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DocumentlockHypertension / PublicationAssessing Healthcare Professional Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Hypertension Management. Announcing a New World Hypertension League Resource
To assist hypertension control programs the World Hypertension League has developed a resource to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices on hypertension management. -
DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationTowards Improved Health Service Quality in Tanzania: An Approach to Strengthen Routine Supportive Supervision
Effective supportive supervision of healthcare services is crucial for improving and maintaining quality of healthcare. However, this can be challenging in an environment with chronic shortage of qualified human resources for health. -
DocumentlockDigital Health / PublicationDigital Health: A Call for Government Leadership and Cooperation between ICT and Health
Digital health, sometimes called electronic health or eHealth, is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health purposes. -
DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationInside the Black Box: Administration of the Tanzanian Community Health Fund and Its Interaction with Other Health Financing Mechanisms
Many low- and middle-income countries have been struggling to implement sustainable health financing strategies. The basis to address these challenges lies in the in-depth understanding of the context-specific and often complex designs. -
DocumentlockMalaria / PublicationEvaluating the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Reactive Focal Mass Drug Administration vs. Reactive Case Detection, With and Without Reactive Vector Control, As a Community Level Intervention in Response to Confirmed, Passively Identified Malaria Cases
Reactive case detection (RACD), testing and treating individuals around passively detected cases is a strategy commonly used to reduce or interrupt malaria transmission. -
DocumentlockDigital Health / PublicationDigital Health: A Call for Government Leadership and Cooperation between ICT and Health – French – Executive Summary
Digital health, sometimes called electronic health or eHealth, is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health purposes. -
DocumentlockDigital Health / PublicationDigital Health: A Call for Government Leadership and Cooperation between ICT and Health – Spanish – Executive Summary
Digital health, sometimes called electronic health or eHealth, is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health purposes. -
DocumentlockDigital Health / PublicationDigital Health: A Call for Government Leadership and Cooperation between ICT and Health – Executive Summary
Digital health, sometimes called electronic health or eHealth, is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health purposes. -
DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationEvaluation of a Community-based Hypertension Improvement Program (ComHIP) in Ghana: Data from a Baseline Survey
Ghana faces an increasing burden of non-communicable disease. The article concludes that the low hypertension treatment and control rates may suggest that such programs are not necessarily impactful on the health of the population. -
DocumentlockHealth System Strengthening / PublicationStrengthening Routine Supportive Supervision of Primary Healthcare in Tanzania through an Innovative Approach Using an Electronic Tool
Effective supportive supervision of healthcare services is crucial for improving and maintaining quality of healthcare. -
DocumentlockLeprosy / PublicationRole of Contact Tracing and Prevention Strategies in the Interruption of Leprosy Transmission
The global prevalence of leprosy has declined from 5.2 million in the 1980 s to 200,000 today. The article outlines how contact tracing and chemoprophylaxis programmes can be implemented to interrupt leprosy transmission. -
DocumentlockDigital Health / PublicationICATT Survey – Five Years After the Launch
The paper entails country experiences, lessons learned and recommendations for implementing a computerized adaption and training tool to improve digital health systems.