and pharmacies and over the counter medicine seller's shops using purposive sampling technique with the aid of structured questionnaires and observation of practices.Results: Seventy percent of the facilities (n=280) used only malaria RDTs, 29% (n=116) used both malaria and HIV RDTs and 1% ...
Declines in health service use during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could have important effects on population health. In this study, we used an interrupted time series design to assess the immediate effect of the pandemic on 31 health services in two low-income (Ethiopia and...
Others, like poverty, may be visible because they influence or are related to features like housing and neighbourhood environment, the type of vehicles that people use, or even the type of shops32,34,35,36,37,38. Finally, within-city variations in outcomes such as health and crime may be...
AgriCo was awarded the Public Choice Award of the PitchAgriHack competition organized by CTA and it’s partners during the African Green Revolution Forum in Accra, Ghana this year. And Salisu names this as one of his latest achievements since he started entrepreneurship. He also affirms that th...
aureus was found.64 A similar study conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a selected number of butcher shops also found inadequate meat quality and microbiological safety.65 Additionally, another study found that cooked meat and fish posed a public health risk in Ethiopia.66 Infection and Drug ...
Sabot OJ, Mwita A, Cohen JM, Ipuge Y, Gordon M, et al: Piloting the global subsidy: the impact of subsidized artemisinin-based combination therapies distributed through private drug shops in rural Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 2009, 4 (9): e6857. 10.1371/journal.pone.0006857. Article PubMed Pub...
SHOPS Project Botswana Private Health Sector Assessment. Brief Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Project, Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD (2014) Google Scholar Soors et al., 2010 W. Soors, N. Devadasan, V. Durairaj, B. Criel Community health insurance and universal coverage...
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Occupational exposures, especially those associated with combustion or high temperature, such as welding or blast furnace operation, may be great. The highest concentrations of PM0.1are found in welding facilities, machine shops, basic metal industries, traffic-related occupations, and restaurants, with...
The study made a census of functional pharmacies, licensed chemical shops and private health facilities in the southern part of Ghana. Structured questionnaires were used to interview attendants at the facilities on knowledge, availability; cost, patronage of the ACTm and training about the program. ...