Background: India's health disparities are clearly visible in the southern state of Karnataka. A
community needs assessment, one of the rst done in this area in over a decade, was …

Private practitioners are a ubiquitous part of healthcare systems in low-and middle-income
countries. In order to make any systemic improvements to the healthcare system, the private …

Many low and middle-income countries have pluralistic health systems with a variety of
providers of health-related goods and services in terms of their level of training, their …

Mobile health (mHealth) is an essential requirement in healthcare for improving health
service delivery. Despite its increasing attention across different countries, there is a dearth …

Vast numbers of people receive care from informal providers worldwide, with utilization rates
in some countries exceeding 75 percent. When comparing trained and untrained …

Aim: This study assessed the diagnosis, treatment and referral service provided by untrained
providers for sick infants. Background: In rural India, lack of trained providers causes …

Rural communities in India face a severe shortage of access to healthcare services. There is
little public spending on healthcare, and what money the government does spend is largely …

Objectives: This thesis examined the health systems effects of implementing the integrated
Community Case Management (iCCM) intervention for paediatric febrile illnesses in a retail …

Vast numbers of people receive care from informal providers worldwide, with utilization rates
in some countries exceeding 75 percent. When comparing trained and untrained …

There is a paradox between the post-conflict setting and the healthcare market in Northern
Uganda. While there is a strong missionary sector and apparent ongoing rehabilitation of the …