Pneumonia causes around 750 000 child deaths per year in sub-Saharan African (SSA)
countries. The lack of accessibility to prompt and effective treatment is an important …

Introduction: Patients' views are being given more and more importance in policy-making.
Understanding populations' perceptions of quality of care is critical to developing measures …

This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10
papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as …

Canada's history of nation building, combined with its status as a so-called middle power in
international affairs, has been translated into an approach to global health that is focused on …

Many developing countries, particularly in Africa, have recently introduced payment
schemes based on the selling of essential drugs. This is one of the main elements of the …

The success of strategies to revitalize primary health care services such as those advocated
by the Bamako Initiative requires a response adapted to the expectations of the population …

Background. Assessment of the quality of primary care services may be enhanced by
including patient perceptions as well as professional judgment of quality. There is a need for …

Introduction. Methodologies that have been developed and validated in accordance with
accepted scientific standards are needed to monitor and assess the quality of primary health …

Background Maternal mortality is higher in west Africa than in most industrialised countries,
so the development and validation of effective interventions is essential. We did a trial to …

In Quebec (Canada), the utilization of dental care services varies greatly from one social
class to another: whereas the well-to-do visit the dentist often for check-ups, those most in …