INTRODUCTION Nigeria is one of the low and middle income countries (LMICs) facing severe resource constraint, making it impossible for adequate resources to be allocated to the health sector. Priority setting becomes imperative because it guides investments in health care, health research and respects resource constraints. The objective of this study was to enhance the knowledge and understandi...

This article outlines an initiative to deliver outreach chemotherapy closer to patients' homes. Five nurse-led units were set up in the community. Cancer treatments can now be provided outside the acute hospital setting. This nurse-led service has improved and developed the delivery of chemotherapy by looking at alternative and innovative ways of addressing service delivery.

This study examines how accountability indicators predict service delivery in local government authorities Dodoma using a cross-sectional design with sample size of 399 respondents comprising Village Council and Street Committee Members. The used both qualitative quantitative approaches collection analysis data. revealed that regular reporting, clear goals proper use funds were significant whil...

In comparison with conventional content delivery networks, peer-to-peer (p2p) is promising to save cost and handle high peak-demand, can also complement the decentralized storage networks such as Filecoin. However, reliable p2p requires proper enforcement of fairness, i.e., deliverers should be rewarded according their in-time delivery. Unfortunately, most existing studies on fairness are based...

The desire of companies to offer same-day delivery leads to interesting new routing problems. We study the complexity of a setting in which a delivery to a customer is guaranteed to take place within a pre-specified time after the customer places the order. Thus, an order has a release date (when the order is placed) and a deadline (when the order needs to be delivered). A vehicle delivering an...

QUESTION How can library staff develop and promote a document delivery service and then expand the service to a wide audience? SETTING The setting is the library at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (IUSD), Indianapolis. METHOD A faculty survey and a citation analysis were conducted to determine potential use of the service. Volume of interlibrary loan transactions and staff and eq...

BACKGROUND There is a global increase in rates of Cesarean delivery (CD). A minor factor in this increase is a shift towards CD for breech presentation. The aim of this study was to analyze breech births by mode of delivery and investigate short-term fetal and maternal outcomes in a low-income setting. METHODS The study design was cross-sectional and the setting was Muhimbili National Hospita...

background: in the recent years, using health technologies to diagnose and treat diseases has had a considerable and accelerated growth. the proper use of these technologies may considerably help in the diagnosis and treatment of different diseases. on the other hand, unlimited and unrestricted entry of these technologies may result in induced demand by service providers. the aim of this study ...

Background: Previous studies have identified various risk factors for neonatal tetanus (NNT) in rural areas of Pakistan. The present matched case control study was conducted to further evaluate these risk factors in an urban setting. Aim: The study was carried out to identify risk factors for NNT in Karachi. Materials and Methods: Patients of NNT (n = 125) diagnosed from January 1998 to Februar...