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If you can’t measure it- you can’t change it – a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural Kenya
BACKGROUND: The Kenyan Ministry of Health- Department of Standards and Regulations sought to operationalize the Kenya Quality Assurance Model for …
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Performance and self-perceived competencies of enrolled nurse/midwives: a mixed methods study from rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tanzania is experiencing a severe shortage of human resources for health, which poses a serious threat to the quality …
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Scaling-up strategic purchasing: analysis of health system governance imperatives for strategic purchasing in a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Enugu State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Significant knowledge gaps exist in the functioning of institutional designs and organisational practices in purchasing within free healthcare schemes …
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Community-based directly observed treatment for TB patients to improve HIV services: a cross-sectional study in a South African province
BACKGROUND: There is uncertainty about how directly observed treatment (DOT) support for tuberculosis (TB) can be delivered most effectively and …
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Perception of Cervical Cancer Patients on their Financial Challenges in Western Kenya
BACKGROUND: The number of cervical cancer cases is reported to increase among women of reproductive age in the recent past …
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Integration of maternal postpartum services in maternal and child health services in Kaya health district (Burkina Faso): an intervention time trend analysis
The Missed Opportunities in Maternal and Infant Health (MOMI) project aimed at reducing maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity within …
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Procedural and documentation variations in intravenous infusion administration: a mixed methods study of policy and practice across 16 hospital trusts in England
BACKGROUND: Procedural and documentation deviations relating to intravenous (IV) infusion administration can have important safety consequences. However, research on such …
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Cost of antenatal care for the health sector and for households in Rwanda
BACKGROUND: Rwanda has made tremendous progress in reduction of maternal mortality in the last twenty years. Antenatal care is believed …
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Retention of medical doctors at the district level: a qualitative study of experiences from Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Retention of Human Resources for Health (HRH), particularly doctors at district level is a big challenge facing the decentralized …
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“We are like co-wives”: Traditional healers' views on collaborating with the formal Child and Adolescent Mental Health System in Uganda
BACKGROUND: Early identification and management of mental illness in childhood and adolescence helps to avert debilitating mental illness in adulthood …
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Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease epidemic evolved in alarming ways in Sierra Leone spreading to all districts. The country …
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Correspondence regarding ‘Assefa Y, et al., BMC Health Services Research. 2011; 11 (1):81 and 2014; 14(1):45’: The Positive-Deviance approach for translating evidence into practice to improve patient retention in HIV care
The purpose of this correspondence is to describe how the positive-deviance approach can be used to translate evidence into practice, …
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An assessment of the malaria-related knowledge and practices of Tanzania’s drug retailers: exploring the impact of drug store accreditation
BACKGROUND: Since 2003 Tanzania has upgraded its approximately 7000 drug stores to Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDOs), involving dispenser training, …
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Substance use and self-harm: a cross-sectional study of the prevalence, correlates and patterns of medical service utilisation among patients admitted to a South African hospital
BACKGROUND: Substance use is a potentially modifiable risk factor for suicidal behaviour. Little is known about the epidemiology of substance …
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The impact of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign on routine primary health service provision and health workers in Tanzania: a controlled before and after study
BACKGROUND: The burden of cervical cancer and shortage of screening services in Tanzania confers an urgent need for human papillomavirus …
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Review of emergency obstetric care interventions in health facilities in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a questionnaire survey
BACKGROUND: Maternal morbidity and mortality is most prevalent in resource-poor settings such as sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. In sub-Saharan …
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“He does not have to wait under a tree”: perceptions of men, women and health care workers on male partner involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus services in Malawi
BACKGROUND: The perception of male involvement (MI) in maternal child health services is multifaceted and differs among varying programs and …
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High antiretroviral therapy service delivery satisfaction and itsʼ associated factors at Midre-genet hospital; Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Patient's satisfaction occurs when patients feel their needs and expectations are being meet by the service delivery they receive …
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Implementing Community-based Health Planning and Services in impoverished urban communities: health workers’ perspective
BACKGROUND: Three-quarters of sub-Saharan Africa's urban population currently live under slum conditions making them susceptible to ill health and diseases. …
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Geographic assessment of access to health care in patients with cardiovascular disease in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease are increasingly emerging as major contributors …