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Gomez-Perez G, de Graaff A, Dekker J, Agyei B, Dada I, Milimo E, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2024 Feb; 24(1):254. PMID: 38413977
Background: Despite previous experience with epidemics, African healthcare systems were inadequately prepared and substantially impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Limited information about the level of COVID-19 preparedness...
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Wit T, Janssens W, Antwi M, Milimo E, Mutegi N, Marwa H, et al.
Front Health Serv . 2023 Mar; 2:987828. PMID: 36925782
The COVID-19 pandemic has painfully exposed the constraints of fragile health systems in low- and middle-income countries, where global containment measures largely set by high-income countries resulted in disproportionate collateral...
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Dohmen P, De Sanctis T, Waiyaiya E, Janssens W, Wit T, Spieker N, et al.
Front Public Health . 2022 Dec; 10:1040094. PMID: 36466488
Maternal and neonatal mortality rates in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are still far above the targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3. Value-based healthcare (VBHC) has...
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De Sanctis T, Etiebet M, Janssens W, van der Graaf M, van Montfort C, Waiyaiya E, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2022 Aug; 10(4). PMID: 36041832
In Kenya, early coronavirus disease (COVID-19) modeling studies predicted that disruptions in antenatal care and hospital services could increase indirect maternal and neonatal deaths and stillbirths. As the Kenyan government...
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King J, Powell-Jackson T, Makungu C, Spieker N, Risha P, Mkopi A, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2021 Aug; 9(9):e1262-e1272. PMID: 34363766
Background: Quality of care is consistently shown to be inadequate in health-care settings in many low-income and middle-income countries, including in private facilities, which are rapidly growing in number but...
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Powell-Jackson T, King J, Makungu C, Spieker N, Woodd S, Risha P, et al.
Lancet Glob Health . 2020 May; 8(6):e780-e789. PMID: 32389195
Background: As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads, weak health systems must not become a vehicle for transmission through poor infection prevention and control practices. We assessed the compliance of health...
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Mekuria L, Wit T, Spieker N, Koech R, Nyarango R, Ndwiga S, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Nov; 14(11):e0225846. PMID: 31751418
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Al-Shammari I, Roa L, Yorlets R, Akerman C, Dekker A, Kelley T, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Oct; 14(10):e0222978. PMID: 31618249
Background: Limited data exist on health outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth in low- and middle-income countries. This is a pilot of an innovative data collection tool using mobile technology to...
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Mekuria L, de Wit T, Spieker N, Koech R, Nyarango R, Ndwiga S, et al.
PLoS One . 2019 Sep; 14(9):e0222651. PMID: 31557170
Background: Knowledge of antibiotic prescription practices in low- and middle-income countries is limited due to a lack of adequate surveillance systems. Objective: To assess the prescription of antibiotics for the...
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Johnson M, Schellekens O, Stewart J, van Ostenberg P, Wit T, Spieker N
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf . 2016 Jul; 42(8):350-71. PMID: 27456416
Background: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), patients often have limited access to high-quality care because of a shortage of facilities and human resources, inefficiency of resource allocation, and limited...