Gurung, Rejina Zaka, Nabila Budhathoki, Shyam Sundar Sunny, Avinash K. Thapa, Jeevan Zhou, Hong KC, Ashish
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Systematic Reviews
BackgroundAbout 5.8 million maternal deaths, neonatal deaths and stillbirths occur every year with 99% of them taking place in low- and middle-income countries. Two thirds of them could be prevented through cost-effective interventions during pregnancy, intrapartum and postpartum periods. Despite the availability of standards and guidelines for the...
Brantnell, Anders Baraldi, Enrico van Achterberg, Theo
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Health Research Policy and Systems
BackgroundHealthcare research funders may undertake various roles to facilitate implementation of research findings. Their ability to enact such roles depends on several factors, knowledge of implementation being one essential requirement. However, previous studies do not assess the type or level of knowledge about implementation that research fund...
Fors, Uno Kamwesiga, Julius T. Eriksson, Gunilla M. von Koch, Lena Guidetti, Susanne
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BackgroundAccording to WHO stroke is a growing societal challenge and the third leading cause of global disease-burden estimated using disability-adjusted life years. Rehabilitation after stroke is an area of mutual interest for health care in many countries. Within the health care sector there is a growing emphasis on ICT services to provide clien...
Sirili, Nathanael Frumence, Gasto Kiwara, Angwara Mwangu, Mughwira Goicolea, Isabel Hurtig, Anna-Karin
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Human Resources for Health
Similar to many other low- and middle-income countries, public private partnership (PPP) in the training of the health workforce has been emphasized since the launch of the 1990s’ health sector reforms in Tanzania. PPP in training aims to contribute to addressing the critical shortage of health workforce in these countries. This study aimed to anal...
Teriö, Minna Eriksson, Gunilla Kamwesiga, Julius T. Guidetti, Susanne
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundThe prevalence of stroke in Uganda is increasing. In stroke rehabilitation, information and communication technology has been shown to have potential in improving service delivery in high-income countries but there is limited knowledge of its use and impact in low-income countries.The aim of the study was to evaluate the implementation pr...
Nilsen, Per Schildmeijer, Kristina Ericsson, Carin Seing, Ida Birken, Sarah
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Implementation Science
BackgroundImplementation of evidence-based practices in health care implies change. Understanding health care professionals’ change responses may be critical for facilitating implementation to achieve an evidence-based practice in the rapidly changing health care environment. The aim of this study was to investigate health care professionals’ respo...
Gaitonde, Rakhal Muraleedharan, V. R. San Sebastian, Miguel Hurtig, Anna-Karin
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Health Research Policy and Systems
BackgroundAccountability is increasingly being demanded of public services and is a core aspect of most recent frameworks of health system strengthening. Community-based accountability is an increasingly used strategy, and was a core aspect of India’s flagship National Rural Health Mission (NRHM; 2005–2014). Research on policy implementation has ca...
Pérez-Urdiales, Iratxe Goicolea, Isabel Sebastián, Miguel San Irazusta, Amaia Linander, Ida
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundImmigrant populations face diverse barriers to accessing appropriate healthcare services on several levels. In the Basque Country, Sub-Saharan African women were identified as facing the largest barriers to access them. The aim of the study is to analyse Sub-Saharan African immigrant women's perceptions and experiences of access to approp...
Hitimana, Regis Lindholm, Lars Mogren, Ingrid Krantz, Gunilla Nzayirambaho, Manasse Sengoma, Jean-Paul Semasaka Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria
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Health Research Policy and Systems
ObjectivesHigh-quality evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness is rarely available and relevant for health policy decisions in low-resource settings. In such situations, innovative approaches are needed to generate locally relevant evidence. This study aims to inform decision-making on antenatal care (ANC) recommendations in Rwanda by esti...
Floros, Lefteris Kuessner, Daniel Posthumus, Jan Bagshaw, Emma Sjölin, Jan
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundVoriconazole is well established as standard treatment for invasive aspergillosis (IA). In 2017, isavuconazole, a new antifungal from the azole class, with a broader pathogen spectrum, was introduced in Sweden. A model has therefore been developed to compare the cost-effectiveness of isavuconazole and voriconazole in the treatment of poss...
