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Health policies, systems and management in low and middle-income countries

Section edited by Ariadne Kapetanaki

This section aims to publish studies looking at the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on communities in low and middle-income countries.

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  1. Content type: Research article

    The burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is rising and substantially affecting the low-income countries, including Tanzania. Integrated management of TB and DM is becoming of importance in TB...

    Authors: Festo K. Shayo and Sigfrid Casmir Shayo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1104

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    Ethiopia was among the 15 countries that, together accounted for 64% of the world’s severe episodes of pneumonia among children below the age of 5 in 2011. To reduce this burden, the 10-valent pneumococcal con...

    Authors: Tayue Tateke Kebede, Mikael Svensson, Adamu Addissie, Birger Trollfors and Rune Andersson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1078

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    Access to quality essential healthcare services and vaccines for all is key to achieving universal health coverage. Inequities driven by differences in place of residence and socio-economic status persist amon...

    Authors: Duncan N. Shikuku, Maxwell Muganda, Soudie O. Amunga, Elly O. Obwanda, Alice Muga, Thomas Matete and Paul Kisia

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1064

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  4. Content type: Research article

    Warfarin is classified as a high-alert medication for ambulatory healthcare and safe guards for high-alert medications are necessary, including the practice of mandatory patient education. The high cost of hos...

    Authors: Krista Heinrich, Katherine Sanchez, Cecilia Hui, Kiara Talabi, Marlena Perry, Huanying Qin, Hoa Nguyen and Amulya Tatachar

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1050

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  6. Content type: Research article

    In Mozambique cervical cancer is a public health threat, due to its high incidence and limited access to early diagnosis of precancerous lesions. International organisations are supporting the introduction of ...

    Authors: Sergi Alonso, Olga Cambaco, Yolanda Maússe, Graça Matsinhe, Eusébio Macete, Clara Menéndez, Elisa Sicuri, Esperança Sevene and Khátia Munguambe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1031

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Reform of the health care system in China has prompted concerns about the utilization of mental health services. This study aims to compare the utilization of mental health services among inpatients in various...

    Authors: Jianwei Shi, Lan Tang, Limei Jing, Jinsong Geng, Rui Liu, Li Luo, Ning Chen, Qian Liu, Xin Gong, Xiaojie Bo, Yan Yang and Zhaoxin Wang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1023

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Vaccination is one of the cost effective strategies reducing childhood morbidity and mortality. Further improvement of immunization coverage would halt about 1.5 million additional deaths globally. Understandi...

    Authors: Koku Sisay Tamirat and Malede Mequanent Sisay

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1019

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  10. Content type: Research article

    Cervical cancer treatment and care services have remained largely centralized in Zimbabwe thereby entrenching inequities to access amongst patients. The objective of this study was to investigate the determina...

    Authors: O. Tapera, G. Dreyer, W. Kadzatsa, A. M. Nyakabau, B. Stray-Pedersen and S. J. H. Hendricks

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1018

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  11. Content type: Research article

    Shanghai is one of the earliest cities in developing countries to introduce an organized colorectal screening program for its residents to fight against the rising disease burden of colorectal cancer (CRC). Th...

    Authors: Xiaopan Li, Yi Zhou, Zheng Luo, Yi’an Gu, Yichen Chen, Chen Yang, Jing Wang, Shaotan Xiao, Qiao Sun, Mengcen Qian and Genming Zhao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1016

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  12. Content type: Research article

    This study explored primary healthcare provider and HIV/contraception expert stakeholder perspectives on South Africa’s public sector provision of contraceptive implants to women living with HIV. We investigat...

    Authors: Anna Brown, Jane Harries, Diane Cooper and Chelsea Morroni

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1003

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Many interventions to motivate community health workers to perform better rely on financial incentives, even though it is not clear that monetary gain is the main motivational driver. In Pakistan, Lady Health ...

    Authors: Mishal S. Khan, Nelofar Mehboob, Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Farah Naureen, Aamna Rashid, Naveed Buzdar and Muhammad Ishaq

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:999

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  14. Content type: Research article

    Immunization is one of the most cost-effective health intervention to halt the spread of childhood diseases, and improve child health. Yet, there is a substantial disparity in childhood immunization coverage. ...

    Authors: Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet, Gaye Agesa and Martin Kavao Mutua

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:988

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  15. Content type: Research article

    Despite substantial positive impacts of Thailand’s tobacco control policies on reducing the prevalence of smoking, current trends suggest that further reductions are needed to ensure that WHO’s 2025 voluntary ...

    Authors: Suchunya Aungkulanon, Siriwan Pitayarangsarit, Kanitta Bundhamcharoen, Chutima Akaleephan, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Ratsida Phoncharoen and Viroj Tangcharoensathien

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:984

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  16. Content type: Research article

    Understanding stakeholders’ perceptions is crucial to the development and implementation of any intervention. However, a structured approach to eliciting stakeholder insights into complex, multisector issues o...

    Authors: Santosh Gaihre, Janet Kyle, Sean Semple, Jo Smith, Debbi Marais, Madhu Subedi and Heather Morgan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:961

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  17. Content type: Research article

    In Brazil, 70% of the population depends on the public healthcare system. Since early detection is considered crucial, this study aimed to evaluate temporal changes in breast cancer screening coverage provided...

    Authors: Danielle Cristina Netto Rodrigues, Ruffo Freitas-Junior, Rosemar Macedo Sousa Rahal, Rosangela da Silveira Corrêa, Pollyana Alves Gouveia, João Emílio Peixoto, Edésio Martins and Leonardo Ribeiro Soares

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:959

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  18. Content type: Research article

    Process evaluation is increasingly recognized as an important component of effective implementation research and yet, there has been surprisingly little work to understand what constitutes best practice. Resea...

    Authors: Felix Limbani, Jane Goudge, Rohina Joshi, Marion A. Maar, J. Jaime Miranda, Brian Oldenburg, Gary Parker, Maria Amalia Pesantes, Michaela A. Riddell, Abdul Salam, Kathy Trieu, Amanda G. Thrift, Josefien Van Olmen, Rajesh Vedanthan, Ruth Webster, Karen Yeates…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:953

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  19. Content type: Research article

    In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), more than 93% of users must pay out of pocket for care. Despite the risk of catastrophic expenditures (CE), 94% of births in Lubumbashi are attended by skilled pe...

    Authors: Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue, Françoise Kaj Malonga, Karen D. Cowgill, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet and Philippe Donnen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:948

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  20. Content type: Research article

    The extent of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment associated with depression in low-and middle-income countries is not known. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence and intensity of...

    Authors: Yohannes Hailemichael, Charlotte Hanlon, Kebede Tirfessa, Sumaiyah Docrat, Atalay Alem, Girmay Medhin, Crick Lund, Dan Chisholm, Abebaw Fekadu and Damen Hailemariam

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:930

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  21. Content type: Research article

    Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, supported a mass vaccination Measles-Rubella Campaign (MRC) in Bangladesh during January–February 2014.

    Authors: Haribondhu Sarma, Ashwin Budden, Sharmin Khan Luies, Stephen S. Lim, Md. Shamsuzzaman, Tahmina Sultana, Julie K. Rajaratnam, Laura Craw, Cathy Banwell, Md. Wazed Ali and Md. Jasim Uddin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:925

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Providing comprehensive and high-quality services is one of the most important goals of the health systems and a basic principle for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Fulfilling this important task would be fea...

    Authors: Ramin Rezapour, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Mostafa Farahbakhsh, Mohammad Saadati and Hossein Mashhadi Abdolahi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:911

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Front-of package (FoP) nutrition labels are an option to guide consumer’s decision at the point of food purchase. Chile was the first country worldwide to implement a FoP warning label and thereafter several c...

    Authors: Marcela Reyes, María Luisa Garmendia, Sonia Olivares, Claudio Aqueveque, Isabel Zacarías and Camila Corvalán

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:906

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  25. Content type: Research article

    It is recommended that Antenatal Care (ANC) be initiated within the first trimester of pregnancy for essential interventions, such folic acid supplementation, to be effective. In Tanzania, only 24% of mothers ...

    Authors: G. Frumence, M. Goodman, J. J. Chebet, I. Mosha, D. Bishanga, D. Chitama, P. J. Winch, J. Killewo and A. H. Baqui

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:895

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  26. Content type: Research article

    Many low- and middle-income countries recommend micronutrient supplements for pregnant women to improve their nutritional status, prevent possible deficiencies and avoid fetal healgth consequences. This study ...

    Authors: Vanessa Iribarrem Avena Miranda, Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol, Marysabel Pinto Telis Silveira, Sotero Serrate Mengue, Mariângela Freitas da Silveira, Bárbara Heather Lutz and Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:889

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  27. Content type: Research article

    Over the past two decades, Rwanda has experienced impressive economic growth, resulting in considerable improvements in living standards and poverty reduction. Despite these gains, progress on reducing the lev...

    Authors: Dave D. Weatherspoon, Steve Miller, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Lorraine J. Weatherspoon and James F. Oehmke

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:882

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  28. Content type: Research article

    With increasing demand for red meat in Tanzania comes heightened potential for zoonotic infections in animals and humans that disproportionately affect poor communities. A range of frontline government employe...

    Authors: T. A. Hrynick, V. Barasa, J. Benschop, S. Cleaveland, J. A. Crump, M. Davis, B. Mariki, B. T. Mmbaga, N. Mtui-Malamsha, G. Prinsen, J. Sharp, E. Sindiyo, E. S. Swai, K. M. Thomas, R. Zadoks and L. Waldman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:863

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  29. Content type: Research article

    The escalating prevalence of overweight and obesity globally is reflected amongst urban women in many low-to-middle income countries. Evidence also shows that overweight and obesity is an increasing trend in B...

    Authors: Tania Sultana Tanwi, Sayan Chakrabarty, Syed Hasanuzzaman, Sue Saltmarsh and Stephen Winn

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:842

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  30. Content type: Research article

    Improving maternal and child health (MCH) remains a serious challenge for many developing countries. Geographical accessibility from a residence to the nearest health facility is suspected to be an important o...

    Authors: Mariam Tanou and Yusuke Kamiya

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:838

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  31. Content type: Research article

    International sustainable development goals for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health problem by 2030 highlight the need to optimize strategies for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hepati...

    Authors: Jolynne Mokaya, Edward A. O. Burn, Cynthia Raissa Tamandjou, Dominique Goedhals, Eleanor J. Barnes, Monique Andersson, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva and Philippa C. Matthews

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:829

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  32. Content type: Research article

    Reducing maternal mortality remains a global priority. In 2000, the United Nations Member States pledged to work towards a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in which the fifth target was to reduce...

    Authors: Pengyu Zhao, Yifan Diao, Lili You, Shichao Wu, Li Yang and Yuanli Liu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:824

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  33. Content type: Research article

    Harmful alcohol use is a modifiable risk factor contributing to the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and deaths and the implementation of policies focused on primary prevention is pivotal to addr...

    Authors: Opeyemi Abiona, Mojisola Oluwasanu and Oladimeji Oladepo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:810

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  34. Content type: Research article

    Improper use of antibiotics leads to the emergence of resistant microorganisms as well as drug toxicity, increased healthcare costs, morbidity and mortality. Globally, an estimated 25–68% of hospitalized patie...

    Authors: Antoinette A. A. Bediako-Bowan, Enid Owusu, Appiah-Korang Labi, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, Gifty Sunkwa-Mills, Stephanie Bjerrum, Japheth Awuletey Opintan, Cynthia Bannerman, Kåre Mølbak, Jørgen Anders Lindholm Kurtzhals and Mercy Jemima Newman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:797

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  35. Content type: Research article

    Ghana is among African countries not likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) three (3) target of reducing maternal mortality to 70 per 100,000 live births by the year 2030 if maternal and chil...

    Authors: Robert Kaba Alhassan, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Agani Afaya, Solomon Mohammed Salia, Japiong Milipaak, Evelyn Korkor Ansah and Seth Owusu-Agyei

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:791

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  37. Content type: Research article

    No studies have examined distribution, retention and use of maternal and child health (MCH) home-based records (HBRs) in the poorest women in low income countries. Our primary objective was to compare distribu...

    Authors: Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai, Iftekhar Sadaat, Zelaikha Anwari, Shafiqullah Hemat, Shakir Hadad, Keiko Osaki, Megumi Asaba, Yohei Ishiguro, Rasuli Mudassir, Jane Machlin Burke, Ariel Higgins-Steele, Khaksar Yousufi and Karen Margaret Edmond

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:766

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  38. Content type: Research article

    Ethiopia had an increasing trend of morbidity and mortality due to road traffic injury. Road traffic injured patient’s recovery rate is affected by many different factors. Those factors might affect the durati...

    Authors: Kissanet Tesfay, Mulubirhan Assefa, Dawit Zenebe, Mekonnen Gebremicael, Getahun Kebede and Hayelom Gebrekirstos

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:749

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  39. Content type: Research article

    Women in India are often asked to make informal payments for maternal health care services that the government has mandated to be free. This paper is a descriptive case study of a social accountability project...

    Authors: Marta Schaaf and Jashodhara Dasgupta

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:732

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  40. Content type: Research article

    With Universal Health Coverage and Integrated People-centred Health Care, streamlined health-systems and respectful care are necessary. South Africa has made great strides in prevention of mother-to-child tran...

    Authors: Elizabeth Spooner, Kerusha Govender, Tarylee Reddy, Gita Ramjee, Noxolo Mbadi, Swaran Singh and Anna Coutsoudis

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:731

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  41. Content type: Research article

    Pastoralists rely on traditional healers (THs) for general health problems. However, some studies indicate that such practices result in delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) cases. This s...

    Authors: Bezawit Temesgen Sima, Tefera Belachew, Gunnar Bjune and Fekadu Abebe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:721

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  42. Content type: Research article

    In Ghana, limited evidence exists about the geographical accessibility to health facilities providing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic services to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, we aimed to a...

    Authors: Desmond Kuupiel, Kwame M. Adu, Felix Apiribu, Vitalis Bawontuo, Duncan A. Adogboba, Kwasi T. Ali and Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:718

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  43. Content type: Research article

    Ghana has reached an advanced stage of nutrition transition, contributing to an increase in nutrition-related non-communicable diseases, particularly amongst urban women. Community involvement is an important ...

    Authors: Rebecca Pradeilles, Colette Marr, Amos Laar, Michelle Holdsworth, Francis Zotor, Akua Tandoh, Senam Klomegah, Nathaniel Coleman, Kristin Bash, Mark Green and Paula L. Griffiths

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:646

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  44. Content type: Study protocol

    Child health, nutrition, and responsive stimulation interventions have been developed to improve child survival, growth and development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Nevertheless, research on i...

    Authors: Christopher R. Sudfeld, Lilia Bliznashka, Geofrey Ashery, Aisha K. Yousafzai and Honorati Masanja

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:641

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  45. Content type: Research article

    With Bangladesh’s adoption of the third Sustainable Development Goal to reduce maternal mortality, the impetus for Bangladesh to continue to improve uptake of maternal healthcare is strong.

    Authors: Bridget L. Ryan, Rohin J. Krishnan, Amanda Terry and Amardeep Thind

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:583

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  46. Content type: Research article

    In China, the most populous developing country in the world, dementia represents a serious challenge. We performed a large-scale systematic review and meta-regression analysis to elucidate the prevalence of de...

    Authors: Yangjun Zhu, Hao Liu, Xi-Li Lu, Bo Zhang, Wanwen Weng, Jun Yang, Jun Zhang and Meng-Jie Dong

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:578

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  47. Content type: Research article

    The most recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and infant feeding promotes exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in resource limited settings for the prevention of mot...

    Authors: Simangaliso Nyoni, Linda Sweet, Jacinta Clark and Paul Ward

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:570

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  48. Content type: Research article

    The prevalence of stroke in Uganda is increasing. In stroke rehabilitation, information and communication technology has been shown to have potential in improving service delivery in high-income countries but ...

    Authors: Minna Teriö, Gunilla Eriksson, Julius T. Kamwesiga and Susanne Guidetti

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:562

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  49. Content type: Research article

    In the past decade, the rate of cesarean delivery increased dramatically in rural China under the fee-for-service (FFS) system. In September 2011, the New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) agency in Yong’an co...

    Authors: Zhaolin Meng, Kun Zou, Ning Ding, Min Zhu, Yuanyi Cai and Huazhang Wu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:557

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  50. Content type: Research article

    In 2012, South Africa adopted the Contraception and Fertility Planning guidelines to incorporate safer conception services into care for HIV-affected couples trying to conceive. These guidelines lacked clear i...

    Authors: Mariya C. Patwa, Jean Bassett, Leah Holmes, Lillian Mutunga, Mutsa Mudavanhu, Thembisile Makhomboti, Annelies Van Rie and Sheree R. Schwartz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:532

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