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Newest firstBackgroundThe sanitation crisis poses a significant public health risk, leading to diseases like diarrhoea, cholera, and typhoid, which impede childrens health and development in developing countries like Uganda. Improving sanitation infrastructure is crucial for safeguarding child health and future generations. However, the link between sanitation and childrens health is complex, influenced by various factors. Th…
Open article record in new tab ↗To date, the discourse on bodily autonomy has been narrowly focused on contraception and abortion and needs to be expanded to include experiences of agency during pregnancy and birth. Disrespect and mistreatment are widely reported in low resource countries but very little is known about experiences of perinatal care in high resource countries and how to improve care for minoritized populations. MethodsWe examine…
Telemedicine has emerged as a transformative tool for enhancing healthcare accessibility, particularly in underserved and remote areas. This study assesses the effectiveness of telemedicine technologies in improving patient care, disease management, and overall health system performance from the perspective of medical professionals. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 247 doctors using a structured and re…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectiveEMR implementations can lead to changes in medication safety events due to the disruption of clinical activities by the implementation. The current study aimed to evaluate the impact of an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation on medication safety events within womens and childrens services of a large tertiary public hospital. MethodsThis Real-World Evidence (RWE) study utilised a differences-in-…
Open article record in new tab ↗Optimal blood pressure (BP) control is essential in averting cardiovascular disease and associated complications. Multi-level factors influence the achievement of BP targets in hypertension management. We explored patient-, provider-, and health facility-level factors of systolic and diastolic BP and controlled BP status among patients with hypertension in Ghana, where the burden of hypertension and cardiovascular…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated national lockdowns created unprecedented disruption to healthcare, with reduced access to services and planned clinical encounters postponed or cancelled. It was widely anticipated that failure to obtain timely treatment would cause progression of illness and increased hospital admissions. Additional concerns were that social and spatial inequalities would widen given…
Open article record in new tab ↗COVID-19 may impact on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and care. We analysed a city-wide electronic TB register in Blantyre, Malawi and interviewed TB officers. Malawi had no official "lockdown" but closed schools and borders on 23-March 2020. In interrupted time series analysis, there was an immediate 35.9% reduction in TB notifications (95% CI 22.0 to 47.3%) in April, which recovered to near pre-pandemic numbers by…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemics strain health systems and households. Health systems in Africa and South Asia may be particularly at risk due to potential high prevalence of risk factors for severe disease, large household sizes and limited healthcare capacity. MethodsWe investigated the impact of an unmitigated COVID-19 epidemic on health system resources and costs, and household costs, in…
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