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Testing times: trends in availability, price, and market share of malaria diagnostics in the public and private healthcare sector across eight sub-Saharan African countries from 2009 to 2015. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization guidelines have recommended that all cases of suspected malaria should receive a confirmatory test with microscopy or a malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT), however evidence from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA ...
ACTwatch Group, Goodman, Catherine, Hanson, Kara   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Implementation of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Journal of Bio-Medical Informatics, 2013
District Health Information Software (DHIS) 2 is a tool for collection, validation, analysis, and presentation of aggregate and transactional data, tailored (but not limited) to integrated health information management activities (http://www.dhis2.org).
Subodha Manoj, Arjuna Wijekoon, Manjula Dharmawardhana, Deepal Wijesuriya, Shan Rodrigo, Roshan Hewapathirana, Pandula Siribaddana, Thilina Gunasekera, Vajira H. W. Dissanayake   +8 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Geospatial Distribution of Tuberculosis Incidence and Determinants of Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Nzema East Municipality, Ghana

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
This study revealed significant spatial clustering of tuberculosis cases in Ghana's Nzema East Municipality, with hotspots in mining and densely populated communities. Treatment success rate (76.7%) fell below WHO targets. Follow‐up laboratory testing and treatment supporters improved outcomes, whereas COVID‐19 period treatments showed increased ...
Charles Afriyie Agyapong, Ali Davod Parsa, Richard Hayhoe, Russell Kabir, Mark Cortnage   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Border as a Tourist Resource. Possibilities of Bajo/Baixo Guadiana [PDF]

, 2018
En el espacio d e integración d e l a Unión Europea persisten las fronteras, y a sin las dificultades y barreras d e antaño, pero manteniendo numerosos símbolos y elementos del patrimonio cultural qu e siguen marcando un a diferencia.
Jurado Almonte, José Manuel, Pazos, Francisco   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

The State of Person‐Centered Measurement for Family Planning Need and Use: A Scoping Review

Studies in Family Planning, Volume 56, Issue 3, Page 403-436, September 2025.
Abstract Standard measures used to assess family planning (FP) program success, including unmet need and demand satisfied, fail to capture women's, men's, couples’, and adolescents’ own expressed preferences, needs, wants, and desires. Identification is needed of person‐centered fertility and FP measures that assess what individuals want, desire, need,
Ilene S. Speizer, Elizabeth A. Sully, Youmna M. Hashem, Maame Araba A. Oduro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coverage of routine reporting on malaria parasitological testing in Kenya, 2015–2016

Global Health Action, 2017
Background: Following the launch of District Health Information System 2 across facilities in Kenya, more health facilities are now capable of carrying out malaria parasitological testing and reporting data as part of routine health information systems ...
Joseph K. Maina, Peter M. Macharia, Paul O. Ouma, Robert W. Snow, Emelda A. Okiro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Hypertension Care Services in 93 Ethiopian Public Healthcare Facilities From 2019 to 2023: A Quasi‐Experimental Study

Health Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Hypertension is becoming a major public health issue in Ethiopia. However, there is limited comprehensive evidence on hypertension care, including service availability, utilization, and care quality. This study aimed to determine the effect of the NORAD‐WHO‐NCD intervention in improving the availability, utilization, and ...
Zenawi Hagos Gufue, Yimer Seid Yimer, Meaza Gezu Shentema, Awgichew Kifle Zemelak, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw, Sefonias Getachew, Kalkidan Solomon, Mulugeta Tamire, Asmamaw Bezabeh Workneh, Girma Taye Aweke   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Count every newborn; a measurement improvement roadmap for coverage data. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP), launched in 2014, aims to end preventable newborn deaths and stillbirths, with national targets of ≤12 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births and ≤12 stillbirths per 1000 total births by 2030. This requires
Amouzou, Agbessi, Arifeen, Shams, Blencowe, Hannah, Coffey, Patricia S, Conroy, Niall, Dawson, Penny, Deorari, Ashok, Enweronu-Laryea, Christabel, Fournier, Suzanne, Grove, John, Guenther, Tanya, Gülmezoglu, A, Hill, Kathleen, Jacobs, Troy, Kerber, Kate J, Lawn, Joy E, Lee, Anne CC, Marchant, Tanya, Mathai, Matthews, Moran, Allisyn C, Moxon, Sarah G, Qazi, Shamim A, Rawlins, Barbara, Ruiz Peláez, Juan, Ruysen, Harriet, Sayed, Rubayet, Seale, Anna C, Sitrin, Deborah, Vaz, Lara ME, Vivio, Donna, Vogel, Joshua P, Waiswa, Peter, Wall, Steve   +32 more
core   +2 more sources

A nationwide retrospective study of the seroprevalence and risk factors of transfusion‐transmissible infections among blood donors in Nigeria

Transfusion Medicine, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 374-384, August 2025.
Abstract Background Blood transfusion's life‐saving potential is often marred by the risks of transfusion‐transmissible infections (TTIs) from blood donors, for which sub‐Saharan African countries record some of the highest burdens. Aims We aimed to assess the seroprevalence of HBV, HCV, HIV, and Treponema pallidum among blood donors in Nigeria, and ...
Adaeze Oreh, Felix Biyama, Tariere Bozegha, Joshua Fapohunda, Ifeanyi Mgbachi, Victoria Dalyop, Joy Elisha, Folashade Olupitan, Audu Isaiah, Catherine Babalola, Abdullahi Malammadori, Emmanuel Agahiu, Deborah Kure, Caroline Imonikhe, Chinonso Elesie, Ajoke E. Ogedegbe, Ukinebo Omokaro, Jerry Egbeaso, Chika Oparah, Omale Amedu, Maarten Postma, Theresa Nwagha, Marinus van Hulst   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timeliness and completeness of weekly surveillance data reporting on epidemic prone diseases in Uganda, 2020–2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Introduction Disease surveillance provides vital data for disease prevention and control programs. Incomplete and untimely data are common challenges in planning, monitoring, and evaluation of health sector performance, and health service delivery ...
Hildah Tendo Nansikombi, Benon Kwesiga, Freda L. Aceng, Alex R. Ario, Lilian Bulage, Emma S. Arinaitwe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source