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Afrique du SudBéninCamerounGhanaTogo
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224 publication(s) trouvée(s)
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A 30-year bibliometric analysis of research coverage on HIV and AIDS in Lesotho
BACKGROUND: Given the well documented undesired impacts of HIV/AIDS globally, there is a need to create a statistical inventory of …
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Incentives to change: effects of performance-based financing on health workers in Zambia
BACKGROUND: Performance-based financing (PBF) has been implemented in a number of countries with the aim of transforming health systems and …
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Assessing the feasibility of eHealth and mHealth: a systematic review and analysis of initiatives implemented in Kenya
BACKGROUND: The growth of Information and Communication Technology in Kenya has facilitated implementation of a large number of eHealth projects …
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Self-reported diabetes during pregnancy in the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: extent and social determinants
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a serious and growing public health concern in South Africa, but its prevalence and distribution in pregnant …
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Women’s knowledge and associated factors in preconception care in adet, west gojjam, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study
BACKGROUND: Preconception care is the provision of biomedical, behavioural and social health interventions to women and couples before the occurrence …
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Prevalence and associated factors of herbal medicine use among pregnant women on antenatal care follow-up at University of Gondar referral and teaching hospital, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Improving maternal and child health is one of the public health priorities in several African countries including Ethiopia. However, …
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Why the Convention on the Rights of the Child must become a guiding framework for the realization of the rights of children affected by tuberculosis
BACKGROUND: Until recently, paediatric tuberculosis (TB) has been relatively neglected by the broader TB and the maternal and child health …
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Erratum to: Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in Public Hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study
Acute malnutrition is a recent and severe weight loss as a result of acute food shortage and/or illness. It is …
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The effects of in-kind demand-side conditional transfers for improving uptake of maternal and child health services in Rwanda
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Use of prophylactic uterotonics during the third stage of labor: a survey of provider practices in community health facilities in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: Postpartum hemorrhage remains the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. Administration of uterotonics during the third stage of labor …
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Towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Ghana: an analysis of national programme data
BACKGROUND: Despite global scale up of interventions for Preventing Mother to child HIV Transmissions (PMTCT), there still remain high pediatric …
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Niger’s Child Survival Success, Contributing Factors and Challenges to Sustainability: A Retrospective Analysis
BACKGROUND: Household surveys undertaken in Niger since 1998 have revealed steady declines in under-5 mortality which have placed the country …
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Mapping the use of research to support strategies tackling maternal and child health inequities: evidence from six countries in Africa and Latin America
BACKGROUND: Striving to foster collaboration among countries suffering from maternal and child health (MCH) inequities, the MASCOT project mapped and …
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eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health
BACKGROUND: The Global Roadmap for Health Measurement and Accountability sees integrated systems for health information as key to obtaining seamless, …
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Determinants of postnatal care non-utilization among women in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Although, there are several programs in place in Nigeria to ensure maternal and child health, maternal and neonatal mortality …
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Postpartum depression and infant feeding practices in a low income urban settlement in Nairobi-Kenya
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression can compromise caregiving activities, including infant feeding practices, resulting in child malnutrition. The purpose of this study …
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A retrospective review of birth outcomes at the Mother and Child Health Hospital in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 2004–2013
BACKGROUND: The Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a lower-middle income country making steady progress improving maternal and child …
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The effects of MCH insurance cards on improving equity in access and use of maternal and child health care services in Tanzania: a mixed methods analysis
BACKGROUND: Inequity in access and use of child and maternal health services is impeding progress towards reduction of maternal mortality …
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Use of Private and Public Health Facilities for essential Maternal and Child Health Services in Nairobi City informal settlements: Perspectives of Women and Community Health Volunteers
We describe the sources of care for delivery, family planning and child welfare services in urban slums of Nairobi. We …
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The midwives service scheme: a qualitative comparison of contextual determinants of the performance of two states in central Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The federal government of Nigeria started the Midwives Service Scheme in 2009 to address the scarcity of skilled health …