Factors influencing the uptake of antenatal care in Uganda: a mixed methods systematic review.

Background: In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended increasing antenatal care (ANC) visits from four to eight to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. However, many low-middle income countries (LMICs), including Uganda, struggle to achieve even the basic four ANC visits. To further improve ANC attendance, understanding the perceptions and beliefs of end users is crucial.

Electronic Immunization Registry in Rwanda: Qualitative Study of Health Worker Experiences.

Background: Monitoring childhood immunization programs is essential for health systems. Despite the introduction of an electronic immunization registry called e-Tracker in Rwanda, challenges such as lacking population denominators persist, leading to implausible reports of coverage rates of more than 100%.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the extent to which the immunization e-Tracker responds to stakeholders' needs and identify key areas for improvement.

eRegTime-Time Spent on Health Information Management in Primary Health Care Clinics Using a Digital Health Registry Versus Paper-Based Documentation: Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Digital health interventions have been shown to improve data quality and health services in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Nonetheless, in LMICs, systematic assessments of time saved with the use of digital tools are rare. We ran a set of cluster-randomized controlled trials as part of the implementation of a digital maternal and child health registry (eRegistry) in the West Bank, Palestine.

Comparison of a palm-based biometric solution with a name-based identification system in rural Bangladesh.

Background: Unique identifiers are not universal in low- and middle-income countries. Biometric solutions have the potential to augment existing name-based searches used for identification in these settings. This paper describes a comparison of the searching accuracy of a palm-based biometric solution with a name-based database.