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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38459443/perspective-and-current-status-of-radiotherapy-service-in-iran-persir-1-study-assessment-of-current-external-beam-radiotherapy-facilities-staff-and-techniques-compared-to-the-international-guidelines
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Arefeh Saeedian, Fatemeh-Sadat Tabatabaei, Amirali Azimi, Mohammad Babaei, Marzieh Lashkari, Ebrahim Esmati, Zeinab Abiar, Leila Moadabshoar, Saleh Sandoughdaran, Mitchell Kamrava, Arya Amini, Reza Ghalehtaki
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Radiotherapy (RT) is an essential treatment modality against cancer and becoming even more in demand due to the anticipated increase in cancer incidence. Due to the rapid development of RT technologies amid financial challenges, we aimed to assess the available RT facilities and the issues with achieving health equity based on current equipment compared to the previous reports from Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey arranged by the Iran Cancer Institute's Radiation Oncology Research Center (RORC) was sent to all of the country's radiotherapy centers in 2022...
March 8, 2024: BMC Cancer
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38451021/low-vision-practice-and-service-provision-among-optometrists-in-ghana-a-nationwide-survey
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo, Isaiah Osei Duah Junior, Eldrick Adu Acquah, Elna Abadua Mensah, Albert Kwadjo Amoah Andoh, David Ben Kumah, Bridget Senya Boateng, Josephine Ampomah Boateng, Kofi Osei-Poku, Werner Eisenbarth
PURPOSE: To characterize practice patterns of low vision services among Optometrists in Ghana. METHODS: The nationwide cross-sectional survey identified entities through the Ghana Optometrists Association (GOA) registry and utilized a semi-structured questionnaire to consolidate survey information that comprises practitioners' demographics, available services, diagnostic equipment, barriers to service provision and utilization, and interventions. RESULTS: 300 Optometrists were identified, with 213 surveyed (71% response rate)...
March 7, 2024: Ophthalmic Epidemiology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38444445/feasibility-and-acceptability-of-the-smart-pillbox-and-medication-label-with-differentiated-care-to-support-person-centered-tuberculosis-care-among-ascent-trial-participants-a-multicountry-study
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Amare W Tadesse, Andrew Mganga, Tanyaradzwa N Dube, Jason Alacapa, Kristian van Kalmthout, Taye Letta, Liberate Mleoh, Anna M C Garfin, Noriah Maraba, Salome Charalambous, Nicola Foster, Degu Jerene, Katherine L Fielding
INTRODUCTION: Digital adherence technologies (DATs) can offer alternative approaches to support tuberculosis treatment medication adherence. Evidence on their feasibility and acceptability in high TB burden settings is limited. We conducted a cross-sectional survey among adults with drug-sensitive tuberculosis (DS-TB), participating in pragmatic cluster-randomized trials for the Adherence Support Coalition to End TB project in Ethiopia (PACTR202008776694999), the Philippines, South Africa and Tanzania (ISRCTN 17706019)...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38443896/-it-s-about-time-policymakers-and-health-practitioners-perspectives-on-implementing-fertility-care-in-the-gambian-health-system
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Anna Afferri, Susan Dierickx, Haddijatou Allen, Mustapha Bittaye, Musa Marena, Allan Pacey, Julie Balen
BACKGROUND: Infertility is a major health issue worldwide, yet very few examples of interventions addressing infertility in the Global South have been documented to date. In The Gambia, West Africa, infertility is recognised as a burden and the health authorities have included it in several health policies and the new National Reproductive Health Strategy however, a detailed operationalisation plan for fertility care has not yet been established. Here, we aim to understand and document the factors that influence the implementation of fertility care in The Gambia...
March 5, 2024: BMC Health Services Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38441883/facility-capacity-and-provider-knowledge-for-cholera-surveillance-and-diarrhoea-case-management-in-cholera-hotspots-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-a-mixed-methods-study
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Mattias Schedwin, Aurélie Bisumba Furaha, Kelly Elimian, Carina King, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Marc K Yambayamba, Thorkild Tylleskär, Tobias Alfvén, Simone E Carter, Placide Welo Okitayemba, Mala Ali Mapatano, Helena Hildenwall
BACKGROUND: Wider healthcare-strengthening interventions are recommended in cholera hotspots and could benefit other types of diarrhoeal diseases which contribute to greater mortality than cholera. OBJECTIVE: Describe facility capacity and provider knowledge for case management of diarrhoea and cholera surveillance in cholera hotspots in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) among health facilities, drug shops, and traditional health practitioners. METHODS: We conducted a sequential exploratory mixed-method study, using focus group discussions, facility audits, and provider knowledge questionnaires during September and October 2022 in North Kivu and Tanganyika provinces, Eastern DRC...
December 31, 2024: Global Health Action
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38437601/new-cms-nursing-home-ownership-data-major-gaps-and-discrepancies
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Amanda C Chen, Robert J Skinner, Robert Tyler Braun, R Tamara Konetzka, David G Stevenson, David C Grabowski
Nursing home ownership has become increasingly complicated, partly because of the growth of facilities owned by institutional investors such as private equity (PE) firms and real estate investment trusts (REITs). Although the ownership transparency and accountability of nursing homes have historically been poor, the Biden administration's nursing home reform plans released in 2022 included a series of data releases on ownership. However, our evaluation of the newly released data identified several gaps: One-third of PE and fewer than one-fifth of REIT investments identified in the proprietary Irving Levin Associates and S&P Capital IQ investment data were present in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly available ownership data...
March 2024: Health Affairs
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38426779/access-to-healthcare-by-undocumented-zimbabwean-migrants-in-post-apartheid-south-africa
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Takunda J Chirau, Joyce Shirinde, Cheryl McCrindle
BACKGROUND:  Zimbabwean undocumented migrants rely on the South African public health care system for treatment of non-communicable and communicable diseases, surgery and medical emergency services. A gap remains to understand undocumented migrant experiences at a time when accessing public healthcare has been topical in South Africa. AIM:  This article aimed to describe and understand the experiences, challenges and health-seeking alternatives of undocumented Zimbabwean migrants in accessing healthcare services in Nellmapius in Pretoria...
February 28, 2024: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38425969/economic-burden-of-accidents-and-injuries-in-india-what-does-75-th-round-of-national-sample-survey-imply
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M Benson Thomas, Anuj K Pandey, Diksha Gautam, Sandeep Gopinathan, Sajna Panolan
BACKGROUND: Accidents and injuries constitute a sizable share of mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income countries. This affects the most productive age group and increases disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). It results in a substantial financial burden on the households. To explore the economic burden of accidents and Injuries on Indian households and to find how the catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) from accidents and injuries affects the population. Another objective is to explore Catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) patterns and distressed financing of households in India...
2024: Indian Journal of Community Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38421029/implications-of-absenteeism-of-health-workers-on-achieving-universal-health-coverage-in-nigeria-exploring-lived-experiences-in-primary-healthcare
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Prince Agwu, Aloysius Odii, Charles Orjiakor, Pamela Ogbozor, Chinyere Mbachu, Obinna Onwujekwe
Primary healthcare facilities are the bedrock for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) because of their closeness to the grassroots and provision of healthcare at low cost. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, the access and quality of health services in public primary healthcare centres (PHCs) are suboptimal, linked with persistent occurrence of absenteeism of health workers. We used a UHC framework developed by the World Health Organization-African Region to examine the link between absenteeism and the possible achievement of UHC in Nigeria...
February 27, 2024: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38419026/patients-sense-of-security-from-clinical-factors-in-iran-a-cross-sectional-study
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Roya Malekzadeh, Ghasem Abedi, Arash Ziapour, Murat Yıldırım, Ehsan Abedini
BACKGROUND: One of the clinical responsibilities and goals of hospitals is to provide patients with comfort and security. The present study aims to assess patients' sense of security among patients in Iranian hospitals. METHODS: The present research employed a cross-sectional design. The sample consisted of 830 patients visiting public, private, and social security hospitals in Mazandaran in the North of Iran. The required data were collected using a questionnaire developed by the researcher of this study...
February 28, 2024: BMC Health Services Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38413977/preparing-healthcare-facilities-in-sub-saharan-africa-for-future-outbreaks-insights-from-a-multi-country-digital-self-assessment-of-covid-19-preparedness
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Gloria P Gómez-Pérez, Aafke E de Graaff, John T Dekker, Bonifacia B Agyei, Ibironke Dada, Emmanuel Milimo, Marilyn S Ommeh, Peter Risha, Tobias F Rinke de Wit, Nicole Spieker
BACKGROUND: Despite previous experience with epidemics, African healthcare systems were inadequately prepared and substantially impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Limited information about the level of COVID-19 preparedness of healthcare facilities in Africa hampers policy decision-making to fight future outbreaks in the region, while maintaining essential healthcare services running. METHODS: Between May-November 2020, we performed a survey study with SafeCare4Covid - a free digital self-assessment application - to evaluate the COVID-19 preparedness of healthcare facilities in Africa following World Health Organization guidelines...
February 28, 2024: BMC Health Services Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38412323/challenges-in-surveillance-of-all-cancer-cases-the-chilean-national-cancer-registry
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Carla Taramasco, Carla Rimassa, Johana Acevedo
Cancer causes millions of deaths worldwide, making its registration essential. There are clinical, hospital, and population-based registries in place. The latter is the gold standard for information on cancer incidence and survival in a defined region. Chile has five population-based registries located in specific areas of the country. The Chilean National Cancer Registry emerged with the challenge of creating a tool encompassing all three types of registries to identify the number of cancer cases by type. Its design involved a series of actions to achieve consensus among various actors regarding information, validation, and events to be registered...
February 27, 2024: Medwave
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38405322/radiation-oncology-in-the-philippines-current-state-and-future-directions
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Thomas Vincent T Vergara, Timothy Micah C Chua, Katrina Marie G Santi, Juan Martin J Magsanoc, Angela Peña-Camacho, Gaudencio P Vega, Miriam Joy C Calaguas
PURPOSE: As global cancer incidence continues to rise, low- to middle-income countries like the Philippines are projected to experience a disproportionate increase in cancer burden, further straining already limited resources. Radiation therapy (RT) is an essential and cost-effective modality in cancer care, both in the curative and palliative settings. In this article, we provide a brief narrative on the history of the field of radiation oncology in the Philippines and review the current challenges to effective and equitable RT service delivery in the country...
February 2024: Advances in Radiation Oncology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38404705/evolution-of-nucleic-acid-amplification-testing-across-canada-as-observed-through-the-canadian-laboratory-response-network-s-sars-cov-2-proficiency-test-program-may-2020-to-june-2021
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Charlene Ranadheera, Kym Antonation, Cindi Corbett
To help accommodate the surge in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) clinical testing due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the decentralization of testing from provincial public health laboratories to regional laboratories and private facilities was necessary. To further support the growing number of test sites in Canada, the National Microbiology Laboratory developed a proficiency test program for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using nucleic acid amplification tests and administered it under an arm of the Canadian Laboratory Response Network (CLRN)...
May 1, 2023: Canada Communicable Disease Report
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38404514/teleradiology-and-technology-innovations-in-radiology-status%C3%A2-in-india-and-its-role-in-increasing-access-to-primary-health-care
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Anuradha Chandramohan, Viswajit Krothapalli, Ann Augustin, Madhavi Kandagaddala, Hannah Mary Thomas, Thambu David Sudarsanam, Ammar Jagirdar, Shalini Govil, Arjun Kalyanpur
BACKGROUND: There is an inequitable distribution of radiology facilities in India. This scoping review aimed at mapping the available technology instruments to improve access to imaging at primary health care; to identify the facilitators and barriers, and the knowledge gaps for widespread adaptation of technology solutions. METHODS: A search was conducted using broad inclusive terms non-specific to subtypes of medical imaging devices or informatics. Work published in the English language between 2005 and 2022, conducted primarily in India, and with full manuscripts were included...
April 2024: Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38389052/evaluation-of-the-primary-health-care-expansion-program-with-public-private-partnership-in-slum-areas-from-the-perspective-of-stakeholders-a-qualitative-study
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Aboalfazl Marvi, Fatemeh Kokabisaghi, Seyed Saeed Tabatabaee, Ehsan Moallem, Javad Moghri
BACKGROUND: Today, economic and social determinants of health in slum settlements are at the policymakers' center of attention. Iran has had an excellent experience in the Primary Health Care Program. This study aimed to evaluate the Primary Health Care Expansion Program with public-private partnerships in slum areas of Iran from the perspective of stakeholders in 2022. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted using the framework content analysis method. Participants were 17 experts and health managers involved in The Primary Health Care Expansion with Public-Private Partnerships in the suburban areas at the medical universities of Khorasan Razavi province in the east of Iran, who were selected through purposive sampling via snowball method...
February 22, 2024: BMC Prim Care
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38388881/prevalence-risk-factors-and-psychological-consequences-of-workplace-violence-among-health-workers-in-the-greater-accra-region-ghana-a-cross-sectional-study
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Philip Apraku Tawiah, Emmanuel Appiah-Brempong, Paul Okyere, Geoffrey Adu-Fosu, Mary Eyram Ashinyo
BACKGROUND: Globally, close to one-third of all workplace violence (WV) occurs in the health sector. Exposure to WV among healthcare professionals in Ghana has been widely speculated, but there is limited evidence on the problem. This study therefore investigated WV, its risk factors, and the psychological consequences experienced by health workers in Ghana. METHODS: An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted in the Greater Accra region from January 30 to May 31, 2023, involving selected health facilities...
February 22, 2024: BMC Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38388402/-acces-to-abortion-in-the-grand-est-region-in-2023
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Jeanne Launois, Margaux Creutz-Leroy
OBJECTIVES: Although access to abortion is a national priority in France, there is little documented evidence that it is actually respected. In the Grand Est region, the 2021–2023 plan for access to abortion includes a review of family planning practices and health care provision, to update the 2019 report. It raises the question of access to abortion in all its dimensions, and aims to implement improvement actions best suited to the region’s problems. METHOD: An online questionnaire was sent to hospitals, local perinatal centers, sexual health centers, and independent professionals with presumed family planning activity...
February 23, 2024: Santé Publique: Revue Multidisciplinaire Pour la Recherche et L'action
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38386621/the-role-of-global-health-partnerships-in-vaccine-equity-a-scoping-review
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Charnele Nunes, Martin McKee, Natasha Howard
The emergence of global health partnerships (GHPs) towards the end of the twentieth century reflected concerns about slow progress in access to essential medicines, including vaccines. These partnerships bring together governments, private philanthropic foundations, NGOs, and international agencies. Those in the vaccine field seek to incentivise the development and manufacture of new vaccines, raise funds to pay for them and develop and support systems to deliver them to those in need. These activities became more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the COVAX Facility Initiative promoting global vaccine equity...
2024: PLOS Glob Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38385266/utilisation-of-public-healthcare-services-by-an-indigenous-group-a-mixed-method-study-among-santals-of-west-bengal-india
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Arupendra Mozumdar, Bhubon Mohan Das, Tanaya Kundu Chowdhury, Subrata K Roy
A barrier to meeting the goal of universal health coverage in India is the inequality in utilisation of health services between indigenous and non-indigenous people. This study aimed to explore the determinants of utilisation, or non-utilisation, of public healthcare services among the Santals, an indigenous community living in West Bengal, India. The study holistically explored the utilisation of public healthcare facilities using a framework that conceptualised service coverage to be dependent on a set of determinants - viz...
February 22, 2024: Journal of Biosocial Science
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