A qualitative study of rural healthcare providers' views of social, cultural, and programmatic barriers to healthcare access

NC Coombs, DG Campbell, J Caringi - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Background Ensuring access to healthcare is a complex, multi-dimensional health
challenge. Since the inception of the coronavirus pandemic, this challenge is more pressing …

Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

E Osei, D Kuupiel, PN Vezi… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of
mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at treating and preventing a wide range of …

Towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria: a health system perspective of the achievements and challenges

BO Olakunde, DA Adeyinka, JO Olawepo… - International …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Despite its scaled-up response for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
(PMTCT), Nigeria still contributes the greatest number of infants infected with HIV worldwide …

Rapid implementation mapping to identify implementation determinants and strategies for cervical cancer control in Nigeria

IU Itanyi, C Viglione, AF Rositch, JO Olawepo… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Cervical cancer constitutes a huge burden among women in Nigeria,
particularly HIV-infected women. However, the provision and uptake of cervical cancer …

Changes and gaps of global and regional disease burden of hepatitis B infection in children younger than 5 years old between 2015 and 2019: A real‐world data …

C Wang, S Zhang, J Zhao, M Wang… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been declared an ongoing health threat, especially
infections among children. We compared and updated the disease burden of HBV infection …

[HTML][HTML] Improving linkage to and retention in care in newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients using smartphones in South Africa: randomized controlled trial

WDF Venter, A Fischer, ST Lalla-Edward… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background South Africa provides free antiretroviral therapy for almost 5 million people
living with HIV, but only 71% of the eligible people are on treatment, representing a shortfall …

Pregnant women's experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana

IOO Abejirinde, R Douwes, A Bardají… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2018 - Springer
Background Quality antenatal care (ANC) is recognised as an opportunity for screening and
early identification of pregnancy-related complications. In rural Ghana, challenges with …

Scoping review of health information technology usability methods leveraged in Africa

K Dougherty, M Hobensack… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective The aim of this study was to explore the state of health information technology
(HIT) usability evaluation in Africa. Materials and Methods We searched three electronic …

Implementation of eHealth interventions across the HIV care cascade: a review of recent research

CG Kemp, J Velloza - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent implementation science focusing on eHealth
interventions to improve outcomes along the HIV care cascade. We highlight several gaps in …

Community based screening for sickle haemoglobin among pregnant women in Benue State, Nigeria: I-Care-to-Know, a Healthy Beginning Initiative

OU Ezenwosu, IU Itanyi, OE Nnodu, AG Ogidi… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Haemoglobin genotype screening at prenatal care offers women an opportunity
to be aware of their genotype, receive education on sickle cell disease (SCD) and may …