Abstracts Background With regards to equity, the objective for health care systems is “equal
access for equal needs”. We examined associations of predisposing, enabling and need …

Zimbabwe's HIV epidemic is amongst the worst in the world, and disproportionately effects
poorer rural areas. Access to almost all health services in Zimbabwe includes some form of …

Background: Developing countries, including Zambia, account for larger share of child
morbidities and mortalities due to common childhood illnesses. Studies on wider …

Background: More than a billion people, mainly in low-and middle-income countries, are
unable to access needed health-care services for a variety of reasons. Possible factors …

Background Much of the debate as to whether or not the scaling up of HIV service delivery in
Africa benefits non-HIV priority services has focused on the use of nationally aggregated …

Background Access to quality healthcare is a global fundamental human right. However, in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, several parameters affect the choices of health …

Background: The emergence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) transformed HIV from a terminal
illness to a chronic disease. However, limited access to health services remains one of many …

The study was undertaken to assess the impact of health sector reform from 1993 to 1997 in
Zambia in respect of health care service utilization and the shift of caseload from hospitals to …

This study investigates the impact of subsidising community-based health insurance
(mutuelle) enrolment, removing point-of-service co-payments, and improving service …

Objectives. To assess the extent of inequalities in availability and utilisation of HIV services
across South Africa. Design. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting. Three districts …