Health-care seeking behaviour among persons with diabetes in Uganda: an interview study.

by: admin - November 7th, 2011   Filed under: BMC International Health and Human Rights Add Comment

Background:
Healthcare-seeking behaviour in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has been investigated to a limited extent, and not in developing countries. Switches between different health sectors may interrupt glycaemic control, affecting health. The aim of the study was to explore healthcare-seeking behaviour, including use of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) and traditional healers, in Ugandans diagnosed with DM. Further, to study whether gender influenced healthcare-seeking behaviour. Read More

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Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Etiology, Treatment, and Outcomes (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Etiology, Treatment, and Outcomes (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) :: Amazon Diabetes and cardiovascular disease together account for the largest portion of health care spending compared to all other diseases in Weste
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$7.2 million project will address a national shortage of health-care workers in Liberia

by: admin - November 2nd, 2011   Filed under: News Add Comment

Other partners are the University of Liberia and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University today (Oct. 31) announced that it is partnering with the University of Liberia and the University of Massachusetts Medical School to administer a transformative $7.2 million project that will address a national shortage of healthcare workers in Liberia, an African nation with which IU has had long-standing ties. Read More

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How do you bring health care to the poor?

by: admin - September 29th, 2011   Filed under: News Add Comment

ANTWERP _ If you want to provide poor people in developing countries with decent health care, you need to overcome several barriers at the same time. That is the conclusion of researcher Bart Jacobs, based on years of research in Cambodia – and on his experience in several other low- and mid-income countries. The local community and existing social networks play an important role, but the authorities also have a role to play. His analysis has in the mean time been partly incorporated in Cambodian national policy, and it resulted in a PhD at the Antwerp Institute for Tropical Medicine and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Read More

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The Quality of Medical Care in Low-Income Countries: From Providers to Markets

by: admin - April 20th, 2011   Filed under: Medicine Add Comment

Jishnu Das provides a perspective on a research article by Paul Garner and colleagues that reports a systematic review of 80 studies comparing the quality of private versus public ambulatory health care in low and middle income countries.


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Urgent need to improve quality of outpatient care in public and private sector in poorer countries

by: admin - April 12th, 2011   Filed under: News Add Comment
Source: Freebase

Source: Freebase

The overall poor quality of outpatient healthcare in both the formal private and public sector in low and middle income countries is worrying—especially given the increasing volume of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, which require relatively sophisticated, long-term outpatient medical care. Read More

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Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care in India: Lessons for developing countries (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) Public-Private Partnerships in Health Care in India: Lessons for developing countries (Routledge Studies in Development Economics) :: Amazon Public-private partnerships are increasingly advocated to alleviate deficiencies in the public health system as well as to reduce economic s
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Tuberculosis transmission to young children in a South African community: modeling household and community infection risks.

by: admin - October 27th, 2010   Filed under: PubMed Africa Related Add Comment

Tuberculosis transmission to young children in a South African community: modeling household and community infection risks.

Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 15;51(4):401-8

Authors: Wood R, Johnstone-Robertson S, Uys P, Hargrove J, Middelkoop K, Lawn SD, Bekker LG

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis transmission is determined by contact between infectious and susceptible individuals. A recent study reported a 4% annual risk of child tuberculosis infection in a southern African township. A model was used to explore the interactions between prevalence of adult tuberculosis infection, adult-to-child contacts, and household ventilation, which could result in such a high annual risk of tuberculosis infection. METHODS: Number of residents per household and tuberculosis incidence were derived from a household census and community tuberculosis registers. Read More

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In-country OB/GYN training programs contributed to retention of doctors in Ghana, U-M study shows

by: admin - September 30th, 2010   Filed under: Featured Add Comment

Residents stayed in Ghana because they felt they could make it there economically, were supported by educational opportunities

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Ghanaian Obstetrics and Gynecology residents say in-country training programs contributed to their decision to remain in their home country to practice medicine, new University of Michigan research shows.

The retention of trained health care providers in developing countries is a key component to improving health and achieving the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, which aim to decrease maternal and child mortality. But the migration of health workers from developing to developed countries has resulted in a health care workforce crisis that continues to threaten progress in global health. Read More

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Evaluation of the PIMA point-of-care CD4 analyzer in VCT clinics in Zimbabwe.

by: admin - September 22nd, 2010   Filed under: PubMed Africa Related Add Comment

Evaluation of the PIMA point-of-care CD4 analyzer in VCT clinics in Zimbabwe.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Sep 1;55(1):1-7

Authors: Mtapuri-Zinyowera S, Chideme M, Mangwanya D, Mugurungi O, Gudukeya S, Hatzold K, Mangwiro A, Bhattacharya G, Lehe J, Peter T

Point-of-care (POC) CD4 testing was implemented at a stand-alone HIV voluntary testing and counseling centre in Harare, Zimbabwe. To validate the use of this new technology, paired blood samples were collected from 165 patients either by a nurse or a laboratory technician and tested using POC and conventional laboratory CD4 machines. Read More

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The Effect of Community-Based Support Services on Clinical Efficacy and Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV/AIDS Patients in Resource-Limited Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.

by: admin - September 6th, 2010   Filed under: PubMed Africa Related Add Comment

The Effect of Community-Based Support Services on Clinical Efficacy and Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV/AIDS Patients in Resource-Limited Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa.

AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2010 Aug 28;

Authors: Kabore I, Bloem J, Etheredge G, Obiero W, Wanless S, Doykos P, Ntsekhe P, Mtshali N, Afrikaner E, Sayed R, Bostwelelo J, Hani A, Moshabesha T, Kalaka A, Mameja J, Zwane N, Shongwe N, Mtshali P, Mohr B, Smuts A, Tiam A

Abstract Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS in developing countries has been rapidly scaled up through directed public and private resources. Data on the efficacy of ART in developing countries are limited, as are operational research studies to determine the effect of selected nonmedical supportive care services on health outcomes in patients receiving ART. Read More

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[Management of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: Current issues.]

by: admin - September 6th, 2010   Filed under: PubMed Africa Related Add Comment

[Management of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: Current issues.]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2010 Aug 26;

Authors: Adoukonou TA, Vallat JM, Joubert J, Macian F, Kabore R, Magy L, Houinato D, Preux PM

In sub-Saharan Africa, stroke is likely to present an increasingly important public health problem with a larger relative share of overall morbidity and mortality. Overall, sub-Saharan Health Care is characterized by a lack of human resources, lack of facilities for special investigations, and especially an absence of specific programs addressing the prevention of cardiovascular conditions. Read More

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A ‘good hospital’: Nurse and patient perceptions of good clinical care for HIV-positive people on antiretroviral treatment in rural Zimbabwe-A mixed-methods qualitative study.

by: admin - September 6th, 2010   Filed under: PubMed Africa Related Add Comment

A ‘good hospital’: Nurse and patient perceptions of good clinical care for HIV-positive people on antiretroviral treatment in rural Zimbabwe-A mixed-methods qualitative study.

Int J Nurs Stud. 2010 Aug 27;

Authors: Campbell C, Scott K, Madanhire C, Nyamukapa C, Gregson S

BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral treatment for HIV is gradually being made available across sub-Saharan Africa. With antiretroviral treatment, HIV can be approached as a chronic, manageable condition rather than a shorter-term issue of palliative care. This treatment involves repeated interaction between health staff and patients for ongoing check-ups and prescription refills.

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to understand patient and healthcare staff perceptions of good clinical antiretroviral treatment care. Read More

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Health informatics partnership is launched to expand informatics work force, improve health globally

by: admin - September 3rd, 2010   Filed under: Featured Add Comment

Collaborative center to support knowledge transfer to low-resource partners

AMIA, the U.S.-based association for informatics professionals, has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization called the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP) to serve as an international center for collaborative initiatives on health informatics. With generous operational support from AMIA, GHIP (say “gee-hip”), aims to build grassroots networks of health informatics advocates and professionals that will result in strengthened health informatics capacity in low-resource settings, primarily in South America, Africa, and Asia. Read More

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