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Assessment of Structural and Process Readiness for Postpartum Haemorrhage Care in Uganda and Ghana: A Mixed Methods Study
(An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2024)Objective: To determine structural and process readiness for postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) care at referral- level facilities in Ghana and Uganda to identify opportunities for strengthening. Design: Mixed- methods cross- ... -
Climate change and primary health care in Africa: A scoping review
(The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 2023)Background: Climate change is one of the biggest threats to global health and primary healthcare (PHC) .In Africa, building climate resilient PHC is a challenge as there is little evidence to inform health systems and ... -
Perceptions of females about trauma informed services for survivors of sexual violence in south western Uganda- a qualitative study
(BMC Public Health, 2021)Background: Sexual violence is a public health concern globally and locally, and trauma-informed services are put in place to mitigate its consequences. A few studies have evaluated the quality and uptake of these ... -
Lack of Family Planning is an Avoidable Cause of Maternal and Child Death in Uganda
(BMJ Glob Health, 2016)Reduction of maternal and child mortality is universally accepted as a desirable goal. However, the same is not true for family planning. In Uganda, a developing country with high maternal and child deaths, 12% of pregnancies ... -
Human resources for primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or stagnation?
(Human Resources for Health, 2015)Background: The World Health Organization defines a “critical shortage” of health workers as being fewer than 2.28 health workers per 1000 population and failing to attain 80% coverage for deliveries by skilled birth ... -
Family Planning Films: Fact or Fiction? A Qualitative Study Assessing Changes in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intentions to use Family Planning After Watching Documentary and Drama Health Education Films
(Research square, 2021)Background: There is a paucity of literature on the effectiveness of drama or documentary films in changing knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of people towards family planning. This study aimed to compare and ... -
Couples’ decision-making on post-partum family planning and antenatal counselling in Uganda: A qualitative study
(PLoS ONE, 2021-05-05)Background: Although health workers have been trained to provide post-partum family planning (PPFP), uptake remains low in Uganda. An important reason is that women want the agreement of their partner, who is often absent ...
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