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The cost of health workforce gaps and inequitable distribution in the Ghana Health Service: an analysis towards evidence-based health workforce planning and management

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Despite tremendous health workforce efforts which have resulted in increases in the density of physicians, nurses and midwives from 1.07 per 1000 population in 2005 to 2.65 per 1000 population in 2017, Ghana continues to face shortages of ...
James Avoka Asamani, Hamza Ismaila, Anna Plange, Victor Francis Ekey, Abdul-Majeed Ahmed, Margaret Chebere, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem   +7 more
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Capacity and service readiness of facilities for non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh: a health system perspective from two selected districts

BMC Health Services Research
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a growing health crisis in Bangladesh and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the capacity and service readiness of healthcare facilities for the management of NCDs, including ...
Masudur Rahman Kanchon, Md. Rakib Akon, Zarin Tasnim, Nahitun Naher, Lamisa Rahman, Nicole Fraser-Hurt, Syed Masud Ahmed   +6 more
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Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: a pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a hospital in Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2017
Background Bangladesh has achieved major gains in maternal and newborn survival, facility childbirth and skilled birth attendance between 1991 and 2010, but excess maternal mortality persists.
Herfina Y. Nababan, Rubana Islam, Shabnam Mostari, Md Tariqujjaman, Malabika Sarker, Mohammad Tajul Islam, Corrina Moucheraud   +6 more
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Universal Health Coverage

Annals of SBV, 2018
In the last few decades, several initiatives have been undertaken by Government of India to increase access to essential health services. A framework for UHC was also developed by a High Level Expert Group (HLEG). The recently developed National Health Policy of India also espouses equity, universality, and affordability among its key principles and ...
K. Srinath Reddy, Manu Raj Mathur
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]

, 2012
Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
Norheim, Ole F, Ngalesoni Frida N, Ruhago, George M., Norheim Ole F, Ruhago George M, Hulme, David; id_orcid, Ole F Norheim, Ngalesoni, F.N., Norheim, Ole Frithjof, Norheim, O.F., Wilkinson, Rorden, Ngalesoni, Frida N., Ruhago, G.M., Norheim, Ole F., Ngalesoni, Frida N, Ngalesoni, Frida, George M Ruhago, Ruhago, George M, Frida N Ngalesoni   +18 more
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Equity, access and utilisation in the state-funded universal insurance scheme (RSBY/MSBY) in Chhattisgarh State, India: What are the implications for Universal Health Coverage? [PDF]

, 2019
Philosophiae Doctor - PhDUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) has provided the impetus for the introduction of publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) schemes, involving the private sector, especially in low-and middle-income countries with mixed ...
Nandi, Sulakshana
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Factors Contributing to The National Health Insurance Participation in Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Indonesia: A Systematic Review

, 2020
This study aims to examine and describe the factors that influenced the National Health Insurance System (NHIS) enrolment and discusses a possible policy improvement to assist Universal Health Coverage (UHC) implementation in Indonesia by conducting a ...
Muhlis, Abdu Nafan Aisul
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Universal Health Coverage in Croatia

, 2018
This chapter describes and seeks to take stock of a cluster of supply-side reforms that aimed to revitalize what was described by the Croatian Public Health Institute as a passive and low-impact primary care system.
Dubravka Pezelj-Duliba, Vončina, Luka, Dorčić, Fedor, Pezelj-Duliba, Dubravka, Luka Vončina, Aneesa Arur, Fedor Dorčić, Arur, Aneesa   +7 more
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Inequalities in public health care delivery in Zambia [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Access to adequate health services that is of acceptable quality is important in the move towards universal health coverage. However, previous studies have revealed inequities in health care utilisation in the favour of the rich.
Phiri, Jane, Jane Phiri, Ataguba, John E, John E Ataguba   +3 more
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Evaluation of a national universal coverage campaign of long-lasting insecticidal nets in a rural district in north-west Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
\ud \ud Insecticide-treated nets (ITN) are one of the most effective measures for preventing malaria. Mass distribution campaigns are being used to rapidly increase net coverage in at-risk populations.
Franklin W Mosha, Kirby, Matthew J, Natacha Protopopoff, Mark W Rowland, Matthew J Kirby, Kleinschmidt, Immo, Immo Kleinschmidt, Philippa A West, Protopopoff, Natacha, Rowland, Mark W, Richard M Oxborough, Mosha, Franklin W, Oxborough, Richard M, Malima, Robert, West, Philippa A, Robert Malima, Mosha Franklin W, Oxborough Richard M, Rowland Mark W, Kirby Matthew J, West Philippa A, Kleinschmidt Immo, Protopopoff Natacha, Malima Robert   +23 more
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