Sökning: "Universal Health Coverage"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 17 avhandlingar innehållade orden Universal Health Coverage.

1. 1. No woman should die while giving life : Does the Health Extension Program improveaccess to maternal health services in Tigray, Ethiopia?

   Författare :Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwet; Isabel Goicolea; Miguel San Sebastián; Kerstin Edin; Anette Agardh; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Health extension program; maternal health; antenatal care; childbirth; postnatal care; access; utilization; Tigray; Health extension workers; Ethiopia.; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Ensuring access to universal primary health care is essential to secure a safe and pleasant motherhood and to provide compassionate care for mothers and newborns.However, inequalities in the access to maternal health services still remain a prominent problem in many countries. LÄS MER

3. 2. Towards a functioning retail health market : Evaluating the integrated Community Case Management Intervention for Pediatric Febrile Illness in Drug Shops in Rural South Western Uganda

   Författare :Freddy Eric Kitutu; Andreas Martensson; Ib Bygbjerg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Integrated community case management; Malaria; Pneumonia symptoms; Drug shops; Retail health markets; Uganda; Under-five; Evaluation; Mixed-methods; Febrile illness; Universal Health Coverage; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Sammanfattning : Objectives: This thesis examined the health systems effects of implementing the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) intervention for paediatric febrile illnesses in a retail health market in South Western Uganda. More specifically, it evaluated drug seller interpretation of malaria Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDT) results (study I), adherence to iCCM guidelines (study II) and the intervention effect on households’ perceived quality of drug seller fever care and care-seeking choice. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Bumpy Road to Universal Health Coverage : Access to Primary and Emergency Care in Rural Tropical Ecuador

   Författare :Martin Eckhardt; Magnus Falk; Tomas Faresjö; Birger Forsberg; Miguel San Sebastián; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Background: By the turn of the new millennium 84% of families in rural coastal Ecuador had difficulties to access health services. A health reform some years earlier to improve this situation had not been implemented. LÄS MER

5. 4. Withstanding austerity : economic crisis and health inequalities in Spain

   Författare :Juan Antonio Córdoba Doña; Per E. Gustafsson; Miguel San Sebastian; Stefan Fors; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Economic crisis; mental health; socioeconomic inequalities; health determinants; health care utilisation; Spain; Andalusia; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Along with the austerity measures introduced in many countries, the economic crisis affecting Europe since 2008 seems to have impacted many aspects of the health of the Spanish population and has had a negative effect on the provision health services. An increasing body of knowledge has shown a clear impact of the current crisis on suicidal behaviour and mental health, and a less consistent effect on physical health and access to healthcare. LÄS MER

7. 5. Quality of clinical laboratory services in Rwanda

   Författare :Vincent Rusanganwa; Magnus Evander; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Jean Bosco Gahutu; Cecilia Stålsby-Lundborg; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Quality of healthcare; SLMTA; laboratory; diagnostic; Quality management system; Rwanda; Public health; folkhälsa;

   Sammanfattning : Introduction: Poor quality health care is a serious silent public health problem worldwide, resulting in deaths, disabilities and long hospital stays with unnecessary costs. It affects patients in all countries regardless of their level of development. LÄS MER