Strengthening primary health-care services to help prevent and control long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases in low-and middle-income countries

M Haque, T Islam, NAA Rahman… - … and healthcare policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of long-term (chronic) non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing
globally due to an ageing global population, urbanization, changes in lifestyles, and …

National response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and lessons learned for other countries

J Oh, JK Lee, D Schwarz, HL Ratcliffe… - Health Systems & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) had
the second highest number of cases globally yet was able to dramatically lower the …

[HTML][HTML] Primary health care contributions to universal health coverage, Ethiopia

Y Assefa, PS Hill, CF Gilks, M Admassu… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many global health institutions, including the World Health Organization, consider primary
health care as the path towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, there …

[HTML][HTML] Measures to strengthen primary health-care systems in low-and middle-income countries

EV Langlois, A McKenzie, H Schneider… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary health care offers a cost–effective route to achieving universal health coverage
(UHC). However, primary health-care systems are weak in many low-and middle-income …

[HTML][HTML] Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on …

M Kweku, H Amu, A Awolu, M Adjuik, MA Ayanore… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background In 1999, Ghana introduced the Community-Based Health Planning and
Services (CHPS) as the key primary health care strategy. In this study, we explored the …

[HTML][HTML] Variability in health care quality measurement among studies using service provision assessment data from low-and middle-income countries: a systematic …

C Moucheraud, K McBride - The American journal of tropical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Quality of care is essential for improving health outcomes, but heterogeneity in theoretical
frameworks and metrics can limit studies' generalizability and comparability. This research …

[HTML][HTML] Health systems and global progress towards malaria elimination, 2000–2016

M Sahu, F Tediosi, AM Noor, JJ Aponte, G Fink - Malaria journal, 2020 - Springer
Background As more countries progress towards malaria elimination, a better understanding
of the most critical health system features for enabling and supporting malaria control and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the Ananya program on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition in Bihar, India: early results from a quasi-experimental study

GL Darmstadt, Y Weng, KT Pepper, VC Ward… - Journal of global …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Government of Bihar (GoB) in India, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
and several non-governmental organisations launched the Ananya program aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Patient perspectives on interpersonal aspects of healthcare and patient-centeredness at primary health facilities: a mixed methods study in rural Eastern …

E Waweru, T Smekens, J Orne-Gliemann… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Patient-centered care (PCC) is an approach to involve patients in health care
delivery, to contribute to quality of care, and to strengthen health systems responsiveness …

[HTML][HTML] Field-testing of primary health-care indicators, India

D Nambiar, H Sankar, J Negi, A Nair… - Bulletin of the World …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To develop a primary health-care monitoring framework and health outcome
indicator list, and field-test and triangulate indicators designed to assess health reforms in …