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An exploration of facilitators and challenges in the scale-up of a national, public sector community health worker cadre in Zambia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: In 2010 a public sector cadre of community health workers called Community Health Assistants (CHAs) was created in Zambia …
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Conceptualisation of job-related wellbeing, stress and burnout among healthcare workers in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: Wellbeing of healthcare workers is important for the effective functioning of health systems. The aim of this study was …
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Population awareness of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Buea, Cameroon
BACKGROUND: Adequate awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and their risk factors may help reduce the population's exposure to modifiable risk …
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Evaluation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme at a primary health care centre in South Africa
Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the HIV programme at Levai Mbatha Community …
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A qualitative and quantitative performance evaluation of Swaziland’s Rural Health Motivator program
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly used to increase access to primary healthcare, and considered to be a key …
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‘Leaving no one behind’: reflections on the design of community-based HIV prevention for migrants in Johannesburg’s inner-city hostels and informal settlements
BACKGROUND: Unmanaged urban growth in southern and eastern Africa has led to a growth of informal housing in cities, which …
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The potential of task-shifting in scaling up services for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a time and motion study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: In many African countries, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services are predominantly delivered by nurses. Although task-shifting …
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Yaws resurgence in Bankim, Cameroon: The relative effectiveness of different means of detection in rural communities
BACKGROUND: Yaws is an infectious, debilitating and disfiguring disease of poverty that mainly affects children in rural communities in tropical …
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Health care waste management in community-based care: experiences of community health workers in low resource communities in South Africa
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, community health workers (CHWs) working in community-based care (CBC) programmes provide care to patients most of …
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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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A systematic review of factors that shape implementation of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in sub-Saharan Africa
BACKGROUND: Understanding factors surrounding the implementation process of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis (MDA for LF) elimination programmes is …
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Use of malaria RDTs in various health contexts across sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends parasitological confirmation of malaria prior to treatment. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) represent one …
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An investigation of maternal mortality at a tertiary hospital of the Limpopo province of South Africa
Objective: To understand the elements influencing the maternal deaths in the Limpopo province, South Africa. Methods: A retrospective review of …
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Use of Lot quality assurance sampling surveys to evaluate community health worker performance in rural Zambia: a case of Luangwa district
BACKGROUND: The Better Health Outcomes through Mentoring and Assessment (BHOMA) project is a cluster randomized controlled trial aimed at reducing …
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The effect of phlebotomy training on blood sample rejection and phlebotomy knowledge of primary health care providers in Cape Town: A quasi-experimental study
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing amount of blood sample rejection at primary health care facilities (PHCFs), impacting negatively the staff, …
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Pain in amaXhosa women living with HIV/AIDS: a cross-sectional study of ambulant outpatients
BACKGROUND: Pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms in people living with HIV/AIDS, whether or not they are …
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Perspectives of policy-makers and stakeholders about health care waste management in community-based care in South Africa: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, a new primary health care (PHC) re-engineering initiative aims to scale up the provision of community-based …
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Contraceptive uptake after training community health workers in couples counseling: A cluster randomized trial
BACKGROUND: Young women in Malawi face many challenges in accessing family planning (FP), including distance to the health facility and …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices in the control and prevention of malaria in four endemic provinces of Zambia
This study sought to determine malaria knowledge levels, attitudes and practices of the communities in four malaria endemic provinces of …