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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 Philippines has a high burden of TB and HIV, yet the WHO estimates that only 13% of Filipino TB patients know their HIV status. This is partly attributable to the lack of trained HIV counselors and medical...

    Authors: Tyrone Reden L. Sy, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Emmanuel S. Baja and Riris Andono Ahmad

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:185

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    Although over the counter (OTC) drugs are believed to be relatively safe, their inappropriate use could have serious implications. The aim of the study was to assess the practice of self-medication, prevalence...

    Authors: Sirak Tesfamariam, Indermeet Singh Anand, Ghide Kaleab, Samson Berhane, Biruck Woldai, Eyasu Habte and Mulugeta Russom

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:159

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    As Mozambique faces a double burden of diseases, with a rise of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) superimposed to uncontrolled communicable diseases (CD), routine disease surveillance system does not include NCD...

    Authors: A. O. Mocumbi, D. C. Langa, S. Chicumbe, A. E. Schumacher and W. K. Al-Delaimy

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:147

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  4. Content type: Research article

    This article addresses the enjoyment of the human rights to water and sanitation (HRTWS), in particular access to toilets, in a public school in Bahia, Brazil.

    Authors: Édila Dalmaso Coswosk, Priscila Neves-Silva, Celina Maria Modena and Léo Heller

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:137

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    Policy making in healthcare requires reliable and local data. Different sources of coverage data for health interventions can be utilized to populate the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), a commonly used policy-plannin...

    Authors: Ingrid K. Friberg, Mahima Venkateswaran, Buthaina Ghanem and J. Frederik Frøen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:124

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  6. Content type: Research article

    Engagement with community adolescent treatment supporters (CATS) improves adherence, psychosocial well-being, linkage and retention in care among adolescents living with HIV. However, there is an urgent need f...

    Authors: Nicola Willis, Amos Milanzi, Mather Mawodzeke, Chengetai Dziwa, Alice Armstrong, Innocent Yekeye, Phangisile Mtshali and Victoria James

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:117

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  7. Content type: Research article

    Mortality indicators are essential for monitoring population health. Although Malaysia has a functional death registration system, the quality of information on causes of death still needs improvement, since a...

    Authors: Azahadi Omar, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Yi Yi Khoo, Chandrika Jeevananthan, S. Maria Awaluddin, Jane Ling Miaw Yn and Chalapati Rao

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:110

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  8. Content type: Research article

    The Shared Decision Making (SDM) model allows the patient to be part of their own disease treatment and control. The translation to Spanish of a questionnaire that measures the patient perception of SDM will a...

    Authors: Geovanny Efraín Alvarado-Villa, Jorge Daniel Moncayo-Rizzo and Jorge Andrés Gallardo-Rumbea

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:106

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  9. Content type: Research article

    Medanta - The Medicity, a multi-super specialty corporate hospital in Gurugram, Haryana launched a “TB-Free Haryana” Campaign; mobile van equipped with a digital CXR machine to screen patients with presumptive...

    Authors: Bornali Datta, Ashish Kumar Prakash, David Ford, Praveen K. Tanwar, Pinky Goyal, Poulomi Chatterjee, Smita Vipin, Anand Jaiswal, Naresh Trehan and Kavita Ayyagiri

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:99

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  10. Content type: Research article

    The importance of viewing health from a broader perspective than the mere presence or absence of disease is critical at primary healthcare level. However, there is scanty evidence-based stratification of popul...

    Authors: Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Hermès Karemere, Ghislain Bisimwa Balaluka, Anne-Sophie Lambert, Fiston Muneza, Hedwig Deconinck and Jean Macq

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:93

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  11. Content type: Research article

    In 2014, the Ethiopian government passed a new smoking legislation that banned smoking in public and workplaces including health care facilities. However, data’s on level of non-compliance and associated facto...

    Authors: Tamiru Tadesse and Belay Zawdie

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:91

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  12. Content type: Research article

    Following the Syrian crisis, a substantial influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon posed new challenges to optimal vaccination coverage for all children residing in the country. In 2016, the district-based immu...

    Authors: Ziad Mansour, Randa Hamadeh, Alissar Rady, M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Kamal Fahmy, Racha Said, Lina Brandt, Ramy Warrak and Walid Ammar

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:58

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  13. Content type: Research article

    Uganda is a low income country that continues to experience disease outbreaks caused by emerging and re-emerging diseases such as cholera, meningococcal meningitis, typhoid and viral haemorrhagic fevers. The I...

    Authors: Ben Masiira, Lydia Nakiire, Christine Kihembo, Edson Katushabe, Nasan Natseri, Immaculate Nabukenya, Innocent Komakech, Issa Makumbi, Okot Charles, Francis Adatu, Miriam Nanyunja, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Ibrahima Socé Fall, Patrick Tusiime, Alemu Wondimagegnehu and Peter Nsubuga

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:46

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  14. Content type: Research article

    Since 2000, a series of national policies have been released to tackle mental health problems in China; however, their promotion and implementation at local level are under-evaluated. This study will evaluate ...

    Authors: Wei Zhou, Yu Yu, Xinyi Zhao, Shuiyuan Xiao and Lizhang Chen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:24

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  15. Content type: Research article

    Population-based screening for the common non-communicable diseases (NCD) is recommended but is difficult to implement in the hard-to-reach areas of low resourced countries. The objective of our pilot study wa...

    Authors: Partha Basu, Manoj Mahajan, Nilesh Patira, Sangita Prasad, Sushma Mogri, Richard Muwonge, Eric Lucas, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Swami Iyer, Navami Naik and Kirti Jain

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:14

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  16. Content type: Research article

    The post-disaster mental health crisis intervention (MHCI) system in China remains immature and unsystematic. We aim to report the perceptions of a large sample of MHCI workers and government administrators an...

    Authors: Yingjun Xi, Runsen Chen, Amy L. Gillespie, Yuyang He, Chihua Jia, Kuo Shi, Yiming Yao, Xin Ma, Wei Liu and Emily Ying Yang Chan

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:11

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  18. Content type: Research article

    Mexico approved mandatory nutrient-based standards for foods sold in schools in 2011. The aim of this study was to analyse the association between compliance with nutrition standards for foods sold in schools ...

    Authors: Carolina Pérez-Ferrer, Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutierrez, Juan A. Rivera-Dommarco, Francisco Javier Prado-Galbarro, Alejandra Jiménez-Aguilar, Carmen Morales-Ruán and Teresa Shamah-Levy

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1411

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  19. Content type: Research article

    Primary care physicians (PCPs) working in mental health care in Tunisia often lack knowledge and skills needed to adequately address mental health-related issues. To address these lacunas, a training based on ...

    Authors: Jessica Spagnolo, François Champagne, Nicole Leduc, Wahid Melki, Myra Piat, Marc Laporta, Nesrine Bram, Imen Guesmi and Fatma Charfi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1398

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  20. Content type: Research article

    Solomon Islands is one of the least developed countries in the world. Recognising that timely detection of outbreaks is needed to enable early and effective response to disease outbreaks, the Solomon Islands g...

    Authors: Adam T. Craig, Cynthia A. Joshua, Alison R. Sio, Mark Donoghoe, Brigid Betz-Stablein, Nemia Bainivalu, Tenneth Dalipanda, John Kaldor, Alexander E. Rosewell and Gill Schierhout

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1395

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  21. Content type: Research article

    Under-reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a major challenge for pharmacovigilance in Africa. This study sets out to assess the level of awareness of Ghanaian patients about ADRs and ADR-reporting and...

    Authors: Tom G. Jacobs, H. Hilda Ampadu, Jarno Hoekman, Alexander N. O. Dodoo and Aukje K. Mantel-Teeuwisse

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1384

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  22. Content type: Research article

    Sub-Saharan Africa continues to account for the highest regional maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in the world, at just under 550 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015, compared to a global rate of 216...

    Authors: Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, Kristine Nilsen, Victor A. Alegana, Claudio Bosco, Rogers Ayiko, Andrew C. Seven Kajeguka, Zöe Matthews and Andrew J. Tatem

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1339

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  23. Content type: Research article

    Mortality statistics derived from cause of death data are an important source of information for population health monitoring, priority setting and planning. In Perú, almost all death certificates are issued b...

    Authors: Janet Miki, Rasika Rampatige, Nicola Richards, Tim Adair, Juan Cortez-Escalante and Javier Vargas-Herrera

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1329

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  24. Content type: Research article

    Early diagnosis and treatment initiation of HIV-infected infants can greatly reduce the risk of infant mortality. The WHO recommends testing HIV-exposed infants at 6 weeks of age and immediate initiation of an...

    Authors: Jasleen Singh, Suzanne Filteau, Jim Todd and Sehlulekile Gumede-Moyo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1297

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  25. Content type: Study protocol

    Knowledge of HIV status remains below target in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among men and adolescents. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a novel approach that enables unique distribution strategies, with potentia...

    Authors: Melissa Neuman, Pitchaya Indravudh, Richard Chilongosi, Marc d’Elbée, Nicola Desmond, Katherine Fielding, Bernadette Hensen, Cheryl Johnson, Phillip Mkandawire, Alwyn Mwinga, Mutinta Nalubamba, Gertrude Ncube, Lot Nyirenda, Rose Nyrienda, Eveline Otte im Kampe, Miriam Taegtmeyer…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1234

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  26. Content type: Research article

    Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is among the leading causes of developmental and intellectual disabilities in individuals. Although efforts are being made toward the prevention and management of FASD in...

    Authors: Babatope O. Adebiyi, Ferdinand C. Mukumbang, Lizahn G. Cloete and Anna-Marie Beytell

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1238

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  27. Content type: Research article

    Over 60% of households (HHs) in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) consume alcohol. These HHs were more likely to report illnesses, relationship problems, and behavioral problems with children. This study set out to de...

    Authors: Rohan G. Maharaj, Terence Babwah, M. Shastri Motilal, Paula Nunes, Rachel Brathwaite, George Legall and Sandra D. Reid

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1202

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  28. Content type: Research article

    Brazil is an endemic country for schistosomiasis in the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Pernambuco is a higher-endemic Brazilian state among the 19 states reporting the disease in the country; schistos...

    Authors: Luiz Augusto Facchini, Bruno Pereira Nunes, Eronildo Felisberto, José Alexandre Menezes da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Junior and Elaine Tomasi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1200

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  29. Content type: Research article

    Suicide is a serious public health problem in low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the context- and gender-specific risk factors for non-fatal suicidal behaviour is the cornerstone of evidence-based...

    Authors: J. Bantjes, M. Tomlinson, R. E. Weiss, P. K. Yen, D. Goldstone, J. Stewart, T. Qondela, S. Rabie and M.-J. Rotheram-Borus

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1195

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  30. Content type: Research article

    Several studies have demonstrated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs reduce poverty/inequity and childhood mortality. However, none of these studies investigated the link between CCT programs and ch...

    Authors: Paola Calvasina, Patricia O’Campo, Mateus Mota Pontes, Jamille Barreto Oliveira and Anya P G F Vieira-Meyer

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1186

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  31. Content type: Research article

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 80% of the world’s smokers live in low- and middle-income countries. Mo...

    Authors: Li-Ming Ho, Christian Schafferer, Jie-Min Lee, Chun-Yuan Yeh and Chi-Jung Hsieh

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1187

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  32. Content type: Research article

    Community Case Management of malaria (CCMm) using Community Health Workers (CHWs) is an approach to improve access to timely and effective malaria case management in malaria endemic countries. So far the progr...

    Authors: Michelle D. S. Boakye, Collins J. Owek, Elizabeth Oluoch, Juddy Wachira and Yaw A. Afrane

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1150

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  33. Content type: Research article

    The international community strongly advocates the implementation of multi-sectoral surveillance policies for an effective approach to antibiotic resistance, in line with the One Health concept. To comply with...

    Authors: Marion Bordier, Aurelie Binot, Quentin Pauchard, Dien Thi Nguyen, Thanh Ngo Trung, Nicolas Fortané and Flavie Luce Goutard

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1136

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  34. Content type: Research article

    Patients being treated for recurrent or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) require long courses of injectable anti-tuberculous agents. In order to maintain strong TB control programmes, it is vital that the...

    Authors: D. B. Cohen, M. Phiri, H. Banda, S. B. Squire, I. Namakhoma and N. Desmond

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1127

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  35. Content type: Study protocol

    Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines recommend early initiation of HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) irrespective of their clinical or immunological status known as the test a...

    Authors: I. O. Faturiyele, T. Appolinare, N. Ngorima-Mabhena, G. Fatti, I. Tshabalala, V. J. Tukei and P. T. Pisa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1069

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  36. Content type: Research article

    The UNAIDS 90–90-90 strategy clearly stipulates that 90% of all people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) should have a suppressed viral load. Intensified adherence counselling (IAC) was recently recommended by W...

    Authors: Esther Nasuuna, Joanita Kigozi, Lillian Babirye, Alex Muganzi, Nelson K. Sewankambo and Damalie Nakanjako

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1048

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  37. Content type: Research article

    Counselling has been shown to improve adherence to medication in people living with HIV (PLHIV). The aim of this study was to investigate factors associated with regular counselling attendance of patients taki...

    Authors: M. Pane, E. I. Sianturi, Yin Mei Fiona Kong, Philip Bautista, Herlina and K. Taxis

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:1030

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  38. Content type: Research article

    Malaria vector control is mostly based on Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN). To date, all LLINs fully recommended by the World Health Organization Pesticide Scheme (WHOPES) are made of polyester or polyeth...

    Authors: Armel Djènontin, Nicolas Moiroux, Aziz Bouraïma, Barnabas Zogo, Ibrahim Sidick, Vincent Corbel and Cédric Pennetier

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:947

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  39. Content type: Research article

    The rollout of universal, lifelong treatment for all HIV-positive pregnant and breastfeeding women (“Option B+”) has rapidly increased the number of women initiating antiretroviral treatment (ART) and requirin...

    Authors: Zara Trafford, Yolanda Gomba, Christopher J. Colvin, Victoria O. Iyun, Tamsin K. Phillips, Kirsty Brittain, Landon Myer, Elaine J. Abrams and Allison Zerbe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:935

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  40. Content type: Research article

    In 2016, Uganda became one of few sub-Saharan African countries to implement comprehensive national smoke-free legislation. Since the World Health Organisation recommends Civil Society Organisation’s (CSO) inv...

    Authors: Lindsay Robertson, Kellen Namusisi Nyamurungi, Shannon Gravely, Jean Christophe Rusatira, Adeniyi Oginni, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Achiri Elvis Ndikum, Eduardo Bianco, Salim Yusuf and Mark D. Huffman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:927

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  41. Content type: Research article

    The Avahan India AIDS Initiative was implemented to provide HIV prevention services to key populations including female sex workers (FSWs) who carry the burden of India’s concentrated HIV epidemic. Established...

    Authors: Renay Weiner, Micah Fineberg, Bridget Dube, Prabuddhagopal Goswami, Shajan Mathew, Gina Dallabetta and Saul Johnson

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:897

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  42. Content type: Study protocol

    A strong evidence base exists regarding routine and emergency services that can effectively prevent or reduce maternal and new-born mortality. However, even when skilled providers care for women in labour, man...

    Authors: Sandra Mudhune, Sydney Chauwa Phiri, Marta R. Prescott, Elizabeth A. McCarthy, Aaron Banda, Prudence Haimbe, Francis Dien Mwansa, Angel Mwiche, Francis Bwalya, Micheck Kabamba, Hilda Shakwelele and Margaret L. Prust

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:892

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  43. Content type: Research article

    Uganda adopted and has been implementing the Integrated Disease Surveillance (IDSR) strategy since 2000. The goal was to build the country’s capacity to detect, report promptly, and effectively respond to publ...

    Authors: Christine Kihembo, Ben Masiira, Lydia Nakiire, Edson Katushabe, Nasan Natseri, Immaculate Nabukenya, Innocent Komakech, Charles Lukoya Okot, Francis Adatu, Issa Makumbi, Miriam Nanyunja, Solomon Fisseha Woldetsadik, Patrick Tusiime, Peter Nsubuga, Ibrahima Soce Fall and Alemu Wondimagegnehu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:879

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  44. Content type: Research article

    Vaccination is a cost-effective and life-saving intervention. Recently several new, but more expensive vaccines have become part of immunization programmes in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Monitoring...

    Authors: Effua Usuf, Grant Mackenzie, Lamin Ceesay, Dawda Sowe, Beate Kampmann and Anna Roca

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:864

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  45. Content type: Research article

    The use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a core strategy proposed by the World Health Organization in preventing mother to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV. This systematic review aimed to examine the enable...

    Authors: Olumuyiwa Omonaiye, Snezana Kusljic, Pat Nicholson and Elizabeth Manias

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:805

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  46. Content type: Research article

    Electronic cigarettes (E-cigarettes) have become a debated issue for tobacco control over recent years. In this study we investigate how Chinese newspapers have covered E-cigarettes over the past ten years.

    Authors: Shaojing Sun, Giuseppe A. Veltri and Fan Wang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:727

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  47. Content type: Research article

    In Ecuador, indigenous women have poorer maternal health outcomes and access to maternity services. This is partly due to cultural barriers. A hospital in Ecuador implemented the Vertical Birth (VB) policy to ...

    Authors: Ana Llamas and Susannah Mayhew

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:686

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  48. Content type: Research article

    Although China’s modern education for public health was developing over the past 60 years, there is a lack of authoritative statistics and analyses on the nation’s development of education for public health at...

    Authors: Jianlin Hou, Zhifeng Wang, Xiaoyun Liu, Youhui Luo, Sabhyta Sabharwal, Nan Wang and Qingyue Meng

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:679

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  49. Content type: Research article

    HIV treatment and care for migrants is affected by their mobility and interaction with HIV treatment programs and health care systems in different countries. To assess healthcare needs, preferences and accessi...

    Authors: Iyiola Faturiyele, Dimitris Karletsos, Keletso Ntene-Sealiete, Alfred Musekiwa, Mantiti Khabo, Marethabile Mariti, Phetole Mahasha, Thembisile Xulu and Pedro T. Pisa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:668

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  50. Content type: Research article

    Population ageing presents considerable challenges for the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC), especially in countries where such coverage is still in its infancy. Ghana presents an important case s...

    Authors: Nele Van der Wielen, Andrew Amos Channon and Jane Falkingham

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18:657

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