'It is good to take her early to the doctor' – mothers’ understanding of childhood pneumonia symptoms and health care seeking in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

Autor: Florida Muro, Judith Meta, Jenny Renju, Adiel Mushi, Hilda Mbakilwa, Raimos Olomi, Hugh Reyburn, Helena Hildenwall

Publikováno v: BMC International Health and Human Rights, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)

Abstract Background Pneumonia is among the leading causes of avoidable deaths for young children globally. The main burden of mortality falls on children from poor and rural families who are less likely to obtain the treatment they need, highlighting

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Examining Intervention Design: Lessons from the Development of Eight Related Malaria Health Care Intervention Studies

Autor: Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Hilda Mbakilwa, Frank Baiden, Deborah DiLiberto, David G. Lalloo, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Pascal Magnussen, Virginia Wiseman, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Anthony K. Mbonye, Sarah G. Staedke, Lindsay Mangham-Jefferies, Kristian S. Hansen, Sian E. Clarke, Helen E. D. Burchett, Obinna Onwujekwe, Louise E. Boyle, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Bonnie Cundill, Shunmay Yeung, David Schellenberg, Clare I R Chandler, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Evelyn K. Ansah, Ane Haaland, Sham Lal, Hugh Reyburn, Olivia A. Achonduh, Eleanor Hutchinson, Joanna Reynolds, Toby Leslie, Jayne Webster, Florence Nankya

Publikováno v: Health systems and reform
Health Systems and Reform
Chandler, C I R, Burchett, H, Boyle, L, Achonduh, O, Mbonye, A, Diliberto, D, Reyburn, H, Onwujekwe, O, Haaland, A, Roca-Feltrer, A, Baiden, F, Mbacham, W F, Ndyomugyenyi, R, Nankya, F, Mangham-Jefferies, L, Clarke, S, Mbakilwa, H, Reynolds, J, Lal, S, Leslie, T, Maiteki-Sebuguzi, C, Webster, J, Magnussen, P, Ansah, E, Hansen, K S, Hutchinson, E, Cundill, B, Yeung, S, Schellenberg, D, Staedke, S G, Wiseman, V, Lalloo, D G & Whitty, C J M 2016, ' Examining intervention design : Lessons from the development of eight related malaria health care intervention studies ', Health systems and reform, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 373-388 . https://doi.org/10.1080/23288604.2016.1179086

Rigorous evidence of "what works" to improve health care is in demand, but methods for the development of interventions have not been scrutinized in the same ways as methods for evaluation. This article presents and examines intervention development

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https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/8114/1/23288604.2016.pdf

Malaria overdiagnosis: is patient pressure the problem?

Autor: Rose Mwangi, Raimos Olomi, Clare I R Chandler, Hugh Reyburn, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Hilda Mbakilwa

Publikováno v: Health Policy and Planning. 23:170-178

OBJECTIVE In Africa antimalarials are often prescribed when malaria is unlikely, a problem that is becoming critical as more expensive antimalarials replace established drugs. However, little is known about what drives the overuse of antimalarials. W

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https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czm046

Patient costs for paediatric hospital admissions in Tanzania: a neglected burden?

Autor: Boniface Njau, Priyanka Saksena, Hilda Mbakilwa, Semkini Chonya, Hugh Reyburn, Anne Mills

Publikováno v: Health policy and planning. 25(4)

OBJECTIVE: Tanzania has a policy of free provision of inpatient care for young children in order to promote timely access and thus reduce the current levels of mortality. However, little is known about out-of-pocket costs that may be incurred by fami

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20129938

Rapid diagnostic tests compared with malaria microscopy for guiding outpatient treatment of febrile illness in Tanzania: randomised trial

Autor: Hugh Reyburn, Hilda Mbakilwa, Christopher J. M. Whitty, Ombeni Mwerinde, Rose Mwangi, Chris Drakeley, Raimos Olomi

OBJECTIVE: To compare rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria with routine microscopy in guiding treatment decisions for febrile patients. DESIGN: Randomised trial. SETTING: Outpatient departments in northeast Tanzania at varying levels of malaria

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https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/10420/1/403.full.pdf