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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. Public health strategies to increase physical activity in low-income communities may reduce cardiovascular risk in these populations. This controlled trial compared the cardiovascular risk estimated by the Fra...

    Authors: Amana M. Lima, André O. Werneck, Edilson Cyrino and Paulo Farinatti

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1738

    Content type: Research article

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  2. Rapid ageing of the population and increasing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the elderly is one of the major public health challenges in India. To achieve the Universal Health Coverage, ever-growing el...

    Authors: Montu Bose and Somdutta Banerjee

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1735

    Content type: Research article

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  3. Globally 214 million women of reproductive age in developing regions have unmet needs in modern contraceptives. Intrauterine contraception (IUC) is highly effective, has few medical contraindications, low disc...

    Authors: Moazzam Ali, Rachel Folz and Madeline Farron

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1707

    Content type: Research article

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  4. Building trust and engaging the community are important for biomedical trials. This was core to the set up and delivery of the EBOVAC-Salone and PREVAC Ebola vaccine trials in Sierra Leone during and following...

    Authors: Sara Dada, Gillian McKay, Ana Mateus and Shelley Lees

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1665

    Content type: Research article

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  5. The Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) field in Europe has been a focus of research developments and public health policy changes for years. However, these processes are still in their infancy phase ...

    Authors: Desislava Vankova and Iskra Kapincheva

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1648

    Content type: Research article

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  6. To assess the quality and completeness of treatment and outcome data in the electronic tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral treatment (ART) registers in drug-resistant (DR-) TB patients at three treatment faci...

    Authors: Lise Jamieson, Denise Evans, Rebecca Berhanu, Nazir Ismail, Samantha Aucock, Kristina Wallengren and Lawrence Long

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1638

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the coverage of HIV health education among rural residents in western China by ascertaining their awareness of HIV/AIDS and its transmission routes, and to investigate...

    Authors: Tianqi Zhang, Yang Miao, Lingui Li and Ying Bian

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1630

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Despite WHO advocating for an integrated approach to antenatal care (ANC), testing coverage for conditions other than HIV remains low and women are referred to distant laboratories for testing. Using point-of-...

    Authors: N. Young, M. Taetgmeyer, G. Zulaika, G. Aol, M. Desai, F. Ter Kuile and I. Langley

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1629

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Cure rates for children with cancer in India lag behind that of high-income countries. Various disease, treatment and socio-economic related factors contribute to this gap including barriers in timely access o...

    Authors: Neha Faruqui, Rohina Joshi, Alexandra Martiniuk, Jennifer Lowe, Ramandeep Arora, Huma Anis, Manas Kalra, Sameer Bakhshi, Ananya Mishra, Ayyagari Santa, Sudha Sinha, Sirisharani Siddaiahgari, Rachna Seth and Sarah Bernays

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1613

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) remains a major cause of child mortality. To improve the management and survival of children the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the protocol for the management of SAM....

    Authors: Tesfalem T. Tessema, Andamlak G. Alamdo, Tewodrose G. Yirtaw, Fana A. Deble, Eyoel B. Mekonen, Teklu G. Abessa and Tefera B. Lema

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1610

    Content type: Study protocol

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  12. Hearing loss is a prevalent sensorineural disorder and a major public health issue in China. It is suggested that half of all cases of hearing loss can be prevented through public health measures. However, nat...

    Authors: Chang Liu, Anshi Wang, Yanlin Huang, Yan Zhang, Hongke Ding, Jing Wu, Li Du, Jie Yang, Fei Mai, Yukun Zeng, Ling Liu, Xin Zhao, Changbin Zhang and Aihua Yin

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1601

    Content type: Research article

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  14. Bangladesh has one of the highest drowning mortality rates in the world. The use of unregulated water transportation may contribute to this burden, with 38% of all passenger traffic occurring by water. The pre...

    Authors: Jagnoor Jagnoor, Caroline Lukaszyk, Kamran ul Baset, Rebecca Ivers, Shamima Easmin and Aminur Rahman

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1567

    Content type: Research article

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  15. Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa face multifaceted capacity challenges to fulfil their mandates of service provision and governance of their resources. Four academic institutions in Africa implemented a Wo...

    Authors: Woldekidan Kifle Amde, Bruno Marchal, David Sanders and Uta Lehmann

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1557

    Content type: Research article

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  17. Hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are highly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent evidence on effectiveness of primary care in...

    Authors: Jorge César Correia, Sarah Lachat, Grégoire Lagger, François Chappuis, Alain Golay and David Beran

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1542

    Content type: Research article

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  19. Maternal morbidity and mortality continued to be major issues in many countries. Globally a total of 10.7 million women have died between 1990 and 2015 due to maternal causes where sub-Saharan Africa alone acc...

    Authors: Gizachew Sime Ayele, Abulie Takele Melku and Semere Sileshi Belda

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1501

    Content type: Research article

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  20. A Brazilian guideline on cervical cancer screening was released in 2011. The objective was to verify changes in screening indicators around this period.

    Authors: Diama Bhadra Vale, Talita Lourenço Menin, Joana Froes Bragança, Julio Cesar Teixeira, Lucas Almeida Cavalcante and Luiz Carlos Zeferino

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1492

    Content type: Research article

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  21. Monitoring inequalities in chronic disease prevalence and their preventive care can help build effective strategies to improve health equality. Using hypertension and diabetes as a model, this study measures a...

    Authors: Sha Lai, Chi Shen, Xiaowei Yang, Xiaolong Zhang, Yongjian Xu, Qian Li, Jianmin Gao and Zhongliang Zhou

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1460

    Content type: Research article

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  22. Maintaining quality of vaccines is one of the main challenges of immunization programs in Ethiopia. The objective of this study is to assess the factor affecting vaccine cold chain management practice in immuniza...

    Authors: Hewan Adam Bogale, Abebe Feyissa Amhare and Alemtsehay Adam Bogale

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1433

    Content type: Research article

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  23. Cost is an important determinant of health program implementation. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the implementation strategy of Mozambique’s school-based HPV vaccine demonstration p...

    Authors: Caroline Soi, Joseph B. Babigumira, Baltazar Chilundo, Vasco Muchanga, Luisa Matsinhe, Sarah Gimbel, Orvalho Augusto and Kenneth Sherr

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1406

    Content type: Research article

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  24. Head injuries account for 650,000 annual deaths worldwide. The cost for treating head injury was estimated at US $200 million annually. This contributes to economic impoverishment in low income countries like ...

    Authors: Yilak Asmamaw, Mezgebu Yitayal, Ayal Debie and Simegnew Handebo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1399

    Content type: Research article

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  25. Private health facilities are increasingly being recognized as the neglected partner in the provision of HIV services. The non-adherence rate in the study sites ranged from 19 to 22%. This study explored the f...

    Authors: Lusungu Chirambo, Martha Valeta, Tifiness Mary Banda Kamanga and Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1382

    Content type: Research article

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  26. Since economic inequality is often accompanied by health inequalities, health care inequalities are increasingly becoming a hot issue on a global scale. As a developing country, China is still facing the same ...

    Authors: Wei Xian, Xueying Xu, Junling Li, Jinbin Sun, Hezi Fu, Shaoning Wu and Hongbo Liu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1373

    Content type: Research article

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  27. Prevalence of depression in Indonesia is estimated at about 3.7% of the total population, although the actual may be higher. Studies worldwide have linked the environment where people live to their mental heal...

    Authors: Mohamad Fahmi, Nur Afni Panjaitan, Ibnu Habibie, Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Gilang Amarullah, Rahma and Deni K. Sunjaya

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1371

    Content type: Research article

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  28. To increase access to voluntary family planning (FP) services, Nigerian policymakers are debating how to task share injectable contraceptive services to drug shop owners known as Patent and Proprietary Medicin...

    Authors: Sara Chace Dwyer, Aparna Jain, Salisu Mohammed Ishaku, Faizah Tosin Okunade, Chiamaka Uzomba, Adedamola Adebayo and Elizabeth Tobey

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1362

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  29. Evaluation of a surveillance system should be conducted on regular bases to ensure that the system is working as envisioned or not. Therefore, we evaluated Dangila district’s public health surveillance system ...

    Authors: Tefera Alemu, Hordofa Gutema, Seid Legesse, Tadesse Nigussie, Yirga Yenew and Kindie Gashe

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1343

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  30. Uptake of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) among People Living with HIV in Zambia has continued to be low despite various evidence for its added benefit in reducing TB incidence and mortality when taken with...

    Authors: Mary Kagujje, Muhau L. Mubiana, Eugenia Mwamba and Monde Muyoyeta

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1329

    Content type: Debate

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  31. The 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak was a wake-up call regarding the critical importance of resilient health systems. Fragile health systems can become overwhelmed during public health crises, further exacerbating th...

    Authors: Jennifer B. Nuzzo, Diane Meyer, Michael Snyder, Sanjana J. Ravi, Ana Lapascu, Jon Souleles, Carolina I. Andrada and David Bishai

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1310

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  32. Foz do Iguassu is a Brazilian municipality located in the most populous international border of the country and provides medical care to foreigners. Neonatal mortality in the city is higher than Brazil’s avera...

    Authors: Suzana de Souza, Etienne Duim and Fernando Kenji Nampo

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1304

    Content type: Research article

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  33. Death of a mother at an early age of the child may result in an increased risk of childhood mortality, especially in low-and-middle-income countries. This study aims to synthesize estimates of the association ...

    Authors: Diep Thi Ngoc Nguyen, Suzanne Hughes, Sam Egger, D. Scott LaMontagne, Kate Simms, Phillip E. Castle and Karen Canfell

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1281

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  34. Community health services have played an important role in the prevention and control of diabetes in China. The aims of this study were to examine the frequency of visits to community clinics for diabetic care...

    Authors: Jinwen Wang, Huijuan Zuo, Xiaorong Chen, Lei Hou and Jixiang Ma

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1267

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  35. In many low income countries, the majority of acutely malnourished children are either brought to the health facility late or never at all due to reasons related to distance and associated costs. Integrated co...

    Authors: Elizabeth Wambui Kimani-Murage, Hermann Pythagore, Elizabeth Mwaniki, Tewoldeberha Daniel, Betty Samburu, Pilar Charle Cuellar, Regina Mbochi, James Njiru, Lucy Wangare, Lydia Karimurio, Olivia Agutu, Lucy Gathigi Maina, Peter Okoth, Judith Raburu, Milka Wanjohi, Triza Macharia…

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1253

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  36. Antiangiogenic therapy has proved to be an important therapeutic tool for many retinal vascular diseases; however, its availability is limited in developing countries. This study sought to describe the bevaciz...

    Authors: Sávio Lima Sodré, Italo Antunes França Barbosa, Israel Emiliano Pacheco, Felipe de Queiroz Tavares Ferreira, Milton Agrizzi David, Mauricio Abujamra Nascimento, Carlos Eduardo Leite Arieta and Jose Paulo Cabral de Vasconcellos

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1252

    Content type: Research article

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  37. The technical efficiency (TE) of care among the elderly in long-term care facilities (LTCF) have become increasingly crucial policy concerns faced by developing countries and Asia, especially China. The purpos...

    Authors: Liangwen Zhang, Yanbing Zeng and Ya Fang

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1230

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  38. Liberia is among the three west African countries which were crippled by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014. One of the programs which was affected by the EVD outbreak was the National Leprosy and ...

    Authors: Kassaye Tekie Desta, Dedeh Barr Kessely and Jerry G. Daboi

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1221

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  39. Rates of childhood undernutrition are persistently high in Cambodia. Existing ready-to-use supplementary and therapeutic foods (RUSFs and RUTFs) have had limited acceptance and effectiveness. Therefore, our pr...

    Authors: Bindi Borg, Seema Mihrshahi, Arnaud Laillou, Sanne Sigh, Daream Sok, Remco Peters, Chhoun Chamnan, Jacques Berger, Sophonneary Prak, Nanna Roos, Mark Griffin and Frank T. Wieringa

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1200

    Content type: Correspondence

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  40. National and international strategies have increasingly promoted chronic patient participation at different levels of the health care system, building the image of an ‘active’ chronic patient engaged for examp...

    Authors: Jessica Martini, Annick Tijou Traoré and Céline Mahieu

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1179

    Content type: Research article

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  41. Vaccine safety surveillance is an essential requirement in vaccination programmes. It supports signal identification, hypothesis generation, and the identification and rectification of gaps in vaccine pharmaco...

    Authors: Josiah Tatenda Masuka and Star Khoza

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2019 19:1166

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  42. 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

    Content type: Research article

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  43. 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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  50. 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

    Content type: Research article

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