Structural Quality of Services and Use of Family Planning Services in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ethiopia. How Do Public and Private Facilities Compare?

Factors Affecting Quality of Laboratory Services in Public and Private Health Facilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Quality laboratory service is an essential component of health care system but in Sub-Saharan Africa such as Ethiopia, laboratories quality system remains weak due to several factors and it needs more attention to strengthen its capacity and quality system. METHODOLOGY A cross sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire to assess factors affecting the quality of laboratory ...

Family planning counselling and use among clients seeking abortion services in private health facilities in Kenya

This paper examines family planning service provision and use among clients seeking abortion services in private health facilities in Kenya. Data are from observations of client-provider interactions and exit interviews conducted in May-June 2013 with 125 clients from 30 private clinics in Kisumu, Nairobi, and Mombasa counties. Analysis entails simple frequencies, cross-tabulations with Chi-squ...

Provision of family planning services in Tanzania: a comparative analysis of public and private facilities.

Adherence to the policy guidelines and standards is necessary for family planning services. We compared public and private facilities in terms of provision of family planning services. We analyzed data from health facility questionnaire of the 2006 Tanzania Service Provision Assessment survey, based on 529 health facilities. Majority of public facilities (95.4%) offered family planning services...

Quality of antenatal care services at public health facilities of Bahir-Dar special zone, Northwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Antenatal care (ANC) is one of the evidence based interventions to decrease the probability of bad health outcomes for mothers and their newborns. Effectiveness of antenatal care, however, relies on the quality of care provided during each antenatal care visit. Hence this study attempted to assess the quality of antenatal care services at public health facilities of Bahir-Dar special...

Ethics in family planning/reproductive health services