Challenges and experiences in linking community level reported out-of-pocket health expenditures to health provider recorded health expenditures: Experience from the iHOPE project in Northern Ghana.

Out of pocket health payment (OOPs) has been identified by the System of Health Accounts (SHA) as the largest source of health care financing in most low and middle-income countries. This means that most low and middle-income countries will rely on user fees and co-payments to generate revenue, rationalize the use of services, contain health systems costs or improve health system efficiency and service quality. However, the accurate measurement of OOPs has been challenged by several limitations which are attributed to both sampling and non-sampling errors when OOPs are estimated from household surveys, the primary source of information in LICs and LMICs.

Effect of chlorhexidine cord application on prevention of neonatal sepsis in developing countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of this review was to identify the pooled effect of chlorhexidine cord application on prevention of neonatal sepsis in developing countries.

Methods: We have conducted systemic review and meta-analysis. Articles were searched from electronic databases such as PubMed, EMBASE, CINHAL, Cochrane central register of controlled trials (CENTRAL), and other sources such as direct Google search, Google Scholar, and POPline.