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Mashup Score: 10Patient–physician communication on herbal medicine use during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis - 2 month(s) ago
Introduction Lack of transparent communication between patients and physicians regarding the use of herbal medicine (HM) presents a major public health challenge, as inappropriate HM use poses health risks. Considering the widespread use of HM and the risk of adverse events, it is crucial for pregnant women to openly discuss their HM use with healthcare providers. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to estimate the pooled prevalence of pregnant women’s HM use and disclosure to healthcare providers and to examine the relationship between HM disclosure and various maternal and child health (MCH) measures. Methods A systematic search of five databases was conducted for cross-sectional studies on HM use during pregnancy published from 2000 to 2023. Data extraction followed a standardised approach, and Stata V.16.0 was used for data analysis. Also, Spearman’s correlation coefficient was calculated to examine the association between use and disclosure of HM and various M
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Mashup Score: 5
Introduction Infectious disease outbreaks have historically led to widespread disruptions in routine essential health services. Disruptions due to COVID-19 responses led to excess deaths, including among women and children. This review builds on earlier reviews of essential health services in national COVID-19 response and preparedness plans, focusing specifically on maternal, newborn, child, adolescent and ageing health (MNCAAH) in the context of renewed global emphasis on monitoring, recovering and strengthening these services. Methods Using Google searches, we identified publicly available COVID-19 response and preparedness plans authored by a national government body or Public Health Institute from any country, territory and/or area, published between January 2020 and December 2022. We assessed whether each plan considered maintenance of MNCAAH services with related activities, costing or monitoring plans, and whether these considerations were integrated into the national incident
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Mashup Score: 9Maintaining essential health services during COVID-19 in Ghana: a qualitative study - 2 month(s) ago
Introduction Evidence suggests that non-pharmaceutical interventions such as lockdown policies, restriction of movement and physical distancing to control the novel COVID-19 contributed to the decline in utilisation of essential health services. We explored healthcare providers’ and policy-makers’ experiences of the barriers, interventions and response actions that contributed to ensuring the continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana to help inform future practice and policy. Methods We used a qualitative study approach. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Thirty Four participants composed of 20 healthcare providers and 14 policy-makers who worked across regions with low and high recorded COVID-19 cases in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic were involved in this study. Results Participants reported that essential health services including maternal, reproductive and child health services, communicable and non-communicable disease care, and ele
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Mashup Score: 4What we’ve learned from trachoma elimination can help fight other infectious diseases - BMJ Global Health blog - 2 month(s) ago
This blog focuses on lessons learned from trachoma elimination programmes that can be applied to other infectious diseases
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Mashup Score: 3Will deterrents to migration strengthen the health workforce in Nigeria? - BMJ Global Health blog - 2 month(s) ago
This blog critiques Nigeria’s latest policy to curb the migration of the nursing workforce.
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Mashup Score: 3Large scale AI based diabetic tele-retinopathy screening project in Saudi Arabia - BMJ Global Health blog - 2 month(s) ago
This blog reflects on the use of artificial intelligence technology for a diabetic tele-retinopathy screening program in Saudi Arabia.
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Mashup Score: 5Incarceration and TB: the epidemic beyond prison walls - 2 month(s) ago
Globally, incarceration is a well-documented risk factor for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis (TB) disease.1 Persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in Latin America (LA) experience incidence rates of TB that are 26 times higher (95% CI 17.1 to 40.1) than those in the general population, and this disparity is the largest in the world.2 Over the last decade, the prison population in LA has more than doubled, which now has some of the highest incarceration rates in the world, has not been accompanied by concomitant improvements in physical or healthcare infrastructure, creating conditions for intensified TB transmission.3 4 The heightened risk of TB has long been a part of the sentence received by PDLs.5 Every year that a PDL spends in prison increases their risk of developing TB.6 The cumulative risk of TB, although decreasing once a person is released from prison, consistently remains higher than the general population rates for years afterward.6 7 Studies indicate that
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Mashup Score: 8Medical schools in Africa: seeing momentum - 2 month(s) ago
Africa’s health system depends on “the production, distribution and retention” of human resources for health, as the Team Lead for the Health Workforce Unit at the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa wrote. Health workers are at “the heart of the region’s health system performance.”1 Yet, as of 2016, the region only had 14.5% of required physicians.2 Given the essential role medical schools play in strengthening health systems through the training of health workers, public health planners must assess and invest in the growth and development of medical schools. They must track and monitor progress over time, as with any lever for health system change. When trying to find data and assessments of the medical school landscape in Africa, however, the most updated list of schools found was collected in 2010 through the Sub-Saharan African Medical Schools Study (SAMSS). It identified 169 schools across 40 countries on the continent.3 We decided to aggregate an updated list
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Mashup Score: 3Rapid diagnostic testing: the key to ensuring sufficient supply and safe access to blood in emergencies - 2 month(s) ago
### Summary box Recently, the WHO published a strategic framework for management of blood in an emergency situation, when blood banking operations are disrupted.1 In the wake of ongoing global events, it is timely, important guidance to promote resilience in blood systems worldwide. Maintaining a safe blood supply is an essential part of a health system and in the care of our sickest patients. How would you treat a woman suffering from obstetric haemorrhage if your blood bank was not operational because of disrupted supply chains from natural …
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Mashup Score: 18
Introduction Community engagement and participatory research are widely used and considered important for ethical health research and interventions. Based on calls to unpack their complexity and observed biases in their favour, we conducted a realist review with a focus on non-communicable disease prevention. The aim was to generate an understanding of how and why engagement or participatory practices enhance or hinder the benefits of non-communicable disease research and interventions in low- and middle-income countries. Methods We retroductively formulated theories based on existing literature and realist interviews. After initial searches, preliminary theories and a search strategy were developed. We searched three databases and screened records with a focus on theoretical and empirical relevance. Insights about contexts, strategies, mechanisms and outcomes were extracted and synthesised into six theories. Five realist interviews were conducted to complement literature-based theoris
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