The voluntary HIV counselling and testing service in Kenema District, Sierra Leone, 2004-2006: a descriptive study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study explored how employed caregivers experience the interface between child care, parental control and child rights in the context of Children's Homes in Ghana. The focus was on investigating caregiver perceptions of proper child care, their experiences with having to work with child rights principles...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Darkwah E,Daniel M,Yendork JS

更新日期：2018-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rights of women and people living with HIV (PLHIV) are protected under South African law, yet there is a gap in the application of these laws. While there are numerous systemic and social barriers to women's and PLHIV's exercise of their legal rights and rights to access social services, there has been l...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Hill LM,Maman S,Holness D,Moodley D

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Wars and violent domestic conflicts have forced millions of people to move outside their homes. Meeting the basic health needs of those people requires an understanding of research activity and research output on this topic. The objective of this study was to shed light on the quantity and impact of medicine...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Sweileh WM

更新日期：2017-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vietnam is shifting toward integrating HIV services into the public health system using social health insurance (SHI), and the HIV service delivery system is becoming decentralized. The study aim was to investigate current SHI coverage and patients' perspectives on this transition. METHODS:A survey of 1348 ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Matsumoto S,Nguyen HDT,Nguyen DT,Van Tran G,Tanuma J,Mizushima D,Van Nguyen K,Oka S

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Smoking is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. There is therefore need to identify relevant factors associated with smoking among adolescents in order to better tailor public health interventions aimed at preventing smoking. METHODS:We used data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) c...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Siziya S,Muula AS,Rudatsikira E

更新日期：2008-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Refugees are one of the most vulnerable groups in our society. They are at risk of poor physical and mental health outcomes, much of this attributed to traumatic events prior to migration and the additional risk factors refugees face in the host nations. However, how migration factors shape the health of res...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Dowling A,Enticott J,Kunin M,Russell G

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a substantial decrease in child mortality in Ethiopia over the past decade, neonatal mortality remains unchanged (37/1000 live-births). This paper describes a qualitative study on beliefs and practices on immediate newborn and postnatal care in four rural communities of Ethiopia conducted to inform d...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Degefie T,Amare Y,Mulligan B

更新日期：2014-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines have made a major contribution to public health, including the eradication of one deadly disease, small pox, and the near eradication of another, poliomyelitis.Through the introduction of new vaccines, such as those against rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases, and with further improvements in coverage, vaccin...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Duclos P,Okwo-Bele JM,Gacic-Dobo M,Cherian T

更新日期：2009-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of the size of populations at risk of HIV is a key activity in the surveillance of the HIV epidemic. The existing framework for considering future research needs may provide decision-makers with a basis for a fair process of deciding on the methods of the estimation of the size of key populations ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Safarnejad A,Groot W,Pavlova M

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:HIV risks for women who inject drugs and those who engage in sex work are well documented. Women who are dependent on non-injecting drugs and alcohol are also likely to have increased vulnerability to HIV infection, but until they actually inject drugs or engage in sex work, are unlikely to come...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Kermode M,Sono CZ,Songput CH,Devine A

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Armed conflict potentially poses serious challenges to access and quality of maternal and reproductive health (MRH) services, resulting in increased maternal morbidity and mortality. The effects of armed conflict may vary from one setting to another, including the mechanisms/channels through which the confli...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Chi PC,Bulage P,Urdal H,Sundby J

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Costa Rica, like other developing countries, is experiencing an increasing burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM), especially among its elderly population. This article has two goals: (1) to assess the level of metabolic control among the diabetic population age >or= 60 years old in Cost...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Brenes-Camacho G,Rosero-Bixby L

更新日期：2008-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are various harmful traditional practices and beliefs across the different parts of Ethiopia. Shilshalo, which is yet little known about, is one of these practices existing in Argoba, a community in Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia. This study was conducted to explore the various features ass...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Belete YM,Atlaw NK

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, the field of vaccines for diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which take a heavy toll in developing countries has faced major failures. This has led to a call for more basic science research, and development as well as evaluation of new vaccine candidates. Human-animal chimer...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Bhan A,Singer PA,Daar AS

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An estimated 863 million people-a third of the world's urban population-live in slums, yet there is little information on the disease burden in these settings, particularly regarding chronic preventable diseases. METHODS:From March to May 2012, we conducted a cluster randomized survey to estimate the preval...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Heitzinger K,Montano SM,Hawes SE,Alarcón JO,Zunt JR

更新日期：2014-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A traditional pathway for developing new health products begins with public research institutes generating new knowledge, and ends with the private sector translating this knowledge into new ventures. But while public research institutes are key drivers of basic research in sub-Saharan Africa, the private se...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Simiyu K,Masum H,Chakma J,Singer PA

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biopiracy - the use of a people's long-established medical knowledge without acknowledgement or compensation - has been a disturbing historical reality and exacerbates the global rich-poor divide. Bioprospecting, however, describes the commercialization of indigenous medicines in a manner acceptable to the l...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Puri M,Masum H,Heys J,Singer PA

更新日期：2010-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public health research is shifting focus to the role of socioeconomic indicators in the promotion of health. As such an understanding of the roles that socio-economic factors play in improving health and health-seeking behaviour is important for public health policy. This is because the share of resources de...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Olaogun AA,Adebayo AA,Ayandiran OE,Olasode OA

更新日期：2006-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The current political crisis, conflicts and riots in many Middle Eastern and African countries have led to massive migration waves towards Europe. European countries, receiving these migratory waves as first port of entry (POE) over the past few years, were confronted with several challenges as a result of the sheer v...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lionis C,Petelos E,Mechili EA,Sifaki-Pistolla D,Chatzea VE,Angelaki A,Rurik I,Pavlic DR,Dowrick C,Dückers M,Ajdukovic D,Bakic H,Jirovsky E,Mayrhuber ES,van den Muijsenbergh M,Hoffmann K

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：: Corruption is a serious threat to global health outcomes, leading to financial waste and adverse health consequences. Yet, forms of corruption impacting global health are endemic worldwide in public and private sectors, and in developed and resource-poor settings alike. Allegations of misuse of funds and fraud in glo...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Mackey TK,Liang BA

更新日期：2012-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) are a unique group that are often overlooked in many developing countries due to systemic weaknesses, lack of political commitment and inadequate support from government and non-governmental agencies. The population of these individuals is however steadily on the increase and...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Dogbe J,Owusu-Dabo E,Edusei A,Plange-Rhule G,Addofoh N,Baffour-Awuah S,Sarfo-Kantanka O,Hammond C,Owusu M

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diversity in Europe has both increased and become more complex posing challenges to both national and local welfare state regimes. Evidence indicates specific barriers for migrant, faith and minority ethnic groups when accessing healthcare. However, previous studies of health in diverse cities in European co...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Phillimore J,Bradby H,Knecht M,Padilla B,Brand T,Cheung SY,Pemberton S,Zeeb H

更新日期：2015-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this article we describe a phenomenological lifeworld study based on the theory of communicative action of 13 women with noncommunicable disease (NCDs) in a rural area in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to generate key concepts of health care access and the management of NCDs in a rural South A...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez D,Tollman SM

更新日期：2015-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The issue of child marriage is a form of human rights violation among young women mainly in resource-constrained countries. Over the past decades, child marriage has gained attention as a threat to women's health and autonomy. This study explores the prevalence of child marriage among women aged 20-24 years ...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Yaya S,Odusina EK,Bishwajit G

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Albinism is an inherited condition with a relatively high prevalence in populations throughout sub-Saharan Africa. People with oculocutaneous albinism have little or no pigment in their hair, skin and eyes; thus they are visually impaired and extremely sensitive to the damaging effect of the sun on their ski...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Franklin A,Lund P,Bradbury-Jones C,Taylor J

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The number of potential life years lost due to accidents and injuries though poorly studied has resulted in tremendous economic and social loss to Nigeria. Numerous socio-cultural, economic and political factors including the current epidemic of ethnic and religious conflicts act in concert in predisposing...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Aliyu ZY

更新日期：2002-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper broadly discusses the role of the State of Bangladesh in the context of the health system and human rights. The interrelation between human rights, health and development are well documented. The recognition of health as a fundamental right by WHO and subsequent approval of health as an instrument...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Rahman RM

更新日期：2006-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Given that many low income countries are heavily reliant on external assistance to fund their health sectors the acceptance of obligations of international assistance and cooperation with regard to the right to health (global health obligations) is insufficiently understood and studied by intern...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Hammonds R,Ooms G,Vandenhole W

更新日期：2012-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The care and protection of the estimated 143,000,000 orphaned and abandoned children (OAC) worldwide is of great importance to global policy makers and child service providers in low and middle income countries (LMICs), yet little is known about rates of child labour among OAC, what child and caregiver chara...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Whetten R,Messer L,Ostermann J,Whetten K,Pence BW,Buckner M,Thielman N,O'Donnell K,Positive Outcomes for Orphans (POFO) Research Team.

更新日期：2011-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Couples HIV testing and counseling (CHTC) at antenatal care (ANC) settings allows pregnant women to learn the HIV status of themselves and their partners. Couples can make decisions together to prevent HIV transmission. In Thailand, men were tested at ANC settings only if their pregnant partners were HIV pos...

journal_title：BMC international health and human rights

authors： Lolekha R,Kullerk N,Wolfe MI,Klumthanom K,Singhagowin T,Pattanasin S,Sombat P,Naiwatanakul T,Leartvanangkul C,Voramongkol N

更新日期：2014-12-24 00:00:00