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The empirical evidence underpinning the concept and practice of …
Introduction Person-centred care has become internationally recognised as a critical attribute of high-quality healthcare. However, the concept has been criticised for being poorly theorised and operationalised. Serious illness is especially aligned with the need for person-centredness, usually necessitating involvement of significant others, management of clinical uncertainty, high-quality ...
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BMJ Global Health is an Open Access, online journal from BMJ dedicated to publishing high-quality peer-reviewed content relevant to those involved in global health, including policy makers, funders, researchers, clinicians and frontline healthcare workers. To find out more about the journal’s vision, please read the introductory editorial …
The human toll and humanitarian crisis of the Russia-Ukraine war: …
Background We examined the human toll and subsequent humanitarian crisis resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022. Method We extracted and analysed data resulting from Russian military attacks on Ukrainians between 24 February and 4 August 2022. The data tracked direct deaths and injuries, damage to healthcare infrastructure and the impact on health, the ...
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy: …
In 1998, the WHO African region adopted a strategy called Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR). Here, we present the current status of IDSR implementation; and provide some future perspectives for enhancing the IDSR strategy in Africa. In 2017, we used two data sources to compile information on the status of IDSR implementation: a pretested rapid assessment questionnaire sent ...
Ghana’s COVID-19 response: the Black Star can do even better
The clinical/health facility response. The first COVID-19 cases in Ghana were recorded on 12 March 2020. A day before, the president announced $100 million funding from the Ministry of Finance to enhance COVID-19 preparedness and response, namely infrastructure, materials and equipment, and public education.2 In subsequent addresses, the president stressed the importance of protecting ...
Effectiveness, safety and acceptability of medical abortion at home ...
Background Increased access to home-based medical abortion may offer women a convenient, safe and effective abortion method, reduce burdens on healthcare systems and support social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Home-based medical abortion is defined as any abortion where mifepristone, misoprostol or both medications are taken at home. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis of ...
Building the evidence base for global health policy: the need to ...
National public health institutes and WHO collaborating centres, and their global networks, are a key resource to support public health system strengthening with essential public health functions and generate evidence for health policy central to national health and socioeconomic development. The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare global inequities in public health capacities, made urgent the ...
WHO recommendations on uterotonics for postpartum …
Obstetric haemorrhage, especially postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), was responsible for more than a quarter of the estimated 303 000 maternal deaths that occurred globally in 2015.1 PPH—commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 mL or more within 24 hours after birth—affects about 6% of all women giving birth.1 Uterine atony is the most common cause of PPH, but it can also be caused by genital ...
The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why …
Vaccination policies have shifted dramatically during COVID-19 with the rapid emergence of population-wide vaccine mandates, domestic vaccine passports and differential restrictions based on vaccination status. While these policies have prompted ethical, scientific, practical, legal and political debate, there has been limited evaluation of their potential unintended consequences.
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