Publicaties
Health system influences on the implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control at health facilities in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis infection prevention and control (TB-IPC) measures are consistently reported to be poorly implemented globally. TB-IPC guidelines provide limited recognition of the complexities of implementing TB-IPC within routine health systems, particularly those facing substantive resource constraints. This scoping review maps documented system influences on TB-IPC implementation in health facilities of low/middle-income ...
A cross sectional comparison of postnatal care quality in facilities participating in a maternal health voucher program versus non-voucher facilities in Kenya Universiteit Gent
A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Health facilities form a central component of health systems, providing curative and preventative services and structured to allow referral through a pyramid of increasingly complex service provision. Access to health care is a complex and multidimensional concept, however, in its most narrow sense, it refers to geographic availability. Linking health facilities to populations has been a traditional per capita index of heath care coverage, ...
Pentavalent vaccination in Kenya : coverage and geographical accessibility to health facilities using data from a community demographic and health surveillance system in Kilifi County Universiteit Gent
Integrating Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Into Health Facilities in Conflict Settings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction: The International Committee of the Red Cross runs an increasing number of mental health and psychosocial programmes integrated into health facilities in conflict settings across Africa. This study looks at changes in symptoms of psychological distress and impaired functioning among patients supported through such programmes. Material and Methods: Between January and December 2019, 5,527 victims of violence received mental health ...
Keeping health facilities safe: one way of strengthening the interaction between disease-specific programmes and health systems Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Provision of postpartum care to women giving birth in health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional study using Demographic and Health Survey data from 33 countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background: Postpartum care has the potential to avert a substantial proportion of maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity. There is a crucial gap in understanding the quality of postpartum care for women giving birth in health facilities in low- and middle-income settings. This is particularly the case in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the levels of maternal and neonatal mortality are highest globally despite rapid increases in ...