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The need to incorporate the impact of population ageing into the postCOVID-19 policy and planning reset in low and middle income countries
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to widen the health care demand-supply gap, especially in
low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The virus has had the greatest impact on older
persons in terms of morbidity and mortality, ...
Optimising geographical accessibility to primary health care: A geospatial analysis of community health posts and community health workers in Niger
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
Background Little is known about the contribution of community health posts and community health workers (CHWs) to geographical accessibility of primary healthcare (PHC) services at community level and strategies for ...
‘We had to manage what we had on hand, in whatever way we could’: Adaptive responses in policy for decentralized drug-resistant tuberculosis care in South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
In 2011, the South African National TB Programme launched a policy of decentralized management
of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in order to expand the capacity of facilities to treat patients
with DR-TB, minimize ...
Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 3. Programme governance
(BMC, 2021)
Background: Community health workers (CHWs) can play a critical role in primary healthcare and are seen widely
as important to achieving the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The COVID-19 pandemic ...
Intervention in mothers and newborns to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in 3 provinces in South Africa using a quality improvement approach: Protocol for a mixed method type 2 hybrid evaluation
(JMIR Publications, 2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic undermined gains in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in South Africa. The
Mphatlalatsane Initiative is a health system intervention to reduce mortality and morbidity in women and newborns ...