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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Resource-limited countries"”.
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Hand hygiene barriers and facilitators in Vietnam
… due to vast differences in available resources and unique contextual challenges. Hand hygiene compliance barriers in Vietnam therefore need to be identified to assist in adapting guidelines and developing hand hygiene programs that are appropriate for the healthcare settings in Vietnam …
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Prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections: a retrospective review of screening data from Desmond Tutu HIV Centre clinical trial cohorts from 2012 to 2017, Cape Town
… on presentation with signs and symptoms, in resource-limited countries. Due to this syndromic approach, there is little current data on STI prevalence, including asymptomatic STIs, in high risk populations. Methods: We reviewed secondary data collected as part of the screening procedures of 6 …
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Implementing Botwana's National Cervical Cancer Prevention Programme: Providers' Fidelity To The See-And-Treat Algorithms
… for program fidelity. Botswana and other resource-limited countries can utilize these results to modify the see-and-treat algorithm, develop a fidelity instrument to facilitate ongoing monitoring, and/or test strategies to improve the scale-up process moving forward.
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Out of pocket payment for assisted reproductive techniques: How to households recover?
… prevalent barriers to treatment, especially in resource limited countries where many people are poor and inadequately covered by private and public health insurances. This study aims to assess the financial consequences of out of pocket payment for ART in the South African setting and the …
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Health-related quality of life of people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in North-eastern Nigeria: A mixed methods study
… applied to different population in high income countries but it has never been tested in PLWHA in resource limited countries such as Nigeria. A survey relating to various domains of QoL was completed by 443 PLWHA and path analysis was used to assess the associations between QoL domains. …
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Laboratory findings that occur in Klebsiella pneumoniae blood stream infection in HIV-infected children compared to HIV uninfected children, at a South African children's hospital, Cape Town, 2006–2011: a nested-descriptive cross-sectional study
… childhood mortality. There are limited data on how poor outcomes of KPBSI can be predicted in poorly resourced areas. This study aimed to assess if the profile of differential counts from full blood counts (FBC) taken at two time points in children <13 years with KPBSI could be …
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Demographic and aetiological factors of paediatric status epilepticus at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: 2016-2018
… and demographics of affected children in resource-limited countries. Objective: To describe the demographics and the common causes of convulsive status epilepticus in our paediatric population. Methods: A retrospective review of the clinical records of children who presented in convulsive …
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Triple comorbidity of severe mental illness, HIV infection & alcohol abuse in a female population at a community psychiatric clinic in Cape Town: Prevalence and correlates
… are factors such as medication adherence. In resource-limited countries like South Africa, the impact of psycho-social factors may contribute further to worse health outcomes. These factors include poverty and unemployment; as well as gender. In South Africa, proportionately more women are …
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Improvement of global access to life-saving medicines. Facing the future.
… measures, dedication of >0.5% of GNP to poor countries, and improvement of national healthcare/insurance systems. Those approaches were integrated into a conceptual framework, which could enable country-level organizations to move beyond the conflict mentality via a ¿Public-Private-Partnership …
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Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study of efavirenz in HIV–1–infected children treated with first line antiretroviral therapy in South Africa
… provision of HAART, especially to children in resource limited countries. Efavirenz (EFV), a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) forms part of the recommended national first line antiretroviral treatment regimen for children older than 3 years and weighing more than 10 kg in …
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Resilience and perinatal mental health : development and evaluation of an intervention
… This situation is more serious in developing countries like Pakistan. Numerous factors, such as poverty, economic instability, illiteracy, gender discrimination, sociocultural beliefs, a lack of social support, awareness, and stigma, etc. are associated with poor mental health in women. Given …