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Challenges faced by caregivers of virally non-suppressed children on the intensive adherence counselling program in Uganda: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Of the estimated 130,000 children living with HIV in Uganda, 47% are receiving ART. Only 39.3% have suppressed HIV-1 …
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Uptake and correlates of HIV testing among men in Malawi: evidence from a national population–based household survey
BACKGROUND: HIV testing is one of the key strategies in the HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes. However, studies examining utilization …
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Exploring adolescents and young people’s candidacy for utilising health services in a rural district, South Africa
BACKGROUND: We use the 'candidacy framework' to describe adolescents' and young people's (AYP) experiences of health services in a rural …
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Understanding performance data: health management information system data accuracy in Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Health management information system (HMIS) is a system whereby health data are recorded, stored, retrieved and processed to improve …
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The salt between the beans: a qualitative study of the role of auxiliary midwives in a hard-to-reach area of Myanmar
BACKGROUND: Auxiliary Midwives (AMWs) are unpaid volunteer health workers assisting qualified paid midwives in maternal and child health care mainly …
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Qualitative assessment of South African healthcare worker perspectives on an instrument-free rapid CD4 test
BACKGROUND: Accurate measurement of CD4 cell counts remains an important tenet of clinical care for people living with HIV. We …
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What is the financial incentive to immigrate? An analysis of salary disparities between health workers working in the Caribbean and popular destination countries
BACKGROUND: The continuous migration of Human Resources for Health (HRH) compromises the quality of health services in the developing supplying …
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WhatsApp: a supplementary tool for improving bed nets universal coverage campaign in Mozambique
BACKGROUND: WhatsApp (WA) is the most recent and attractive applicative among Smartphone users. The use of WA in healthcare environment …
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Adherence to standard nursing protocols on nasogastric tube feeding in a secondary referral hospital in Ghana: comparing self-ratings by professional and auxiliary nurses
BACKGROUND: Data on nurses' adherence to standard protocol on nasogastric (NG) tube feeding remain scanty in Ghana even though patients …
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Point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV/STI targeting MSM in regional Australia at community ‘beat’ locations
BACKGROUND: Innovative health promotion strategies are needed to improve access to HIV testing among regional people in Australia, particularly for …
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Level of Partograph completion and healthcare workers’ perspectives on its use in Mulago National Referral and teaching hospital, Kampala, Uganda
BACKGROUND: The appropriate use of the Partograph allows early identification of labour related complications and prevents deaths. We, therefore, sought …
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Operative volume and surgical case distribution in Uganda’s public sector: a stratified randomized evaluation of nationwide surgical capacity
Little is known about operative volume, distribution of cases, or capacity of the public sector to deliver essential surgical services …
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Improved performance of district health systems through implementing health center clinical and administrative standards in the Amhara region of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Standards represent benchmarks against which improvements can be measured. In 2016, the Federal Ministry of Health developed and endorsed …
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Healthcare workers’ experiences regarding scaling up of training on integrated disease surveillance and response (IDSR) in Uganda, 2016: cross sectional qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy was adopted as the framework for implementation of International Health Regulation …
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Differentiated service delivery: a qualitative study of people living with HIV and accessing care in a tertiary facility in Ghana
BACKGROUND: In 2014, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) set out a treatment target with the objective to …
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Reuse of patients’ own drugs in hospitals in Ghana; the evidence to support policy
BACKGROUND: Given the documented benefits of Patient Own Drugs (PODs) in most developed countries and scanty data on PODs management …
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Pathways to diabetic care at hospitals in rural Eastern Uganda: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Prompt access to appropriate treatment reduces early onset of complications to chronic illnesses. Our objective was to document the …
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Role of public-private partnerships in achieving UNAIDS HIV treatment targets
BACKGROUND: Despite progress towards achieving UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, barriers persist in laboratory systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) restricting scale up …
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Urban health extension program model housing and household visits improved the utilization of health Services in Urban Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The government of Ethiopia launched an innovative program called Urban Health Extension Program (UHEP) in 2009, aims to produce …
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A critical analysis of purchasing arrangements in Kenya: the case of micro health insurance
BACKGROUND: Strategic purchasing can ensure that financial resources are used in a way that optimally enhances the attainment of health …