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Afrique du SudBéninCamerounGabonNigerNigeriaOugandaTogo

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548 publication(s) trouvée(s)
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The global need for essential emergency and critical care
Critical illness results in millions of deaths each year. Care for those with critical illness is often neglected due to …
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Inspiration, innovation and integration: highlights from the third ICPCN conference on children’s palliative care, 30th May-2nd June 2018, Durban, South Africa
The International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) held its third international conference on children's palliative care in Durban, South Africa, …
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Basic Accountability to Stop Ill-Treatment (BASI); Study Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Tanzania
Background: Poor health system experiences negatively affect the lives of poor people throughout the world. In East Africa there is …
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Development and validation of a tool to measure patient experience in chronic disease care
BACKGROUND: There is a global increase in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and a growing understanding that patients need to …
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Showcasing the contribution of social sciences to health policy and systems research
BACKGROUND: This Special Issue represents a critical response to the frequent silencing of qualitative social science research approaches in mainstream …
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Effects of a participatory community quality improvement strategy on improving household and provider health care behaviors and practices: a propensity score analysis
BACKGROUND: Maternal and newborn health care intervention coverage has increased in many low-income countries over the last decade, yet poor …
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Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala
BACKGROUND: Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, …
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How do gender and disability influence the ability of the poor to benefit from pro-poor health financing policies in Kenya? An intersectional analysis
BACKGROUND: Health inequity has mainly been linked to differences in economic status, with the poor facing greater challenges accessing healthcare …
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Correlates of the Women’s Development Army strategy implementation strength with household reproductive, maternal, newborn and child healthcare practices: a cross-sectional study in four regions of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: To address the shortfall in human resources for health, Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004, establishing …
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Trends of admission and predictors of neonatal mortality: A hospital based retrospective cohort study in Somali region of Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, the trend of neonatal mortality showed slow pace of reduction from 2000-2016 compared to the reduction in …
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‘I am always crying on the inside’: a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women’s lives in urban Gambia
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few …
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Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health …
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Political instability and supply-side barriers undermine the potential for high participation in HIV testing for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission in Guinea-Bissau: A retrospective cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends HIV testing is included in routine screening tests for all pregnant women in order …
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Advancing the science behind human resources for health: highlights from the Health Policy and Systems Research Reader on Human Resources for Health
Health workers are central to people-centred health systems, resilient economies and sustainable development. Given the rising importance of the health …
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Learning from the experience of maternity healthcare workers in Malawi: a qualitative study leading to ten low-cost recommendations to improve working lives and quality of care
BACKGROUND: In Malawi there are too few maternity healthcare workers to enable delivery of high quality care to women. These …
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Conclusions of the digital health hub of the Transform Africa Summit (2018): strong government leadership and public-private-partnerships are key prerequisites for sustainable scale up of digital health in Africa
BACKGROUND: The use of digital technologies to improve access to health is gaining momentum in Africa. This is more pertinent …
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Financement Basé sur la Performance et Indicateurs de Santé Infantile: Cas du District de Santé de Messamena –Cameroun
RESUMEIntroduction : Le Financement Base sur la Performance est une importante reforme de management du systeme sante adoptee dans de …
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Maternal health care visits as predictors of contraceptive use among childbearing women in a medically underserved state in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Health care visits during pregnancy, childbirth and after childbirth may be crucial in expanding the uptake of contraceptive care …
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Understanding the dynamic interactions driving the sustainability of ART scale-up implementation in Uganda
Despite increasing recognition that health-systems constraints are the fundamental barrier to attaining anti-retroviral therapy (ART) scale-up targets in Sub-Saharan Africa, …
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Quality of care for children with acute malnutrition at health center level in Uganda: a cross sectional study in West Nile region during the refugee crisis
BACKGROUND: Arua district, in Uganda, hosts some of the largest refugee camps in the country. The estimated prevalence of moderate …