How to Assure Access of Essential RMNCH Medicines by Looking at Policy and Systems Factors: An Analysis of Countdown to 2015 Countries
In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals set targets for social achievements by 2015 including goals related to maternal and child health, with mi...
Opinion: It takes a coalition to defeat antimicrobial resistance
National Estimates and Risk Factors Associated with Early Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV After Implementation of Option B+: A Cross-sectional Analysis
In 2011, the Malawi Ministry of Health introduced option B+, a universal treatment strategy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTC...
Management Sciences for Health to Improve Access to Affordable Medicines and Health Services in Multiple Countries
A five-year program to focus on access to essential medical products, pharmaceutical-sector governance, and expansion of patient-centered pharmaceutic...
Management Sciences for Health to Improve the Health of Millions in Madagascar through Two New USAID-funded Programs
Interventions to focus on health systems strengthening, quality of care, healthy behaviors, and access to pharmaceuticals and health commodities Arlin...
Validity of World Health Organisation Prescribing Indicators in Namibia's Primary Healthcare: Findings and Implications
World Health Organization/International Network of Rational use of Drugs (WHO/INRUD) indicators are widely used to assess medicine use. However, th...
Longitudinal Study Assessing the One-year Effects of Supervision Performance Assessment and Recognition Strategy (SPARS) to Improve Medicines Management in Uganda Health Facilities
In late 2010, Uganda introduced a supervision, performance assessment, and recognition strategy (SPARS) to improve staff capacity in medicines mana...
Pre- and Post-diagnosis Costs of Tuberculosis to Patients on Directly Observed Treatment Short Course in Districts of Southwestern Ethiopia: A Longitudinal Study
A longitudinal study among 735 new TB cases was conducted from January 2015 through June 2016 in 10 woredas (districts) of southwestern Ethiopia. Betw...
Evaluating Inter-rater Reliability of Indicators to Assess Performance of Medicines Management in Health Facilities in Uganda
To build capacity in medicines management, the Uganda Ministry of Health introduced a nationwide supervision, performance assessment and recognitio...
Factors Which Contributed for Low Quality Sputum Smears for the Detection of Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) at Selected Health Centers in Ethiopia: A Quality Control Perspective
Quality of tuberculosis (TB) microscopy diagnosis is not a guarantee despite implementation of external quality assurance (EQA) services in all labora...