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- 1From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Studies that have looked at the effect of polio eradication efforts in India on routine immunization programs have provided mixed findings. One polio eradication project, funded by US Agency for...
- 2From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Skilled birth attendants (SBAs) provide important interventions that improve maternal and neonatal health and reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. However, utilization and coverage of services by SBAs...
- 3From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Some studies show orphanhood to be associated with increased sexual risk-taking while others have not established this relationship, but have found factors other than orphanhood as predictors of sexual...
- 4From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The failure to reduce preventable maternal deaths represents a violation of women's right to life, health, non-discrimination and equality. Maternal deaths result from weaknesses in health systems:...
- 5From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), established into law in 2003 and implemented in 2005 as a 'pro-poor' method of health financing, has made great progress in enrolling members of the general...
- 6From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Under the National Rural Health Mission, the current emphasis is on achieving universal institutional births through incentive schemes as part of reforms related to childbirth in India. There has been...
- 7From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPoor quality housing is an infringement on the rights of all humans to a standard of living adequate for health. Among the many vulnerabilities of those without adequate shelter is the risk of disease spread by rodents...
- 8From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Immunization is one of the most effective ways of preventing illness, disability and death from infectious diseases for older people. However, worldwide immunization rates are still low, particularly for...
- 9From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Sexual abuse of boys is a neglected problem in many developing countries including Ethiopia. As a result, its prevalence, contributing factors and circumstance in which sexual abuse occurs are largely...
- 10From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Myths and misconceptions about TB can serve as a barrier to efforts at reducing stigmatisation of people infected and affected by the disease. Understanding such drivers of myths and misconceptions is...
- 11From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Adolescents and parents' differ in their perceptions regarding engaging in sexual activity and protecting themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The views of adolescents and...
- 12From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Natalie Willis1 , Sophie Hill1 , Jessica Kaufman1 , Simon Lewin2,3 , John Kis-Rigo1 , Sara Bensaude De Castro Freire4 , Xavier Bosch-Capblanch5 , Claire Glenton2 , Vivian Lin7 , Priscilla Robinson6 and...
- 13From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedContributing reviewers The editors of BMC International Health and Human Rights would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 12 (2012). Author(s): Emily Crow1 Aniekan...
- 14From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The evaluation of all potential sources of low skilled maternal care utilization is crucial for Ethiopia. Previous studies have largely disregarded the contribution of different levels. This study was...
- 15From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Vaccination is a cost-effective public health measure and is central to the Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality. However, childhood vaccination coverage remains sub-optimal in many...
- 16From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jong In Kim1 After publication of the original article [1], the author noted that several of the figures in Table two (Table 1 here) were incorrect. The corrected table is reproduced here. We apologize for...
- 17From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Understanding the extent that different modern contraceptives are acceptable to different populations groups and where they get the commodities from will help in developing specific interventions that will...
- 18From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground This paper outlines stakeholder views on environmental barriers that prevent people who live with psychosocial disability from participating in mental health policy development in South Africa. Method...
- 19From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The measurement of condom use self-efficacy requires contextually suitable, valid and reliable instruments due to variability of the scale across nations with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds....
- 20From: BMC International Health and Human Rights. (Vol. 13, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The utilization of medical care for gastrointestinal diseases increased over the past decade worldwide. The aim of the study was to investigate the difference between rural and urban patients in seeking...