Date: 29 January 2012
IFGH 2012: Health Systems Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Programme in Rural South Africa
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
Key informant interviews were conducted with health care workers. Initial analysis was narrative to derive patterns of adherence, and sequential analysis interrogated health systems responses to adherence challenges.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: Sustainability of Community Based Organisations for HIV/AIDS Care and Support Services in Zambia
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
This study assessed whether Zambia's World Bank-funded Community Response to HIV/AIDS (CRAIDS) project, 2003-2008, contributed to CBO sustainability.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: An Evaluation of the Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact and Sustainability of the Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Approach in Liberia
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
This evaluation, using a descriptive, qualitative, cross-sectional study design, sought to establish the overall effectiveness, impact and sustainability of CLTS within the Liberian context, through OECD/DAC criteria for evaluating development assistance.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: Using Community Health Workers to Manage Hypertension in Urban India: A Cost- Effectiveness Analysis
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
Our objective was to estimate the net costs and cost per Disability-adjusted Life Year (DALY) averted associated with a hypothetical intervention using Community Health Workers (CHWs) to manage hypertension in India.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: Community-Driven Scale-Up of Community Case Management
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
The approach to CCM scale-up emphasized on-the-ground capacity building, mainly of CHWs and supervisors, both through formal trainings and continuous presence at the facility and community level to provide on-going support to put the knowledge received into practice.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: Health Care Delivery, Access and Utilisation in Emerging Communities and Slums of Urban South West, Nigeria
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
The study aims to examine the nature of health care in emerging communities and slums of urban south west, Nigeria. The specific objectives will include; to explore the social processes by which health care services emerge and evolve in emerging communities and urban slums of south west Nigeria; to examine access to health care services and effective utilisation of health care services in emerging communities and urban slums of south west Nigeria.
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29 Jan 2012
IFGH 2012: Perceptions and Care seeking for Obstructed Labor: Findings from the Qualitative Assessment of the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality Survey, 2010
Posted by Irish Forum for Global Health | Conference Abstracts
Qualitative research was conducted between March 2010 and February 2011 with maternal deaths and near-miss who experienced obstructed labor. Deaths were sampled from the survey, while near-miss were identified in health facilities located in the same area.
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