Compared to their urban counterparts, rural and remote inhabitants experience lower life
expectancy and poorer health status. Nowhere is the worldwide shortage of health …

Financial risk protection is a key component of universal health coverage (UHC), which is
defined as access to all needed quality health services without financial hardship. As part of …

World Health Statistics 2010 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193
member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium …

We use a reliable, intuitive and simple set of indicators to capture three dimensions of
access–availability, affordability and acceptability. Data are from South Africa's 2009 and …

Background There is an increasing burden of chronic illness in low and middle income
countries, driven by TB/HIV, as well as non-communicable diseases. Few health systems …

With increased globalization and interdependence among countries, sustained health
worker migration and the complex threats of rapidly spreading infectious diseases, as well …

Background There has been a notable expansion in routine health care in sub-Saharan
Africa. While heath care is nominally free in many contexts, the time required to access …

Objectives: To determine retention in HIV care for individuals not yet eligible for antiretroviral
therapy (ART) and to explore factors associated with retention in a rural public health HIV …

Periodic outbreaks of foodborne pathogens have resulted in food safety concerns, due to
health implications and cost consequences. Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in foods …

Background: HIV and tuberculosis (TB) services are provided free of charge in many sub-
Saharan African countries, but patients still incur costs. Methods: Patient-exit interviews were …