Results: 15

Determinants of enrolment for community-based health insurance in Somali region of Ethiopia

Background: Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is a type of health insurance programme that provides financial protection against the cost of illnesses and improves access to healthcare services for communities in the informal sector. Am: The aim was to assess the determinants of enrolment for CBHI ...

Déterminants de l'utilisation des services de santé en République du Congo: cas des ménages du District Sanitaire de Moungali
Determinants of health service utilization in the Republic of Congo: case of households in the Moungali Health District

Pan Afr. med. j; 50 (), 2025
Introduction: l'utilisation des services de santé reste un défi majeur pour atteindre la couverture sanitaire universelle. Cependant en République du Congo, peu d'études mettent en évidence les déterminants de leur utilisation. L´objectif de notre étude était d´estimer le taux d´utilisation de...

Needs assessment and acceptability of a community first aid responder programme to increase out-of-hospital capacity in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: A qualitative study

Objective: Despite efforts in recent years to expand the availability of prehospital care in low- and middle-income countries, its availability remains limited in many regions. The World Health Organization advocates the development of layperson first responder programmes as a supportive step in building...

Mental health services in Gauteng, South Africa: A proxy evaluation using pharmaceutical data

Background: South African legislation advocates for equitable access to mental healthcare services integrated into general healthcare settings. Mental, neurological, and substance use (MNS) disorders are often comorbid. Pharmacoepidemiology provides indirect evidence of service provision for conditions a...

Primary healthcare training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Family medicine is a relatively new discipline in the Democratic of the Congo. It was developed under South–South and Churches Collaboration with the aim of responding in a cost-efficient manner to the crisis of health practitioners in mostly Christian and protestant hospitals based in rural areas in t...

Profil épidémio-clinique de la drépanocytose et prédiction des propriétés pharmacocinétiques et toxicologiques des médicaments utilisés dans la prise en charge au Centre de Médecine Mixte et d’Anémie SS (Kinshasa, R.D. Congo)
Epidemio-clinical profile of sickle cell disease and prediction of pharmacokinetic and toxicological properties of drugs used in its management at the Mixed Medicine and SS Anemia Center (Kinshasa, DR Congo)

Sickle cell disease or SS anaemia is the most common haemoglobinopathy in the world and is a major public health problem in endemic regions. The aim of the present study was to conduct a survey in a specialised centre in order to evaluate the cost of care, to identify the infectious diseases associated w...

Accès aux services de l’hôpital pédiatrique de Kalembe Lembe (Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo) par la population
[Public access to services at the Kalembe Lembe Pediatric Hospital (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) by the Population

This study attempts to analyze access to the services of the Kalembelembe Pediatric Hospital in order to identify the factors that predispose access to the health services of this facility. The aim is to identify the factors influencing access to health care services offered by the Kalembelembe Pediatric...

Appréciation de la qualité des soins dans le service de pédiatrie de l’hôpital spécialisé mère-enfant blanche Gomes (hsmebg) de Brazzaville (Congo)
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Objective: Is the quality of care in the pediatric department of HSMEBG appreciable? The objective of this work is to study the quality of care in the pediatric department of the Blanche Gomes Mother-Child Specialized Hospital in Brazzaville (Congo) in order to enable its improvement.Met...

Family caregiver related factors contributing to role strain among adult patients with cancer at a National Referral Hospital in Kenya: cross-sectional study

Pan Afr. med. j; 49 (), 2024
Introduction: cancer care involves a long-term treatment plan with a demand for continuous care which currently is largely being offered as an outpatient service and worldwide family caregiving is becoming the backbone for long-term care delivery. There is a paucity of information regarding family caregi...

South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations

Introduction: Due to the frequent intersection of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) with palliative situations and the increasing global need for palliative care, there has been increased recognition of the need for palliative care integration with EMS. However, EMS and palliative care systems remain segr...