Additionally, official PHC related documents were reviewed./p pResults/p pThe findings show that there is a functional PHC system in place in the two study districts, though its implementation is faced with various challenges related to accessibility of services and shortage of resources. Health ...
Moreover, the analysis shows that the healthcare system could become overwhelmed if patients were more likely to seek care. It is not yet known what the health consequences of such changes would be but this new model provides—for the first time—a means to examine such questions....
First, this is one of the first papers exploring the effects of ill-health and health shocks on employment while accounting for the social protection system in an African country. As such, our paper bridges the gap that exists in Africa regarding the health-labour relationship and its ...
There are not enough midwives in Malawi; therefore, focusing on staff working lives has the potential to improve care and retain staff within the system. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify ways in which working lives of maternity healthcare workers could be enhanced to improve clinical care....
The geographical distribution of Malawi's health-care system is shown in figure 1B. Many of the health-care facilities in rural areas are small, with some treating as few as five people living with HIV. The largest health-care facility, which is in the capital city (Lilongwe), provides ...
Malawi's health care indicators are poor:a)Only 10% of health facilities were able in 2002 to deliver a basic minimum standard of care, with many being in poor condition, lacking an operational water source, electricity or a working telecommunications system.b)Full imm...
HSAs supervise community activities, village clinics, immunization, and household-level care but are significantly understaffed and overworked within the healthcare system [26]. Thus, the CHWs act as “foot soldiers” for the HSAs within the community at a household level, providing screening, ...
Unlike professional healthcare workers like nurses and doctors, HSAs undergo only limited training and can be easily replaced. Such a situation makes them vulnerable, a scenario which throws up a cruel paradox: in the HSAs' vulnerability lies the key to the health system. Amidst high ...
5 Countdown tracks progress and equity in population coverage of health interventions (ie, the proportion of individuals who need an intervention who actually receive it) and the health system and financial determinants related to population coverage in the 75 countries with the highest burdens of ...
resulting in an immensely complex system that burdens revenue authorities and makes it possible for individuals to shift wealth and assets far away from where they reside and for companies to shift profits from where their actual economic activity happens to lower or no-tax jurisdictions. There is...