Systemic emergency department performance in a low resource tertiary health facility in central Kenya: Micro level emergency care system evaluation.

Emergency care system (ECS) performance is a proxy indicator of emergency care (EC) response and health systems resilience. The Emergency Care and System Assessment tool (ECSA) provides a structure for measuring emergency department (ED) systemic performance, using high quality ECS metrics. These metrics aligned with WHO targeted priority action areas facilitate synergies in supporting ECS evaluation at the micro level.

Lifestyle, cardiovascular risk knowledge and patient counselling among selected sub-Saharan African family physicians and trainees.

Background:  Cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are on the rise, and primary care physicians could facilitate the reversal of this trend through treatment and prevention strategies.

Aim:  The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between physician lifestyle practices, CVD prevention knowledge and patient CVD counselling practices among family physicians (FPs) and family medicine (FM) trainees affiliated to FM colleges and organisations in SSA.

Setting:  FPs and FM trainees affiliated to FM colleges and organisations in Anglophone SSA.

Factors affecting time of access of in-patient care at Webuye District hospital, Kenya.

Background: Among many Kenyan rural communities, access to in-patient healthcare services is seriously constrained. It is important to understand who has ready access to the facilities and services offered and what factors prevent those who do not from doing so.

Aim: To identify factors affecting time of access of in-patient healthcare services at a rural district hospital in Kenya.