BACKGROUND To identify factors contributing to the high incidence of facility-based obstetric hemorrhage in Thyolo District, Malawi, according to local health workers. METHODS Three focus group discussions among 29 health workers, including nurse-midwives and non-physician clinicians ('medical assistants' and 'clinical officers'). RESULTS Factors contributing to facility-based obstetric hem...

Need The need for both elective and emergency orthopaedic services in developing countries is great. Most of the degenerative musculoskeletal diseases seen in the West are prevalent, as well as conditions such as untreated club foot, gross genu varum and valgus, tuberculosis of the spine and severe chronic osteomyelitis. Road traffic accidents are becoming an epidemic. More than 80% of deaths i...

Citation: Gitte SV (2016) LCDC (Leprosy Cases Detection Campaign) Aiming at Cent Percent Detection of Leprosy Cases in the Community Based on a Line of Pulse Polio Campaign in Leprosy Endemic State. Int J Dermatol Clin Res 2(1): 012-013. DOI: 10.17352/2455-8605.000014 012 flexibility based on preparations. These also included progress, problems encountered, proposed solutions and new action poi...

BACKGROUND Alcohol dependence is one of the leading causes of the global burden of disease. Among members of the Uganda Police Force, alcohol dependence has been a major contributor of poor mental health, poor work output and forced retirement. OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of alcohol dependence and associated psychosocial problems in the Uganda Police Force...

BACKGROUND In early 1990s, Tanzania like other African countries, adopted health sector reform (HSR). The most strongly held centralisation system that informed the nature of services provision including health was, thus, disintegrated giving rise to decentralisation system. It was within the realm of HSR process, user fees were introduced in the health sector. Along with user fees, various typ...

Leptospirosis is an endemic disease with moderate to high incidence in Mahasarakham province, Thailand. The present study was designed assess the policy implementation mission regarding leptospirosis prevention and control from national level local administrative levels, through a One Health perspective. A qualitative conducted, using documentation review, individual in-depth interviews public ...

A study was conducted to explore the views of villagers on the existence and functioning of local primary health-care (PHC) committees, village health workers (VHWs), skilled staff at government health facilities and their responsiveness to community health needs in Mkuranga district, Tanzania. Information was collected through separate group discussions with some members of households, local P...

This report describes a study of health care financing mechanisms appropriate for the poor and vulnerable groups, performed by the Amani Medical Research Center, Tanzania, under a grant from the small applied research program of the Partnerships for Health Reform. The study was carried out in Korogwe District and used malaria, a relatively endemic public disease in the district, as a tracer dis...

OBJECTIVE To describe health workers' perceptions of a quality improvement (QI) intervention that focused on improving institutional childbirth services in primary health facilities in Southern Tanzania. DESIGN A qualitative design was applied using in-depth interviews with health workers. SETTING This study involved the Ruangwa District Reproductive and Child Health Department, 11 dispensa...

BACKGROUND Poor and middle-income Thai people rely heavily on primary care health services. These are staffed by a range of professionals. However, it is unknown whether the performance of primary care varies according to the staffing and organization of local service delivery units. Tambon (sub-district) health promotion hospitals (THPHs) were introduced in 2009 to upgrade the services offered...