Publications by authors named "Assumpta Muriithi"
Article Synopsis
- Expanding access to effective contraception is crucial for reproductive healthcare in low- and middle-income countries, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, where a shortage of healthcare providers leads to unmet needs.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) advocates for task sharing—training non-physician healthcare workers like community health workers and midwives—to improve family planning services.
- A study reviewed task sharing programs in five sub-Saharan African countries, finding that they successfully increased contraceptive use and improved family planning indicators, demonstrating the potential of these initiatives.
Background: The structured admission form is an apparently simple measure to improve data quality. Poor motivation, lack of supervision, lack of resources and other factors are conceivably major barriers to their successful use in a Kenyan public hospital setting. Here we have examined the feasibility and acceptability of a structured paediatric admission record (PAR) for district hospitals as a means of improving documentation of illness.
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