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Improving obstetric emergency outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a review
From the abstract: “This scoping review aimed to identify strategies reported in the literature to improve outcomes of obstetric emergencies in SSA.”
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Domestic financing, donor transition, health insurance, purchasing and public accountability.
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COVID-19 vaccination inequalities among Nigerian women of reproductive age
From the abstract: “This study examines the socioeconomic inequality in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among reproductive-age Nigerian women.”
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Childhood vaccination in Ethiopia’s urban slums and pastoralist regions
From the abstract: “An exploratory qualitative study was conducted in urban slum and pastoralist areas of Ethiopian regions from November to December, 2023.”
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Primary healthcare facility preferences in Bolgatanga, Ghana
From the abstract: “This study employed a two-stage cluster sampling method, and 398 residents in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region were surveyed with structured questionnaires acting as the primary data collection tool.”
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Depression and anxiety patterns among Mozambican women
From the abstract: “This study used cross-sectional design and 13,183 ever-married women aged 15−49 years from the nationally representative Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) 2022−2023.”
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Mobile money and women’s and young people’s welfare in Mozambique
From the abstract: “Using 900 household observations from the 2019 FinScope Survey and an instrumental variable approach to address selection bias, the study provides robust evidence on welfare outcomes.”
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Patient, caregiver and provider views on stroke care access in Tanzania
From the abstract: “Therefore, this study explored strategies to ensure equitable access to stroke care services in Tanzania, focusing on the perspectives of healthcare providers, stroke survivors, and family caregivers.”
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Smoking cessation in HIV care: effectiveness and cost-effectiveness evidence
From the abstract: “Most evidence originated from high-income countries, with three randomized controlled trials conducted in LMICs (Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam).”
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Assessing death registration completeness in Ghana
From the abstract: “We assessed the quality of mortality data using demographic methods and further applied Death Distribution Methods (DDM) as well as the Empirical Completeness Method (ECM) to evaluate the completeness of death registration from the 2022 mortality register and two rounds of population and housing censuses.”
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Community antibiotic use and resistance: perspectives from Enugu, Nigeria
From the abstract: “This study argues that antibiotic misuse in Nigerian communities is not solely a function of ignorance but a rational response to systemic healthcare limitations, cultural logics, and informal care networks.”