessment of care provision for hypertension at the emergency Department of an Urban Hospital in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Management of hypertension in Mozambique is poor, and rates of control are amongst the lowest in the world. Health …
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Explaining the successes and failures of tuberculosis treatment programs; a tale of two regions in rural eastern Uganda
BACKGROUND: Optimally performing tuberculosis (TB) programs are characterized by treatment success rate (TSR) of at least 90%. In rural eastern …
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Health system readiness for innovation scale-up: the experience of community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Following the successful pilot of the community-based distribution of injectable contraceptives (CBDIC) by community health extension workers (CHEWs) in …
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Process evaluation of implementation fidelity of the integrated chronic disease management model in two districts, South Africa
BACKGROUND: The Integrated Chronic Disease Management (ICDM) model has been implemented in South Africa to enhance quality of clinical services …
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Management of uncomplicated malaria in private health facilities in North-West Ethiopia: a clinical audit of current practices
Abstract Background Malaria is one of the leading public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa that contributes to significant patient morbidity …
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Patient safety culture in Peking University Cancer Hospital in China: baseline assessment and comparative analysis for quality improvement
BACKGROUND: Limited information is available regarding the patient safety culture in Chinese hospitals. This study aims to assess the patient …
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Preliminary validation of the PRImary care facility Management Evaluation tool (PRIME-Tool), a national facility management survey implemented in Ghana
BACKGROUND: The management quality of healthcare facilities has consistently been linked to facility performance, but available tools to measure management …
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Training and well-equipped facility increases the odds of skills of health professionals on helping babies breathe in public hospitals of Southern Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Health professionals equipped with the adequate skills of helping baby breath remain the backbone in the health system in …
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Dementia assessment and diagnostic practices of healthcare workers in rural southwestern Uganda: a cross-sectional qualitative study
BACKGROUND: An estimated 50 million people worldwide have Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), and this number is projected to …
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Reasons for late presentation for antenatal care, healthcare providers’ perspective
BACKGROUND: Antenatal care (ANC) provides healthcare services to pregnant women in an attempt to ensure, the best possible pregnancy outcome …
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Preferences for HIV testing services among young people in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite high HIV incidence rates among young people in Nigeria, less than 24% of this population have ever tested …
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Awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice of adverse drug reaction reporting among health workers and patients in selected primary healthcare centres in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Higher incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a global health problem requiring attention of all stakeholders regardless of …
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Correction to: Responding to policy makers’ evaluation needs: combining experimental and quasi-experimental approaches to estimate the impact of performance based financing in Burkina Faso
Due to an error introduced during copyediting of this article [1], there are two corrections about the Figs. 1. The …
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Utilizing perspectives from HIV-infected women, male partners and healthcare providers to design family planning SMS in Kenya: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Short message service (SMS) presents an opportunity to expand the reach of care and improve reproductive health outcomes. SMS …
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Healthcare workers’ clinical knowledge on maternal and newborn care in Ethiopia: findings from 2016 national EmONC assessment
BACKGROUND: Improving maternal and newborn health indicators are key if Ethiopia is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. To do …
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Effectiveness of health care workers and peer engagement in promoting access to health services among population at higher risk for HIV in Tanzania (KPHEALTH): study protocol for a quasi experimental trial
BACKGROUND: While there are indications of declining HIV infection rates in the general population globally, Tanzania included, men who have …
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Need for improved detection of voluntary medical male circumcision adverse events in Mozambique: a mixed-methods assessment
BACKGROUND: Adverse events (AE) resulting from voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) are commonly used to measure program quality. Mozambique's VMMC …
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Primary healthcare and school health service utilisation by adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Young people aged 10-24 years are a vulnerable group with poor health service access relative to other populations. Recent …
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Health professionals’ acceptance and willingness to pay for hepatitis B virus vaccination in Gondar City Administration governmental health institutions, Northwest Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global public health problem. The burden of the disease is high in …
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Expanding access to maternal, newborn and primary healthcare services through private-community-government partnership clinic models in rural Kenya: the Ubuntu-Afya kiosk model
BACKGROUND: Fifteen counties contribute 98.7% of the maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality in Kenya. The dismal maternal and newborn …