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Publikováno v:
Global Journal on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 156-161 (2024)
Introduction The prevalence of maternal mortality continues to be a significant health concern across the world. In Ghana, pregnancy-related complications in the previous 5 years account for 12% of all deaths among women 15 to 49 years. More than hal
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/af20fa19249e46808f3f00e7f07fa35e
Autor:
Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Mustapha Immurana, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Isaiah Agorinya, James Akazili, Patricia Akweongo, Benedict Okoe Quao
Publikováno v:
SAGE Open Medicine, Vol 12 (2024)
Background: Despite the known detrimental socio-economic consequences of leprosy morbidity, disability and social exclusion at the household level, research investigating the precise economic burden of leprosy remains scarce. This study aims to addre
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https://doaj.org/article/344b10c539fe45678783fc9c4236e15d
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)
Abstract Background Enrolment of informal sector workers in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is critical to achieving increased risk-pooling and attainment of Universal Health Coverage. However, the NHIS has struggled over the years
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https://doaj.org/article/51da4684691f42439f1286096d2ff626
Publikováno v:
BMC Health Services Research, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2024)
Abstract Background The Directly Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS) strategy recommended by World Health Organization for tuberculosis control requires multiple clinic visits which may place economic burden on treatment supporters especially those
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https://doaj.org/article/b8e641b2edaf45088e20ad154deb8687
Autor:
Saidi Kapiga, Helen Anne Weiss, Sarah Bernays, Giulia Greco, Victoria Simms, Tsitsi Bandason, Rashida Ferrand, Mussa Kelvin Nsanya, Aoife Margaret Doyle, Rudo Chingono, Valentina Baltag, S Derry, Ethel Dauya, Yovitha Sedekia, Benedict Weobong, Patricia Akweongo, Salome Manyau, Constance Mackworth-Young, Chido Dziva Chikwari, Mandi Tembo, Prerna Banati, David Anthony Ross, Farirai Nzvere, Franklin Glozah, Philip B Adongo, Kenneth S Adde, Evans Agbeno, Eric Koka, Bernard A Owusu, Hannah Taylor-Abdulai
Publikováno v:
BMJ Open, Vol 14, Iss 6 (2024)
Background During adolescence, behaviours are initiated that will have substantial impacts on the individual’s short-term and long-term health and well-being. However, adolescents rarely have regular contact with health services, and available serv
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e851b72dadde430baaf19aaa73df9d74
Autor:
Tim Martineau, Wesam Mansour, Marjolein Dieleman, Patricia Akweongo, Samuel Amon, Kingsley Chikaphupha, Paul Mubiri, Joanna Raven
Publikováno v:
Human Resources for Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Abstract Background There is a worldwide shortage of health workers against WHO recommended staffing levels to achieve Universal Health Coverage. To improve the performance of the existing health workforce a set of integrated human resources (HR) str
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/015c178489fb475285150e46ed5377a2
Autor:
Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka, Patricia Akweongo, Eleanor Whyle, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Justice Moses Aheto, Lucy Gilson
Publikováno v:
Global Health Action, Vol 16, Iss 1 (2023)
Background Primary health care (PHC) improvement is often undermined by implementation gaps in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The influence that actor networks might have on the implementation has received little attention up to this point
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ace130ab90ed4fedbadf4f20a6322dda
Publikováno v:
AIMS Public Health, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 78-93 (2023)
Background: The Ghana Health Service has been implementing the Directly Observed Therapy Short Course (DOTS) strategy for decades now, to cure and reduce the transmission of tuberculosis. DOTS strategy requires TB patients and their treatment suppor
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/a41e9b6a6ca64b778b08d5b52db7c83c
Autor:
Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Borwornsom Leerapan, Patricia Akweongo, Freddie Amponsah, Amit Aryal, Daisuke Asai, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Wondimu Ayele, Sebastian Bauhoff, Svetlana V. Doubova, Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka, Mahesh Dulal, Anna Gage, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Damen Haile-Mariam, Jean Paul Joseph, Phanuwich Kaewkamjornchai, Neena R. Kapoor, Solomon Kassahun Gelaw, Min Kyung Kim, Margaret E. Kruk, Shogo Kubota, Paula Margozzini, Suresh Mehata, Londiwe Mthethwa, Adiam Nega, Juhwan Oh, Soo Kyung Park, Alvaro Passi-Solar, Ricardo Enrique Perez Cuevas, Tarylee Reddy, Thanitsara Rittiphairoj, Jaime C. Sapag, Roody Thermidor, Boikhutso Tlou, Catherine Arsenault
Publikováno v:
Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Abstract COVID-19 has prompted the use of readily available administrative data to track health system performance in times of crisis and to monitor disruptions in essential healthcare services. In this commentary we describe our experience working w
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/65ff198a4bf947499652e67a233ec7c2
Autor:
Donne Kofi Ameme, Patricia Akweongo, Edwin Andrew Afari, Charles Lwanga Noora, Richard Anthony, Ernest Kenu
Publikováno v:
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2022)
Abstract Introduction Globally, postnatal care (PNC) is fraught with challenges. Despite high PNC coverages in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region (GAR), maternal and newborn health outcomes are of great concern. In 2017, neonatal and post-neonatal mortal
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/696da679bbf348df89ab86be3fe48bd4