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Afrique du SudNigeriaOugandaRwandaTogo
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522 publication(s) trouvée(s)
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Stroke survivors’ levels of community reintegration, quality of life, satisfaction with the physiotherapy services and the level of caregiver strain at community health centres within the Johannesburg area
Background: Stroke survivors are discharged home before they are functionally independent and return home with activity limitations that would not …
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A process evaluation plan for assessing a complex community-based maternal health intervention in Ogun State, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Despite increased investment in community-level maternal health interventions, process evaluations of such interventions are uncommon, and can be instrumental …
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Low contribution of health extension workers in identification of persons with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopian Somali Region pastoralists
BACKGROUND: To accelerate the expansion of primary healthcare coverage, the Ethiopian government started deploying specially trained community health workers named …
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Improving Community Health Using an Outcome-Oriented CQI Approach to Community-Engaged Health Professions Education
Health professionals providing health-care services must have the relevant competencies and clinical experiences needed to improve population health outcomes in …
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Exploring stakeholders’ perceptions of a task-shifting strategy for hypertension control in Ghana: a qualitative study
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to explore stakeholders' perception of an on-going evidence-based task-shifting strategy for hypertension (TASSH) …
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Serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) polymorphism and susceptibility to a home-visiting maternal-infant attachment intervention delivered by community health workers in South Africa: Reanalysis of a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Clear recognition of the damaging effects of poverty on early childhood development has fueled an interest in interventions aimed …
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Community unit performance: factors associated with childhood diarrhea and appropriate treatment in Nyanza Province, Kenya
BACKGROUND: The government of Kenya launched its community health strategy in 2006 to improve certain aspects of its community health …
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The impact of community health worker-led home delivery of antiretroviral therapy on virological suppression: a non-inferiority cluster-randomized health systems trial in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Home delivery of antiretroviral therapy (ART) by community health workers (CHWs) may improve ART retention by reducing the time …
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A Smartphone App (AfyaData) for Innovative One Health Disease Surveillance from Community to National Levels in Africa: Intervention in Disease Surveillance (Preprint)
BACKGROUND We describe the development and initial achievements of a participatory disease surveillance system that relies on mobile technology to …
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Universal versus conditional three-day follow up visit for children with uncomplicated fever at the community level: design of a cluster-randomized, community-based, non-inferiority trial in Tanganyika, Democratic Republic of Congo
BACKGROUND: The current recommendation within integrated Community Case Management guidelines that all children presenting with uncomplicated fever and no danger …
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Safety of a fixed-dose combination of artesunate and amodiaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in real-life conditions of use in Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: (artesunate-amodiaquine). METHODS: This prospective, longitudinal, descriptive, non-comparative, non-interventional study on the use of artesunate-amodiaquine in real-life conditions of use …
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Participatory approach to design social accountability interventions to improve maternal health services: a case study from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BACKGROUND: Social accountability (SA) comprises a set of mechanisms aiming to, on the one hand, enable users to raise their …
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Primary health workers’ knowledge and practices relating to neonatal jaundice in Ibadan, Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Over half of births and newborn care occur in primary healthcare facilities in Nigeria, but information on activities of …
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Analysis of the Prevalence and Factors Associated with Nocturia in Adult Korean Men
This study investigated the prevalence of and factors associated with nocturia in Korean men. A total of 92,626 participants aged …
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Location, location, location: environmental factors better predict malaria-positive individuals during reactive case detection than index case demographics in Southern Province, Zambia
BACKGROUND: Decreasing malaria transmission leads to increasing heterogeneity with increased risk in both hot spots (locations) and hot pops (certain …
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Impact of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Clinical and Hypoxemic Childhood Pneumonia over Three Years in Central Malawi: An Observational Study
BACKGROUND: The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine's (PCV) impact on childhood pneumonia during programmatic conditions in Africa is poorly understood. Following PCV13 …
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Insights of health district managers on the implementation of primary health care outreach teams in Johannesburg, South Africa: a descriptive study with focus group discussions
BACKGROUND: Primary health care (PHC) outreach teams are part of a policy of PHC re-engineering in South Africa. It attempts …
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Community-based health care is an essential component of a resilient health system: evidence from Ebola outbreak in Liberia
BACKGROUND: Trained community health workers (CHW) enhance access to essential primary health care services in contexts where the health system …
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Feasibility of community level interventions for pre-eclampsia: perspectives, knowledge and task-sharing from Nigeria, Mozambique, Pakistan and India
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), particularly pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, remain one of the leading causes of maternal mortality and are …
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Experiences of patients having tuberculosis (TB) regarding the use of Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) in the North West Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) management remains a major challenge despite the implementation of Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS). Some of the …