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Vers une couverture sanitaire universelle au Sénégal

Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2021
This study aims to assess different funding scenarios for universal health coverage in Senegal. The microsimulation method used makes it possible to examine the impact of the funding methods for universal health coverage (UHC) on household consumption ...
Sameera Awawda, Bruno Ventelou, Mohammad Abu-Zaineh   +2 more
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Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Introduction The expanded capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the USA to integrate telehealth services was largely related to flexibility of buprenorphine prescription in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tyler S. Bartholomew, Hansel E. Tookes, Teresa A. Chueng, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Lynn D. Wenger, Alex H. Kral, Barrot H. Lambdin   +6 more
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System interventions to support rural access to maternity care: an analysis of the rural surgical obstetrical networks program

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background The Rural Surgical Obstetrical Networks (RSON) project was developed in response to the persistent attrition of rural maternity services across Canada over the past two decades.
Jude Kornelsen, Stephanie Lin, Kim Williams, Tom Skinner, Sean Ebert   +4 more
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Strengthening mental health systems in Zambia

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2020
Background Studies in mental health care for low resource settings indicate that providing services at primary care level would significantly improve provision and utilisation of mental health services. Challenges related to inadequate funding were noted
Margarate Nzala Munakampe
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Financing Public Health in Georgia

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2017
Background: The public health system in Georgia is carried out through a hybrid governance structure. The Department of Public Health and the county boards of health have responsibility for serving the public health needs for the Georgia citizens ...
Dionne Denson
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Provision of mental health and psychosocial support services to health workers and community members in conflict-affected Northwest Syria: a mixed-methods study

Conflict and Health, 2023
Background Northwest Syria (NWS) is a conflict area with challenging political, economic, demographic and social dynamics. The region has a high number of internally displaced persons with increasingly disrupted delivery of basic services, including ...
Ibrahim R. Bou-Orm, Marianne Moussallem, Joelle Karam, Manuel deLara, Vinod Varma, Karin Diaconu, Murat Can Birand Apaydin, Rafael Van den Bergh, Alastair Ager, Sophie Witter   +9 more
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Caring for children born with cleft lip and palate within the Nigerian health care system

Journal of Cleft Lip Palate and Craniofacial Anomalies, 2016
Background: Children affected with cleft lip and/or palate often present with difficulties in feeding, hearing, speech, and dental occlusion. Caring for these children starts at birth and aims at providing holistic treatment so that they can live a ...
A T Adeyemi, B O Akintububo
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The need for sustainable funding for Indigenous doula services in Canada

Women's Health, 2022
Objectives: To interview representatives from Indigenous doulas across Canada in order to document how they manage the logistics of providing community-based doula care and understand their challenges.
Larissa Wodtke, Ashley Hayward, Alexandra Nychuk, Caroline Doenmez, Stephanie Sinclair, Jaime Cidro   +5 more
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Integrated Care in New Zealand

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2011
Background: New Zealand's health system has long been seen as providing highly fragmented, poorly co-ordinated services to service users. A continuing policy challenge has been how to reduce such fragmentation and achieve more 'integrated' care, that is,
Jacqueline Margaret Cumming
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A mixed methods study to assess the impact of COVID-19 on maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Conflict and Health, 2022
Background The impacts of COVID-19 are unprecedented globally. The pandemic is reversing decades of progress in maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN), especially fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) whose populations were already
Mariana Rodo, Lucy Singh, Neal Russell, Neha S. Singh   +3 more
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