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“If donors woke up tomorrow and said we can't fund you, what would we do?” A health system dynamics analysis of implementation of PMTCT option B+ in Uganda.
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: In October 2012 Uganda extended its prevention of mother to child HIV transmission (PMTCT) policy
to Option B+, providing lifelong antiretroviral treatment for HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women. ...
Perceptions of Kenyan adults on access to medicines for non-communicable diseases: A qualitative study
(Public Library of Science, 2018)
In Kenya, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for 27% of all deaths. Adult Kenyans
have an 18% chance of dying prematurely from cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases
or chronic respiratory diseases. A Novartis ...
Socialization, legitimation and the transfer of biomedical knowledge to low- and middle-income countries: analyzing the case of emergency medicine in India
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Medical specialization is a key feature of biomedicine, and is a growing, but weakly understood
aspect of health systems in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India. Emergency medicine
is ...
Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Life expectancy initially improves rapidly with economic development but then tails off. Yet, at any
level of economic development, some countries do better, and some worse, than expected – they either ...
Understanding internal accountability in Nigeria’s routine immunization system: Perspectives from government officials at the national, state, and local levels
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Routine immunization coverage in Nigeria has remained low, and studies have identified a lack of accountability as a barrier to high performance in the immunization system. Accountability lies at the heart of ...
Exploring how different modes of governance act across health system levels to influence primary healthcare facility managers’ use of information in decisionmaking: experience from Cape Town, South Africa
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Governance, which includes decision-making at all levels of the health system, and information have
been identified as key, interacting levers of health system strengthening. However there is an extensive ...
Ward-based primary health care outreach teams in South Africa: developments, challenges and future directions
(Health Systems Trust, 2018)
In 2011, South Africa adopted the Ward-based Primary Health Care Outreach
Team (WBPHCOT) Strategy. The WBPHCOTs are made up of generalist community
health workers (CHWs) supported by nurse team leaders, and linked to ...
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ...
Factors that affect menstrual hygiene among adolescent schoolgirls: a case study from Mongu District, Zambia
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Menstruation is both a public health concern that requires hygienic management and a human rights issue that demands dignity and health. We conducted six focus groups with 51 respondents from three secondary schools in ...
Baseline assessment of WHO's target for both availability and affordability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases
(Public Library of Science, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
WHO has set a voluntary target of 80% availability of affordable essential medicines, including
generics, to treat major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), in the public and private
sectors of countries by ...