Background Appendicitis is one of the most common emergency surgical conditions
worldwide. Delays in accessing appendectomy can lead to complications. Evidence on …

Background With universal health coverage a key component of the 2030 Sustainable
Development Goals, targeted monitoring is crucial for reducing inequalities in the provision …

Objectives Access to health services has received increasing attention, and the International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) includes 'availability'as one of the indicators to …

Background Seasonal floods pose a commonly-recognised barrier to women's access to
maternal services, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality. Despite their importance …

We aim to evaluate whether the first National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) improved
access to hospital care for the people of Sierra Leone. We performed an interrupted time …

Introduction: Despite the importance of healthcare acceptability, the public health community
has yet to agree on its explicit definition and conceptual framework. We explored different …

While maternal deaths have declined by a third between 2000 and 2020, approximately 800
women continue to die every day due to pregnancy-related complications. For every woman …

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a gendered form of violence that has been
linked with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The prevalence of IPV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is …

Background Estimating accessibility gaps to essential health interventions helps to allocate
and prioritize health resources. Access to blood transfusion represents an important …

Culture has been defined as “an internalized and shared framework... through which both
the individual and the collective experience the world”(1). Cultural processes shape social …