Results The gatekeeping pilot led to significantly more patients visiting primary care facilities ... township health centres, district hospitals, as well as municipal higher-level hospitals outside ...

Existing reforms have not remedied this problem because the eradication of structural racism in health care policy has not been a primary goal. The time has come to eradicate the structural racism ...

This leads to higher out-of-pocket costs for mental health care compared to other types of primary or specialty care. To assess whether federal and state parity laws were truly leading to equity in ...

This is because primary care is the entry point for the public into the health system. Most primary care practitioners work in a multidisciplinary team with other professionals, where clear ...

In an era where health statistics often read like silent cries from the margins with more Nigerians opting for medical tourism, Niger State is witnessing a quiet but powerful revolution in its ...

Scientists at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, have called for a national maternal and infant mortality audit system, backed by a legal framework mandating autopsies for all maternal ...

A Kenyan court has awarded over Ksh 157 million in damages to a woman who lost her cervix during a botched medical procedure at Aga Khan University Hospital. The surgery was performed by a doctor who ...

ABSTRACT: The survey conducted at the Bouaké Teaching Hospital in Ivory Coast examined the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of primary headache (migraine and tension-type headache).

“When he was attorney general, he took the initiative and got two individuals at a state health care facility indicted when they abused and ultimately caused the death of an elderly man who was ...

He also said while there is strong focus on tertiary health care, the primary health care cannot be ignored. For better healthcare outcomes, it is essential to adopt a holistic approach where ...

Healthcare Associates (HCA) is a primary care group practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center offering comprehensive health services to enhance quality of life for our patients. We provide ...