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Are urban residents seeking appropriate care for malaria? evidence from an exploratory qualitative study in two cities in nigeria.
BMC Health Serv Res
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Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun, Nigeria.
Background: Unplanned and rapid urbanization within Nigerian cities with the attendant environmental consequences may hinder achieving malaria elimination goal. Presently, there are limited qualitative studies on malaria case management and care-seeking patterns by settlement type in urban areas in Nigeria. This study, investigated malaria-related health seeking behaviours among different settlement types in Ibadan and Kano metropolises, Nigeria.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPredictors of Late Antenatal Care Initiation: A Multicentre Cross-Sectional Study in Ghana.
SAGE Open Nurs
December 2024
Department of Population and Behavioral Sciences, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ghana.
Background: Despite free maternal healthcare, about 50% of pregnant women in Ghana initiate their antenatal clinic (ANC) late.
Aim: This study aimed to identify the factors that contribute to the late initiation of ANC among pregnant women in the Jasikan District, Ghana.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2021 and May 2022 in multiple health facilities.
Achieving HIV epidemic control through accelerating efforts to expand access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs.
Front Reprod Health
October 2024
FHI 360, Global Programs and Science Department, Washington, DC, United States.
The world is not on track to reach the majority of the UNAIDS 2025 targets, and people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to be left behind, hindered by counterproductive law enforcement practices, punitive laws, economic distress, and social stigma and discrimination. Poor access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among PWID is nested within the limited access to broader harm reduction services, including needle and syringe programs, opioid overdose management, opioid agonist therapy (also known as medication-assisted treatment), and condoms. Among PWID, women who inject drugs are disproportionately affected and face additional gender-based barriers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDesigning and deploying caller tunes on mobile phones to promote malaria vaccine uptake in Africa: can the technology acceptance model (TAM) help?
Malar J
November 2024
Department of Community Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria.
Malaria remains a significant global health challenge, with millions of cases and high mortality rates annually, especially in low-income countries. Africa bears a substantial burden, with direct costs of malaria among children under five reaching millions of dollars in countries like Ghana, Tanzania, and Kenya. In 2021, over 610,000 malaria-related deaths were reported, 96% of which occurred in sub-Saharan Africa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBarriers to accessing and utilising under-five primary health care services in Vhembe District.
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
June 2024
Department of Nursing, School of Health Care, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the region with the highest under-five mortality rate globally, with 74 deaths per 1000 live births. Even though under-five child primary health care (PHC) services are free in South Africa, accessing such services remains challenging. Children under 5 years reportedly die from common illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria, which are treatable in PHC facilities.
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