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Implementation of Patient Complaint Management Mechanisms for Quality Improvement in Maternal Health Services: Exploration of Provider Perspectives at Mkuranga District Hospital. [PDF]

Int J Womens Health
August F, Nyamhanga T, Kakoko DC, Anaeli A, Mwangu MA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew, Muhammad Umar, Pakeezah Tabasum, Maria Qadri, Talha Farooq, Eskeatnaf Yosef Getachew, Zemichael Getu Alemayehu, Eden Haile Hagos, Hailemariam Shimelis Gebeyehu, Hanna Tsehay Abebe, Nuradin Abdi Ali, David Chinaecherem Innocent, Temesgen Mamo Sharew   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening the role of community health assistants in delivering primary health care: the case of maternal health services in Zambia. [PDF]

BMC Prim Care
Akinola O, Banda N, Silumbwe A, Mulubwa C, Chavula MP, Shakwelele H, Chila S, Zulu JM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Further Findings on the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcohol Consumption

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using 43,817 parent–child pairs from 23 waves of the HILDA Survey, I study the intergenerational transmission of alcohol use within a rational model of trait transmission. Transmission is predominantly same‐sex: the mother–daughter elasticity is 0.10 and the father–son elasticity is 0.09; there is no father–daughter effect.
Sergey Alexeev
wiley   +1 more source

Domestic and International Health Expenditure and Health and Healthcare Use: Evidence From Mozambique

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evidence on the relationship between public health expenditure and health is mixed and particularly scarce for low‐income countries. Existing studies overlook the subnational distribution of expenditure and rarely distinguish between sources and governance over funding.
Eliana Chavarría‐Pino, Laura Anselmi, Matt Sutton, Sérgio Chicumbe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio-economic and geographic equity in maternal health services utilization in Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Denu Z, Defar A, Persson L, Lemma S, Berhanu D, Getachew T, Shiferaw S, Tariku A, Guadu T, Zelalem M, Taye G, Schellenberg J, Marchant T, Alemu K.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effect of Austerity Measures on Infant Mortality: Evidence From Greece

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments frequently adopt austerity policies when facing economic crises, yet their long‐term consequences for population health remain incompletely understood. This paper examines the impact of large‐scale fiscal austerity on infant mortality by exploiting the Troika‐led economic adjustment program implemented in Greece beginning in 2010 ...
Robert J. Kolesar, Rok Spruk
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with completion of maternal health services, a cross-sectional study among women at an outpatient facility in Northern Uganda. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Acirucan P, Nankumbi J, Ngabirano TD, Muwanguzi P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Accessibility and barriers to maternal health services for adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. [PDF]

Ther Adv Reprod Health
Muchemwa G, Khozah MY.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone, Natasha Palmer, Amina Olabi, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ben Ngoye, Zahid Ali Memon, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Karin Diaconu, Alastair Ager, Sophie Witter   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source