Uptake and impact of facility‐based HIV self‐testing on PrEP delivery: a pilot study among young women in Kisumu, Kenya
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DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25561
Abstract: HIV testing is a required part of delivery of pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. However, repeat testing can be challenging in busy, under‐staffed clinical settings, which could negatively impact PrEP uptake and continuation. We… read more here.
Keywords: facility based; among young; hiv; based hiv ... See more keywords
Facility‐based HIV self‐testing strategies may substantially and cost‐effectively increase the number of men and youth tested for HIV in Malawi: results from an individual‐based mathematical model
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DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26020
Abstract: Malawi is rapidly closing the gap in achieving the UNAIDS 95‐95‐95 targets, with 90% of people living with HIV in Malawi aware of their status. As we approach epidemic control, interventions to improve coverage will… read more here.
Keywords: hiv; based hiv; hiv malawi; men youth ... See more keywords
Minimizing psychological distress and promoting resilience during quarantine: Piloting the town hall model.
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DOI: 10.1037/pro0000382
Abstract: Quarantine and isolation are important public health strategies for containing highly hazardous communicable disease outbreaks, particularly when vaccines and effective treatments are unavailable. Despite their effectiveness in disease containment, both quarantine and isolation, whether home-… read more here.
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Implementing Nationwide Facility-based Electronic Disease Surveillance in Sierra Leone: Lessons Learned.
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DOI: 10.1089/hs.2019.0081
Abstract: The Global Health Security Agenda aims to improve countries' ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats by building or strengthening core capacities required by the International Health Regulations (2005). One of those… read more here.
Keywords: facility based; surveillance; facility; disease ... See more keywords
The impact of reducing and eliminating user fees on facility-based delivery: a controlled interrupted time series in Burkina Faso
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DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czy077
Abstract: User fee reduction and removal policies have been the object of extensive research, but little rigorous evidence exists on their sustained effects in relation to use of delivery care services, and no evidence exists on… read more here.
Keywords: delivery; user fees; facility based; based delivery ... See more keywords
Effect of results-based financing on facility-based maternal mortality at birth: an interrupted time-series analysis with independent controls in Malawi
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001184
Abstract: Introduction The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a results-based financing (RBF) programme on the reduction of facility-based maternal mortality at birth. Malawi is a low-income country with high maternal mortality.… read more here.
Keywords: facility based; mortality birth; maternal mortality; mortality ... See more keywords
Improving facility-based care: eliciting tacit knowledge to advance intervention design
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009410
Abstract: Attention has turned to improving the quality and safety of healthcare within health facilities to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity. Interventions should be tested in health system environments that can support their adoption if successful.… read more here.
Keywords: health; based care; knowledge; facility based ... See more keywords
Prevalence of disrespect and abuse during facility based child birth and associated factors, Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2332-5
Abstract: BackgroundIn countries where the proportion of births attended by skilled providers is low, maternal mortality is high. According to the 2016 EDHS report, the proportion of births attended by skilled providers was only 26% and… read more here.
Keywords: facility; facility based; disrespect abuse; prevalence ... See more keywords
Contact tracing versus facility-based screening for active TB case finding in rural South Africa: A pragmatic cluster-randomized trial (Kharitode TB)
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002796
Abstract: Background There is a dearth of comparative effectiveness research examining the implementation of different strategies for active tuberculosis (TB) case finding, particularly in rural settings, which represent 60% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa. Methods… read more here.
Keywords: facility based; contact tracing; treatment; case ... See more keywords
Tracking facility-based perinatal deaths in Tanzania: Results from an indicator validation assessment
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201238
Abstract: Background Globally, an estimated 2.7 million babies die in the neonatal period annually, and of these, about 0.7 million die from intrapartum-related events. In Tanzania 51,000 newborn deaths and 43,000 stillbirths occur every year. Approximately… read more here.
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Achieving HIV epidemic control through integrated community and facility-based strategies: Lessons learnt from ART-surge implementation in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria.
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278946
Abstract: This study examines the lessons learnt from the implementation of a surge program in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria as part of the Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) Project. In this analysis, we included… read more here.
Keywords: facility based; surge; hiv; community facility ... See more keywords