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Optimizing the roles of health workers to improve access to health services in Africa: an implementation framework for task shifting and sharing for policy and practice

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Globally, countries are taking actions to ensure that their population have improved access to people-centred and integrated health services.
Sunny C Okoroafor, Christmal Dela Christmals   +1 more
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Developing a Trauma System Improvement Program (TSIP) in Bangladesh: findings from a pilot study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Introduction The Trauma System Improvement Program (TSIP) plays a crucial role in improving trauma care outcomes. Despite its importance, the development and implementation of a hospital-based TSIP for road traffic injury (RTI) victims has received ...
Zarin Tasnim, Md Karimuzzaman, Nahitun Naher, Bushra Zarin Islam, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Amber Mehmood, Suresh Kunhi Mohammed, S. M. Asib Nasim, Rafi Hossain, Syed Masud Ahmed   +9 more
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices on antibiotic use and resistance among adolescents and young people in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health
Background The studies on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and use among adolescents and young people are largely from Europe and the Asia region.
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Patricia Abu, Binyam Hailu, Tumisang Malebo Madisa, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Fatmata Bintu Kargbo, Bintu Mansaray, Pruthu Thekkur, Mariama Mustapha, Massimo Sartelli, Yahaya Ali Ahmed, George Ameh   +12 more
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Health policy, collaboration and investment in the post-COVID era: a review from UHC and health security integration perspective

Globalization and Health
Background The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in health systems globally, highlighting chronic underinvestment, fragmentation, and a lack of preparedness with catastrophic impact on public health, economies and societies.
Sohel Saikat, Sabrina Shivji, Redda Seifeldin, Yu Zhang, Archana Shah, Gerard Schmets, Rajesh Sreedharan, Stella Chungong   +7 more
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Building resilient hospitals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ Global Health, 2022
Merette Khalil, Awad Mataria, Hamid Ravaghi   +2 more
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Assessment of antimicrobial stewardship programmes and antibiotic use among children admitted to two hospitals in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health concern and irrational use of antibiotics in hospitals is a key driver of AMR. Even though it is not preventable, antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes will reduce or slow it down.
Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Innocent Nuwagira, Kadijatu Nabie Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Onome Abiri, Rugiatu Z. Kamara, Sulaiman Lakoh, Lynda Farma, Abibatu Kollia Kamara, Binyam Hailu, Djossaya Dove, James Sylvester Squire, Selassi A. D’Almeida, Bockarie Sheriff, Ayeshatu Mustapha, Najima Bawa, Hailemariam Lagesse, Aminata Tigiedankay Koroma, Joseph Sam Kanu   +19 more
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Analyzing Subnational Immunization Coverage to Catch up and Reach the Unreached in Seven High-Priority Countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2019–2021

Vaccines
Yearly national immunization coverage reporting does not measure performance at the subnational level throughout the year and conceals inequalities within countries.
Kamal Fahmy, Quamrul Hasan, Md Sharifuzzaman, Yvan Hutin   +3 more
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Gender differentials in readiness and use of mHealth services in a rural area of Bangladesh

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background Traditional gender roles result in women lagging behind men in the use of modern technologies, especially in developing countries. Although there is rapid uptake of mobile phone use in Bangladesh, investigation of gender differences in the ...
Fatema Khatun, Anita E. Heywood, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, M. Shafiqur Rahman, Pradeep K. Ray, Siaw-Teng Liaw, Abbas Bhuiya   +6 more
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Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022

Malaria Journal
Background In Uganda, malaria is a year-round health threat, with transmission intensity varying across regions. Despite ongoing intensified interventions, an unprecedented malaria resurgence in early 2022 affected several districts, prompting a swift ...
Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo   +8 more
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Use of Results-Oriented Monitoring tools to enhance global health accountability: lessons from the European Commission/WHO ‘Health Systems Strengthening for Universal Health Coverage’ programme

BMJ Global Health
Governments and organisations must demonstrate accountability and delivery of results. Results-Oriented Monitoring (ROM) is a European Commission mechanism aiming at enhancing internal control and management.
Denis Porignon, Maria Roura, Maria Fernandez, Gerard Schmets, Eva Capa, Bernd Appelt, Michel Lecomte   +6 more
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