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Facility-Based and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation in Young Patients with Heart Disease During the COVID-19 Era
Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an important tool for improving fitness and quality of life in those with heart disease (HD). Few pediatric centers...
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Facility-Based Maternal Quality of Care Frameworks: A Systematic Review and Best Fit Framework Analysis
ObjectivesThe World Health Organization has adopted two main strategies to improve the quality of maternal health: increasing the number of...
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Examining the implementation of facility-based integrated management of childhood illness and insecticide treated nets in Bangladesh: lessons learned through implementation research
BackgroundBangladesh significantly reduced under-5 mortality (U5M) between 2000 and 2015, despite its low economic development and projected high...
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Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance tuberculosis among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Egypt-2021: a national health facility-based survey
BackgroundThe magnitude of MDR-TB cases was noticeable in Egypt. However, the last national survey was 11-years ago. The current survey was conducted...
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Facility-led community based approach in Mamfe health district, Cameroon: a differentiated service delivery option in complex humanitarian settings
BackgroundThe government of Cameroon’s 2017 operational guidelines for the implementation of the “test and treat” strategy expressly incorporates and...
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Challenges faced by midwives in the implementation of facility-based maternal death reviews in Malawi
BackgroundMaternal death reviews provide an in-depth understanding of the causes of maternal deaths. Midwives are well positioned to contribute to...
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Women’s perspectives on disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in Ethiopia: a qualitative study
BackgroundDisrespect and abuse violates women’s basic human rights and autonomy and can traumatize women who are already in a vulnerable position...
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Partner notification service utilization and associated factors among clients attending anti-retroviral therapy clinics of public health facilities in Gimbi Town, West Ethiopia, 2023: a facility-based mixed-method cross-sectional study
BackgroundPartner Notification Service is among the strategies used to conduct targeted Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing Service by obtaining...
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Association of anticipated HIV testing stigma and provider mistrust on preference for HIV self-testing among cisgender men who have sex with men in the Philippines
BackgroundNew HIV infections in the Philippines are increasing at an alarming rate. However, over three quarters of men who have sex with men (MSM)...
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Acceptability, cost-effectiveness, and capacity of a facility-based seasonal influenza vaccination among high-risk groups: a study protocol in selected tertiary care hospitals of Bangladesh
BackgroundIn Bangladesh, seasonal influenza imposes considerable disease and economic burden, especially for those at high-risk of severe disease....
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Cost-effectiveness of facility-based, stand-alone and mobile-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BackgroundGlobally, there is a consensus to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, and one of the strategies to achieve this target is that 90% of people...
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Exploring acceptability, opportunities, and challenges of community-based home pregnancy testing for early antenatal care initiation in rural Kenya
BackgroundMany women in low- and middle-income countries, including Kenya, access antenatal care (ANC) late in pregnancy. Home pregnancy testing can...
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The impact of facility-based transitional care programs on function and discharge destination for older adults with cognitive impairment: a systematic review
BackgroundOlder adults with cognitive impairment are frequently hospitalized and discharged to facility-based transitional care programs (TCPs)....
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Policies and Practices Facilitating Access to and Uptake of HIV Testing Services among Adolescents in Sub-Sahara Africa: A Narrative Review
Purpose of ReviewExpanding access to HIV testing services and linking newly diagnosed positive adolescents to antiretroviral therapy is critical to...
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Accuracy of and preferences for blood-based versus oral-fluid-based HIV self-testing in Malawi: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundHIV self-testing (HIVST) can use either oral-fluid or blood-based tests. Studies have shown strong preferences for self-testing compared to...
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Effectiveness of provider-initiated versus client-initiated HIV testing by different health facility departments in Northern Tanzania
BackgroundHIV prevalence in Tanzania is still high at 4.7% among adults. Regular HIV testing is consistently advocated in the country to increase the...
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COVID-19 impact on index testing services and programmatic cost in 5 high HIV prevalence Indian districts
BackgroundRestrictions to curb the first wave of COVID-19 in India resulted in a decline in facility-based HIV testing rates, likely contributing to...
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National Surveillance of Home-Based HIV Testing Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2018–2020: Uptake After Commercial Availability of HIV Self-Tests
HIV self-testing allows people to collect samples and test themselves at home, addressing known barriers to facility-based testing. We aimed to...
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Interventions to Increase HIV Testing Uptake in Global Settings
Purpose of ReviewHIV testing is the critical first step to direct people living with HIV (PLWH) to treatment. However, progress is still being made...
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Optimizing HIV case identification: investigating client characteristics predictive of HIV positivity from provider-initiated testing (PITC) in central Kenya
BackgroundRoutine program data indicates positivity rates under 2% from HIV testing services (HTS) at sites supported by Centre for Health...