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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 …
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Subscribers’ perception of quality of services provided by Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme - what are the correlates?
BACKGROUND: Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has witnessed an upsurge in enrollment since its inception in 2003, with over …
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Patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than two weeks in high-burden tuberculosis communities: the case of the Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to analyse the patient predictors of health-seeking behaviour for persons coughing for more than 2 weeks …
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Characteristics and determinants of community physiotherapy utilization and supply
BACKGROUND: Demand for Physiotherapy is on the rise due to increasing ageing population and consequent disability and morbidity. However, the …
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Challenges to the implementation of malaria policies in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Despite malaria prevention initiatives, malaria remains a major health problem in Malawi, especially for pregnant mothers and children under …
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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 …