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Care-Seeking for Fever for Children Under the Age of Five Before and After the Free Healthcare Initiative in Burkina Faso: Evidence from Three Population-Based Surveys

: In 2016, a free healthcare policy (FHP) was implemented in Burkina Faso for children under the age of five. In our study, we aimed to determine the prevalence of careseeking for a fever in children under the age of five before and after the implementation of the FHP and to analyze the determinants of n...

Saúde pública em moçambique no atendimento rural unidade sanitaria móvel

O Sistema Nacional de Saúde (SNS) em Moçambique sofreu uma significativa degradação, resultado em parte da guerra civil ocorrida por cerca de 20 anos, o pais continua debatendo com problemas de fome, nudez e inúmeras outros socioeconómicos, que direta ou indiretamente afetam a saúde a saúde das p...

Performance of the PointCare NOW system for CD4 counting in HIV patients based on five independent evaluations

PLos ONE; 7 (8), 2012
Introduction: Point-of-care (POC) CD4 testing can improve access to treatment by enabling decentralization and reducing patient loss-to-follow-up. As new POC CD4 technologies become available, their performance should be assessed before widespread deployment. This study reports the findings of five indep...