Overcoming barriers to healthcare access and delivery
Access to standard and economical health care delivery, availability of significant health information are viewed as some of the most functional public health interventions in present-day history. Despite that, current information obtained from the WHO regarding Nigeria’s health condition shows that the average existence expectancy is at 54 years and maternal mortality at 608 per […]
Dietary diversity among school age children in Merawi town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2018: A community based cross-sectional study
Background: Malnutrition with its constituents of protein energy malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies continues to be a major health burden in low and middle-income countries. To end all forms of malnutrition, we need to address poverty, which is associated with the insecure supply of food and diversified nutrition. The objective of this study was to determine […]
Child nutrition and farm input subsidies: The complementary role of early healthcare and nutrition programs in Malawi
Despite significant efforts to improve under-nutrition, the prevalence of low height-for-age in the world’s population remains high. It is highest in sub-Saharan Africa, where extensive early childhood nutrition programs, and the reintroduction of the farm input subsidy program have not significantly altered under-nutrition. Empirical evidence shows that early-life nutrition interventions have limited effects in the […]
Improving coverage of postnatal care in rural Ethiopia using a community-based, collaborative quality improvement approach
Introduction: Ethiopia has high maternal and neonatal mortality and low use of skilled maternity care. The Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP), a 3.5-year learning project, used a community collaborative quality improvement approach to improve maternal and newborn health care during the birth-to-48-hour period. This study examines how the promotion of community maternal […]
Addressing the third delay in saving mothers, giving life districts in Uganda and Zambia: Ensuring adequate and appropriate facility-based maternal and perinatal health care
Background: Saving Mothers, Giving Life (SMGL) is a 5-year initiative implemented in participating districts in Uganda and Zambia that aimed to reduce deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth by targeting the 3 delays to receiving appropriate care: seeking, reaching, and receiving. Approaches to addressing the third delay included adequate health facility infrastructure, specifically sufficient equipment […]
Strengthening maternal and newborn health in rural Ethiopia: Early results from frontline health worker community maternal and newborn health training
Objective: to describe early results from the Community Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH) training programme of the Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP) project. Design: a non-experimental, descriptive design was employed to assess training implementation. Setting: six rural districts of Amhara and Oromiya regions, Ethiopia. Participants: 91 Health Extension Workers (HEWs) and 626 […]
Morbidity and mortality among a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected and uninfected pregnant women and their infants from Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania
Background: Morbidity and mortality patterns among pregnant women and their infants (before antiretroviral therapy was widely available) determines HIV-1 diagnostic, monitoring, and care interventions. Methods: Data from mothers and their infants enrolled in a trial of antibiotics to reduce mother-to-child- transmission of HIV-1 at 4 sub-Saharan African sites were analyzed. Women were enrolled during pregnancy […]
Gender power relations in reproductive decision-making: The case of Gamo migrants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
In many developing countries most reproductive decisions are made by men although it is, as well, the concern of women. This study was undertaken with the objective of assessing gender power relations in reproductive decision-making (DM). Data was collected from a random sample of 317 married couples using a structured questionnaire. Multinomial logistic regression was […]
Strengthening public health priority-setting through research on fistula, maternal health, and health inequities
Objective: Findings from 4 studies conducted by the Women’s Dignity Project and partners on the subjects of obstetric fistula, maternal mortality and morbidity, and health inequities are presented. Methods: The studies include qualitative and quantitative research, a survey, and an analysis of secondary data that examine women’s experiences of fistula; constraints in service delivery for […]
Assessing equity of access and affordability of care among South Sudanese refugees and host communities in two districts in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey
Background: The vast majority of refugees are hosted in low and middle income countries (LMICs), which are already struggling to finance and achieve universal health coverage for their own populations. While there is mounting evidence of barriers to health care access facing refugees, there is more limited evidence on equity in access to and affordability […]
