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Moving from ideas to action-developing health financing systems towards universal coverage in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2012)
Accelerating progress towards universal coverage in African countries calls for concrete actions that reinforce social health protection through establishment of sustainable health financing mechanisms. In order to explore ...
Differentiating Schistosoma haematobium from related animal schistosomes by PCR amplifying inter-repeat sequences flanking newly selected repeated sequences
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012)
In schistosomiasis elimination programs, successful discrimination of Schistosoma haematobium from the related animal
Schistosoma parasites will be essential for accurate detection of human parasite transmission. Polymerase ...
Socioeconomic factors associated with compliance with mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis elimination in Kenya: descriptive study results
(Medknow Publications, 2012)
Annual Mass Drug Administration (MDA) to at least 65 – 80% of the population at risk is necessary for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. In Kenya, MDA based on diethylcarbamazine and albendazole, using the community-directed ...
Impact of malaria morbidity on gross domestic product in Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2012)
The burden of malaria is a key challenge to both human and economic development in malaria endemic countries. The impact of malaria can be categorized from three dimensions, namely: health, social and economic. The objective ...
Health education for Primary Health Care Development in Kenya
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, 2012)
This paper discusses appropriate ways to strengthen community health education activities and training for health education in order to improve the effectiveness of the National Health Education programme ...