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Equity in reproductive and maternal health services in Bangladesh
(BioMed Central, 2014)
The target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is now closer than ever.
There is lack of sufficient progress in achieving the MDG targets in many low- and middle-income countries.
Furthermore, there ...
Trainees’ and trainers’ perspectives on effectiveness of clinical training for nursing students in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 2014)
Although nurse training has been undertaken for over two decades, holistic evaluation of clinical teaching has not been documented. The purpose of the study was to determine students and trainers perspectives ...
Health care seeking patterns and determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for malaria for the children under-five in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2014)
The objectives of this study were to assess the patterns of treatment seeking behaviour for children under five with malaria; and to examine the statistical relationship between out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) on malaria ...
Cross-sectional Study of the Burden of Vector-Borne and Soil-Transmitted Polyparasitism in Rural Communities of Coast Province, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
In coastal Kenya, infection of human populations by a variety of parasites often results in co-infection or poly-
parasitism. These parasitic infections, separately and in conjunction, are a major cause of chronic clinical ...
Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis
(BioMed Central, 2014)
In order to measure and analyse the technical efficiency of district hospitals in Ghana, the specific objectives of this study were to (a) estimate the relative technical and scale efficiency of government, mission, private ...
Factors associated with severe human Rift Valley fever in Sangailu, Garissa County, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2014)
Mosquito-borne Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes acute, often severe, disease in livestock and humans. To determine the exposure factors and range of symptoms associated with human RVF, we performed a population-based ...