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Determinants and the impact of the National Health Insurance on neonatal mortality in Ghana
The national health insurance was established to increase access to health care services and the maternal component was later introduced …
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Determinants of complete immunization among senegalese children aged 12–23 months: evidence from the demographic and health survey
BACKGROUND: The expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is one of the most cost-effective interventions to reduce childhood mortality and morbidity. …
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Building freeways: piloting communication skills in additional languages to health service personnel in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: This study reflects on the development and teaching of communication skills courses in additional national languages to health care …
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Oesophageal cancer in South Africa: The long timeline from onset of symptoms to definitive management
Background: In rural South Africa, most patients with oesophageal cancer have delayed presentations with debilitating symptoms and inoperable disease. This …
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Predictors of the use of interventions to prevent malaria in pregnancy in Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Malaria in pregnancy is common in sub-Saharan Africa where it contributes to perinatal morbidity and mortality. Use of insecticide-treated …
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Treatment of tungiasis with a two-component dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas
Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas (Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera) into the skin. It …
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Improving access to health care in a rural regional hospital in South Africa: Why do patients miss their appointments?
BACKGROUND: Access to health services is one of the Batho Pele ('people first') values and principles of the South African …
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A Qualitative study of language barriers between South African health care providers and cross-border migrants
BACKGROUND: Communication with health care providers represents an essential part of access to health care for the over 230 million …
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Access to health care for children with neural tube defects: Experiences of mothers in Zambia
INTRODUCTION: In Zambia, all children born with neural tube defects requiring surgery need to be referred to a tertiary level …
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Actions on social determinants and interventions in primary health to improve mother and child health and health equity in Morocco
BACKGROUND: Over the last two decades, Moroccan authorities launched a number of actions and strategies to enhance access to health …
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Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The maternal, newborn and child health care continuum require that mother/child pair should receive the full package of antenatal, …
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Rational use of antibiotics by community health workers and caregivers for children with suspected pneumonia in Zambia: a cross-sectional mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is an issue of growing global concern. One key strategy to minimise further development of resistance is …
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Characterizing internet health information seeking strategies by socioeconomic status: a mixed methods approach
BACKGROUND: The Internet is valuable for those with limited access to health care services because of its low cost and …
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Healthcare access and quality of birth care: narratives of women living with obstetric fistula in rural Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Increasing births with skilled attendants and increasing health facilities with Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) can reduce maternal mortality and …
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Women's Education and Health Inequalities in Under-Five Mortality in Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries, 1990–2015
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to analyse trends in the relationship between mother's educational level and mortality of …
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Insufficient access to oral paediatric medicines in Ghana: A descriptive study
BACKGROUND: Among the most vulnerable people in society are children and this is especially so in their access to health …
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Social inequality and children’s health in Africa: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: This study examines socioeconomic inequality in children's health and factors that moderate this inequality. Socioeconomic measures include household wealth, …
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Higher Educational Attainment Associated with Optimal Antenatal Care Visits among Childbearing Women in Zambia
OBJECTIVE: Attendance of at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits over the period of pregnancy has been accepted by World …
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Barriers and facilitators to health care seeking behaviours in pregnancy in rural communities of southern Mozambique
BACKGROUND: In countries, such as Mozambique, where maternal mortality remains high, the greatest contribution of mortality comes from the poor …
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A household perspective on access to health care in the context of HIV and disability: a qualitative case study from Malawi
BACKGROUND: Equitable access to health care is a challenge in many low-income countries. The most vulnerable segments of any population …