Horizontal inequity in public health care service utilization for non-communicable diseases in urban Vietnam.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Climate change is producing major impacts including increasing temperatures in tropical countries, like Costa Rica, where the sugarcane industry employs thousands of workers who are exposed to extreme heat. OBJECTIVES:This article outlines a pilot qualitative evaluation of working conditions and heat in the...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Crowe J,van Wendel de Joode B,Wesseling C

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migrant health workers fill care gaps in their destination countries, but they also actively engage in improving living conditions for people of their countries of origin through expatriate professional networks. This paper aims to explore the professional links that migrant health workers from sub-Saharan A...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Wojczewski S,Poppe A,Hoffmann K,Peersman W,Nkomazana O,Pentz S,Kutalek R

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) is used to evaluate health services. Subunits of a population (lots) are accepted or rejected according to the number of failures in a random sample (N) of a given lot. If failures are greater than decision value (d), we reject the lot and recommend corrective actions in the lot (...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Pezzoli L,Kim SH

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Myanmar is a country undergoing rapid transitions in health. Its national strategic policy for young people's health is being revised but there is a paucity of population data to inform local priorities and needs. Objective: In this paper we describe a comprehensive profile of adolescent health in Myanmar ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Cini KI,Win PM,Swe ZY,Than KK,Win TM,Aung YW,Myint AA,Wulan NR,Burns LJ,Kennedy EC,Francis KL,Sanda,Myat SM,Swe S,Ko AK,Yadanar,Hellard M,Hughes CL,Patton GC,Mokdad AH,Azzopardi PS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality has been declining in Bangladesh since the mid- twentieth century, while fertility has been declining since the late 1970s, and the country is now passing through the third stage of demographic transition. This type of demographic transition has produced a huge youthful population with a growing nu...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Razzaque A,Nahar L,Akter Khanam M,Kim Streatfield P

更新日期：2010-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic support for clinicians is a domain of application of mHealth technologies with a slow uptake despite promising opportunities, such as image-based clinical support. The absence of a roadmap for the adoption and implementation of these types of applications is a further obstacle. OBJECTIVES:This ar...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Wallis L,Hasselberg M,Barkman C,Bogoch I,Broomhead S,Dumont G,Groenewald J,Lundin J,Norell Bergendahl J,Nyasulu P,Olofsson M,Weinehall L,Laflamme L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vietnam has achieved great improvements in maternal healthcare outcomes, but there is evidence of increasing inequity. Disadvantaged groups, predominantly ethnic minorities and people living in remote mountainous areas, do not gain access to maternal health improvements despite targeted efforts from policyma...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Binder-Finnema P,Lien PT,Hoa DT,Målqvist M

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noma is an infectious but opportunistic disease that often results in severe facial disfigurements and mortality if untreated. As noma progresses quickly, early detection and treatment are important to prevent its development. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to investigate primary healthcare work...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Ahlgren M,Funk T,Marimo C,Ndiaye C,Alfvén T

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main cardio-metabolic diseases - mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease - share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development of many of these conditions are also interlinked. In this regard, a higher level of co-o...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Haregu TN,Oti S,Ngomi N,Khayeka-Wandabwa C,Egondi T,Kyobutungi C

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intrapartum-related hypoxia accounts for 30% of neonatal deaths in Tanzania. This has led to the introduction and scaling-up of the Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) programme, which is a simulation-based learning programme in newborn resuscitation skills. Studies have documented ineffective ventilation of non-br...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Moshiro R,Ersdal HL,Mdoe P,Kidanto HL,Mbekenga C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have recently demonstrated that an obese-years construct is a better predictor of the risk of diabetes than the severity of body weight alone. However, these risk estimates were derived from a population cohort study initiated in 1948 that might not apply to the current population. OBJECTIVE:To validate ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Abdullah A,Amin FA,Hanum F,Stoelwinder J,Tanamas S,Wolf R,Wong E,Peeters A

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:More than 95% of the population in Burkina Faso uses some form of solid biomass fuel. When these fuels are burned in traditional, inefficient stoves, pollutant levels within and outside the home can be very high. This can have important consequences for both health and climate change. Thus, the push to swi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Yamamoto S,Sié A,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to rise across the globe, and the risk of dying prematurely from an NCD in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC) is almost double that in a high-income country. Confronting this crisis requires a critical mass of scientists who are well versed in regional healt...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Malekzadeh A,Michels K,Wolfman C,Anand N,Sturke R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Madagascar today has one of the highest life expectancies in sub-Saharan Africa, despite being among the poorest countries in the continent. There are relatively few detailed accounts of the epidemiological transition in this country due to the lack of a comprehensive death registration system at the nationa...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Masquelier B,Waltisperger D,Ralijaona O,Pison G,Ravélo A

更新日期：2014-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) has been shown to reduce the risk of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In 2017, India began a nationwide roll-out of IPT, but there is a lack of evidence on the implementation and the challenges.Objectives: Among PLHIV newly initiated on antiretrovir...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Reddy MM,Thekkur P,Ramya N,Kamath PBT,Shastri SG,Kumar RBN,Chinnakali P,Nirgude AS,Rangaraju C,Somashekar N,Kumar AMV

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 4-year (2007-2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 low- and middle-income countries to explore the strengths and weaknesses of comprehensive primary health care (...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Labonté R,Sanders D,Packer C,Schaay N

更新日期：2014-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research has shown that men who have sex with men (MSM) avoid formal healthcare services because of the fear of discrimination as homosexuality is illegal and stigmatized in Tanzania. Instead, self-treatment by medications obtained directly from pharmacies or drugstores may be common when MSM experi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Agardh C,Weije F,Agardh A,Nyoni J,Ross MW,Kashiha J,Larsson M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, are commonly plagued by poor access, poor performance, inefficient use and inequitable distribution of resources. To improve health system efficiency, equity and effectiveness, the World Development Report of 1993 proposed a first wave of heal...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Mbau R,Gilson L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the importance of an effective health system response to various disasters, relevant research is still in its infancy, especially in middle- and low-income countries. OBJECTIVE:This paper provides an overview of the status of disaster health management in China, with its aim to promote the effective...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Zhong S,Clark M,Hou XY,Zang Y,FitzGerald G

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peer violence is common globally, but a little researched topic in low-and middle-income countries. This study presents the evaluation of a two-year randomized controlled trial of a structured play-based life-skills intervention implemented in schools in Hyderabad, Pakistan. OBJECTIVE:To determine the impac...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Karmaliani R,McFarlane J,Khuwaja HMA,Somani Y,Shehzad S,Saeed Ali T,Asad N,Chirwa ED,Jewkes R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Bangladesh has historically been cholera endemic, with seasonal cholera outbreaks occurring each year. In collaboration with the government of Bangladesh, the Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) initiated operational research to test strategies to re...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Khan IA,Khan AI,Rahman A,Siddique SA,Islam MT,Bhuiyan MAI,Chowdhury AI,Saha NC,Biswas PK,Saha A,Chowdhury F,Clemens JD,Qadri F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dengue is currently a major public health burden in Asia Pacific Region. This study aims to establish an association between dengue incidence, mean temperature and precipitation, and further discuss how weather predictors influence the increase in intensity and magnitude of dengue in Singapore during the p...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hii YL,Rocklöv J,Ng N,Tang CS,Pang FY,Sauerborn R

更新日期：2009-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Doctoral training has increasingly become the requirement for faculty in institutions of higher learning in Africa. Africa, however, still lacks sufficient capacity to conduct research, with just 1.4% of all published research authored by African researchers. Similarly, women in Sub-Saharan Africa only constitute 30% ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Khisa AM,Ngure P,Gitau E,Musasiah J,Kilonzo E,Otukpa E,Vicente-Crespo M,Kyobutungi C,Ezeh A,Fonn S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low-cost mobile devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, and personal digital assistants, which can access voice and data services, have revolutionised access to information and communication technology worldwide. These devices have a major impact on many aspects of people's lives, from business and educatio...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hall CS,Fottrell E,Wilkinson S,Byass P

更新日期：2014-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hazardous alcohol use is detrimental to persons with HIV (PWH), impacting medication adherence and liver function, yet globally resources to target alcohol use behavior in this population are limited. Few studies have identified the costs of integrating alcohol reduction interventions into HIV care. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Blackburn NA,Go VF,Bui Q,Hutton H,Tampi RP,Sripaipan T,Ha TV,Latkin C,Golden S,Golin C,Chander G,Frangakis C,Gottfredson N,Dowdy DW

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The collaborative quality improvement approach proposed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has the potential to improve coverage of evidence-based maternal and newborn health practices. The Safe Care, Saving Lives initiative supported the implementation of 20 evidence-based maternal and newborn care...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Hanson C,Zamboni K,Prabhakar V,Sudke A,Shukla R,Tyagi M,Singh S,Schellenberg J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization recommends that antiretroviral therapy be started as soon as possible, irrespective of stage of HIV infection. This 'test and treat' approach highlights the need to ensure that men are involved in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). This article presents find...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Besada D,Rohde S,Goga A,Raphaely N,Daviaud E,Ramokolo V,Magasana V,Noveve N,Doherty T

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early medical checkups during and after delivery are key strategies to detect, prevent and treat maternal health concerns. Knowledge of interrelationships between early Antenatal Care (ANC), skilled delivery and early postnatal care (EPNC) is essential for focused and well-targeted interventions. This paper ...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Atuhaire R,Atuhaire LK,Wamala R,Nansubuga E

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to critically assess the possible roles of information and communications technology (ICT) in supporting global health goals. This is done by considering privilege and connectibility. In short, ICT can contribute by providing health information via four different kinds of access, each wi...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Boman M,Kruse E

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a particular configuration, that deserves closer scrutiny. We identified a two-tiered CHW system, wit...

journal_title：Global health action

authors： Leon N,Sanders D,Van Damme W,Besada D,Daviaud E,Oliphant NP,Berzal R,Mason J,Doherty T

更新日期：2015-03-12 00:00:00