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Healthcare providers’ attitudes towards care for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a priority group in Malawi's national response to Human Immunodeficiency Virus …
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“The number of clients is increasing but the supplies are reducing”: provider strategies for responding to chronic antiretroviral (ARV) medicines stock-outs in resource-limited settings: a qualitative study from Uganda
BACKGROUND: Despite the increasing frequency of ARV medicines stock-outs in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is little research inquiring into the mitigation …
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Examining the impact of WHO’s Focused Antenatal Care policy on early access, underutilisation and quality of antenatal care services in Malawi: a retrospective study
BACKGROUND: A variety of antenatal care models have been implemented in low and middle-income countries over the past decades, as …
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Household relationships and healthcare seeking behaviour for common childhood illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-national mixed effects analysis
BACKGROUND: Intra-household dynamics play crucial roles in utilisation of healthcare services for children. We investigated the influence of household relationships …
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Evaluation of facility and community-based active household tuberculosis contact investigation in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: No established strategy for household tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation (HTCI) exists in Ethiopia. We implemented integrated, active HTCI model …
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Delayed illness recognition and multiple referrals: a qualitative study exploring care-seeking trajectories contributing to maternal and newborn illnesses and death in southern Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Maternal and neonatal mortality remain high in southern Tanzania despite an increasing number of births occurring in health facilities. …
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Growth monitoring and promotion practices among health workers may be suboptimal despite high knowledge scores
BACKGROUND: The child health record booklet (CHRB) is a powerful tool for screening children under five and for education of …
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Magnitude of delayed turnaround time of laboratory results in Amhara Public Health Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Clinical decisions depend on timely laboratory result reporting. The timeliness is commonly expressed in turnaround time and serves as …
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Effects and determinants of tuberculosis drug stockouts in South Africa
BACKGROUND: The frequent occurrence of medicine stockouts represents a significant obstacle to tuberculosis control in South Africa. Stockouts can lead …
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Explaining patient delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up among patients with presumptive tuberculosis in Tanzania: a mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: Delay in healthcare seeking and loss to diagnostic follow-up (LDFU) contribute to substantial increase in tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and …
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Delay in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Amhara state, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Delayed presentation is a major problem contributing to the high burden and transmission of tuberculosis (TB) in developing countries. …
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Assessing core, e-learning, clinical and technology readiness to integrate telemedicine at public health facilities in Uganda: a health facility – based survey
BACKGROUND: In developing countries like Uganda, there are shortages of health workers especially medical specialists. The referral process is frustrating …
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Availability of essential medicines and pharmaceutical inventory management practice at health centers of Adama town, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Good inventory management practices in the health facilities are one of the critical aspects that influence the availability of …
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Strengthening referral systems in community health programs: a qualitative study in two rural districts of Maputo Province, Mozambique
BACKGROUND: Effective referral systems from the community to the health care facility are essential to save lives and ensure quality …
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Where there is no evidence: implementing family interventions from recommendations in the NICE guideline 11 on challenging behaviour in a South African health service for adults with intellectual disability
BACKGROUND: Low- and middle-income countries often lack the fiscal, infrastructural and human resources to conduct evidence-based research; similar constraints may …
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Perceived cultural differences in healthcare for foreign patients visiting South Korea: tool development and measurement
BACKGROUND: We developed a 41-item tool measuring cultural differences in healthcare as perceived by foreign patients visiting South Korea. METHODS: …
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Barriers to and facilitators of the development and utilization of context appropriate evidence based clinical algorithms to optimize clinical care and patient outcomes in the Tikur Anbessa emergency department: a multi-component qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Evidence-based clinical algorithms (EBCA) are knowledge tools to promote evidence use by codifying evidence into action plans to facilitate …
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Globalisation and transitions in abortion care in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Access to safe abortion is a globally contested policy and social justice issue - contested because of its religious …
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Delivery of integrated infectious disease control services under the new antenatal care guidelines: a service availability and readiness assessment of health facilities in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Tanzania remains among the countries with the highest burden of infectious diseases (notably HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis) during pregnancy. …
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Assessing the cost of providing a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS service in Ethiopia: urban-rural health facilities setting
BACKGROUND: While local context costing evidence is relevant for healthcare planning, budgeting and cost-effectiveness analysis, it continues to be scarce …