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Availability of equipment and medications for non-communicable diseases and injuries at public first-referral level hospitals: a cross-sectional analysis of service provision assessments in eight low-income countries

Neil Gupta
Gene F. Kwan
Jones Masiye
Matthew M Coates
Abebe Bekele
Aimée Lulebo
Wubaye Walelgne Dagnaw
Theodros Getachew
Mary Mayige
Roodney Dupuy
Anna Gage
Darius L. Fenelon
Malay Kanti Mridha
Paul H. Park
Emily B Wroe
Biraj Karmacharya
Maïmouna Ndour Mbaye
Gene Bukhman

202048 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

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Abstract

Our findings demonstrate low availability of essential equipment and medications for diverse NCDIs at first-referral level hospitals in eight LICs. There is a need for decentralisation and integration of NCDI services in existing care platforms and improved assessment and monitoring to fully achieve universal health coverage.

Research topics

Global Maternal and Child Health
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038842

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