Background Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in
children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early. This …

Objectives To investigate causes of and contributors to newborn deaths in eastern Uganda
using a three delays audit approach. Methods Data collected on 64 neonatal deaths from a …

Background Increasing access to health care services is considered central to improving the
health of populations. Existing reviews to understand factors affecting access to health care …

Inadequate health financing is one of the major challenges health systems in low-income
countries currently face. Health financing reforms are being implemented with an increasing …

Background Access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) remains limited in high
malaria-burden countries, and there are concerns that the poorest people are particularly …

Background Dengue virus (DENV) transmission is spatially heterogeneous. Hence, to
stratify dengue prevalence in space may be an efficacious strategy to target surveillance and …

OBJECTIVES: To assess tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitudes and health-seeking
behaviour to inform the design of communication and social mobilisation interventions …

Background While there are biomedical drugs for managing diabetes mellitus, some
patients with diabetes use traditional medicine. The aim of the study was to explore why …

Objective To examine the impact of providing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on fever
management in private drug retail shops where most poor rural people with fever present …

Background Obstructed labour is still a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and
of adverse outcome for newborns in low-income countries. The aim of this study was to …