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How context influences quality improvement initiativesThis study, published in BMJ Open Quality, aims to understand the influence of context on the choice of change concepts implemented by public...
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How health care workers choose their jobs: a discrete choice experiment in EthiopiaThis study unlike many others, which interview doctors or medical students, aimed to understand job preferences of lower-skilled cadres such as...
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Can quality improvement programmes affect health care workers’ motivation?
A knowledgeable and motivated workforce is critical for health systems to provide high-quality services. Many low- and middle-income countries
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Geneva Health ForumIn order to adapt to the constraints imposed by the current global health crisis and to guarantee the safety of all the participants, the Steering...
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Health system redesign for equity in maternal and newborn health must be codesigned, country led, adapted to context and fit for purposeJoanna Schellenberg and co-authors of this editorial, published in BMJ Global Health, comment on a study published in the same edition of the...
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Are we using the right approach to change newborn care practices in the community?Changing behaviors is usually a core component of the role of community health workers (CHWs), but little is known about the mechanisms through...
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“Everything is from God but it is always better to get to the hospital on time”Zelee Hill and her co-authors aimed to identify facilitators and barriers for women to deliver their babies in health facilities in Gombe State,...
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What influences women’s choice of place of delivery?The study published in BMJ Global Health and authored by Nasir Umar and others is based on a discrete choice experiment following a comprehensive...
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Learning from joint research: Maternal, newborn and child health in EthiopiaThese are just some of the results discussed during a joint MNCH learning conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 7th of November....
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‘People have started to deliver in the facility these days’: a qualitative exploration of factors affecting facility delivery in EthiopiaThe findings in this paper, authored by Zelee Hill and others suggest that barriers, which had prevented women in the past from delivering their...