Background Compliance with infection prevention and control standard precautions
(IPCSPs) remains a major challenge in many countries including Tanzania. Lack of …

Marburg viral disease (MVD) is a highly infectious disease with a case fatality rate of up to
90%, particularly impacting resource-limited countries where implementing Infection …

Background Client service charter (CSC) provides information about what people can
expect in a facility's services; what is expected of clients and service providers. Tanzania …

Background: According to the literature analysis, the majority of the studies focused primarily
on public health institutions. Although assessing the compliance of healthcare workers in …

Background Overuse of antibiotics is a major challenge and undermines measures to
control drug resistance worldwide. Postnatal women and newborns are at risk of infections …

Background Star Rating Assessment (SRA) was initiated in 2015 in Tanzania aiming at
improving the quality of services provided in Primary Healthcare (PHC) facilities. Social …

Introduction Delivering women and neonates are at a great risk of acquiring infections due to
a lack of adherence to infection prevention and control (IPC), a low level of immunity and …

The ability of a health system to withstand shocks such as a pandemic depends largely on
the availability and preparedness of health-care workers (HCWs), who are at the frontline of …

Background The use of data for planning and improving healthcare delivery is sub-optimal
among developing countries. In 2015, Tanzania started to implement Star Rating …

Accurate disease diagnosis relies on a well-organized and reliable laboratory system. This
study assesses the quality of laboratory services in Tanzania based on the nationwide Star …