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Estimating the economic impact of COVID-19 disruption on access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Eastern and Southern Africa

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) resulted in the disruption of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) services in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.
Hillary Kipchumba Kipruto, Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Solyana Ngusbrhan Kidane, Daniel Mwai, Daniel Mwai, David Njuguna, Benson Droti, Wangui Muthigani, Easter Olwanda, Elvis Kirui, Ayotunde Adenola Adegboyega, Amaka Pamela Onyiah, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem   +12 more
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Evaluating the implementation related challenges of Shasthyo Suroksha Karmasuchi (health protection scheme) of the government of Bangladesh: a study protocol

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Rapidly increasing healthcare costs and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases have increased the out-of-pocket (OOP) spending (63.3% of total health expenditure) in Bangladesh.
Sayem Ahmed, Md. Zahid Hasan, Mohammad Wahid Ahmed, Farzana Dorin, Marufa Sultana, Ziaul Islam, Andrew J. Mirelman, Clas Rehnberg, Jahangir A. M. Khan, Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury   +9 more
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A qualitative exploration of the facility-based trauma care for Road Traffic Crash patients in Bangladesh: When only numbers do not tell the whole story

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective Bangladesh is currently undergoing an epidemic of road traffic crashes (RTCs). In addition to morbidity and mortality, the economic loss from RTC as per cent of gross domestic product is comparatively higher than in countries with similar ...
Amber Mehmood, Nahitun Naher, Syed Masud Ahmed, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Bushra Zarin Islam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the status of retail private drug shops in Bangladesh and action points for developing an accredited drug shop model: a facility based cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2017
Background The private retail drug shops market in Bangladesh is largely unregulated and unaccountable, giving rise to irrational use of drugs and high Out-of-pocket expenditure on health.
Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Tarek Hossain, Lal Bahadur Rawal   +3 more
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Disclosure and help seeking behavior of women exposed to physical spousal violence in Dhaka slums

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Despite high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its adverse social and health consequences, the rate of help seeking for IPV is generally low.
Kausar Parvin, Naznin Sultana, Ruchira Tabassum Naved   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Work and breast milk feeding: a qualitative exploration of the experience of lactating mothers working in ready made garments factories in urban Bangladesh

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background In Bangladesh 65% of children under 6 months of age were exclusively breastfed with maternal employment being a risk factor that has jeopardized exclusive breastfeeding.
A M Rumayan Hasan, George Smith, Mohammad Abdus Selim, Shahinoor Akter, Nazib Uz Zaman Khan, Tamanna Sharmin, Sabrina Rasheed   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge translation in Africa: are the structures in place?

Implementation Science Communications, 2020
Background Contextualised evidence to generate local solutions on the progressive path to universal health coverage is essential. However, this evidence must be translated into action.
James Avoka Asamani, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of universal health coverage and national health expenditure on the main health determinants on central America countries and the Caribbean [PDF]

, 2020
>Magister Scientiae - MScHealth is considered as a sensitive marker of the sustainable development of a population. In Central America and Caribbean (CAC) region, the majority of countries are considered middle-income economies with significant ...
López, Alejandra
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Health, illness and healthcare-seeking behaviour of the street dwellers of Dhaka City, Bangladesh: qualitative exploratory study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objective This study explored the illness experiences and healthcare-seeking behaviour of a cross-section of street dwellers of Dhaka City for designing a customised intervention.Design A qualitative exploratory study of a sample of street dwellers of ...
Nahitun Naher, Syed Masud Ahmed, Samiun Nazrin Bente Kamal Tune, Roksana Hoque, Nazia Islam, Md. Mazedul Islam   +5 more
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Leveraging innovation technologies to respond to malaria: a systematized literature review of emerging technologies

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background In 2019, an estimated 409,000 people died of malaria and most of them were young children in sub-Saharan Africa. In a bid to combat malaria epidemics, several technological innovations that have contributed significantly to malaria response ...
Moredreck Chibi, William Wasswa, Chipo Ngongoni, Ebenezer Baba, Akpaka Kalu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source