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Engaging and staying engaged: a phenomenological study of barriers to equitable access to mental healthcare for people with severe mental disorders in a rural African setting
BACKGROUND: In low-and middle-income countries, integration of mental health into primary care is recommended to reduce the treatment gap. In …
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An assessment of equity in the distribution of non-financial health care inputs across public primary health care facilities in Tanzania
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence on how health care inputs are distributed from the sub-national level down to health facilities …
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Supporting and retaining Village Health Teams: an assessment of a community health worker program in two Ugandan districts
BACKGROUND: Uganda's national community health worker program involves volunteer Village Health Teams (VHTs) delivering basic health services and education. Evidence …
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“We are toothless and hanging, but optimistic”: sub county managers’ experiences of rapid devolution in coastal Kenya
BACKGROUND: In March 2013, Kenya transitioned from a centralized to a devolved system of governance. Within the health sector, this …
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Lifestyle and Income-related Inequality in Health in South Africa
BACKGROUND: Many low- and middle-income countries are experiencing an epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases. This has negative consequences …
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Prevalence of malnutrition and associated factors in children aged 6–59 months among rural dwellers of damot gale district, south Ethiopia: community based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition remains one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality among children throughout the world. This study …
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Inequities in utilization of reproductive and maternal health services in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Disparities in health services utilization within and between regional states of countries with diverse socio-cultural and economic conditions such …
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Patients’ willingness to pay for the treatment of tuberculosis in Nigeria: exploring own use and altruism
BACKGROUND: Although, current treatment services for Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria are provided free of charge in public facilities, the benefits …
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Skilled delivery inequality in Ethiopia: to what extent are the poorest and uneducated mothers benefiting?
BACKGROUND: The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targeted at improving maternal health. In this regard, Ethiopia has shown substantial progresses …
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Postings and transfers in the Ghanaian health system: a study of health workforce governance
BACKGROUND: Decision-making on postings and transfers - that is, the geographic deployment of the health workforce - is a key …
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Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential …
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Leadership and governance of community health worker programmes at scale: a cross case analysis of provincial implementation in South Africa
BACKGROUND: National community health worker (CHW) programmes are returning to favour as an integral part of primary health care systems, …
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The impact of multi-morbidity on disability among older adults in South Africa: do hypertension and socio-demographic characteristics matter?
BACKGROUND: Alongside the global population ageing phenomenon, there has been a rise in the number of individuals who suffer from …
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Social sciences: vital to improving our understanding of health equity, policy and systems
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Inequalities in health care utilization for common childhood illnesses in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey
BACKGROUND: Globally, 5.9 million children under the age of five died in 2015. More than half and almost one-third of …
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The cost of free health care for all Kenyans: assessing the financial sustainability of contributory and non-contributory financing mechanisms
BACKGROUND: The need to provide quality and equitable health services and protect populations from impoverishing health care costs has pushed …
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Assessing the impoverishing effects, and factors associated with the incidence of catastrophic health care payments in Kenya
BACKGROUND: Monitoring the incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure, as well as the impoverishing effects of out of pocket …
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The right to health of non-nationals and displaced persons in the sustainable development goals era: challenges for equity in universal health care
INTRODUCTION: Under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations (UN) Member States reported progress on the targets toward their general …
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Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health expenditures in Malawi
BACKGROUND: Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk of incurring large medical bills, and this …
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Economic burden of family caregiving for elderly population in southern Ghana: the case of a peri-urban district
BACKGROUND: Health systems in low and lower-middle income countries, particularly in sub-Sahara Africa, often lack the specialized personnel and infrastructure …
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