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Lessons from implementing mass drug administration for soil transmitted helminths among pre-school aged children during school based deworming program at the Kenyan coast
BACKGROUND: The 2012 London declaration which committed to "sustaining, expanding and extending drug access programmes to ensure the necessary supply …
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Making HIV testing work at the point of care in South Africa: a qualitative study of diagnostic practices
BACKGROUND: Point of care testing promises to reduce delays in diagnosing and initiating treatment for infectious diseases such as Human …
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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 …