The challenge of ensuring elderly people can access their health insurance entitlements: a mixed methods study on the Republic of Srpska’s Protector of Patients’ Health Insurance Entitlements (15 ...

Background In the past decades, Africa witnessed increased biomedical research and transnational collaborations making the continent vulnerable to exploitation. Research ethics committees (REC) are ...

Epidemics continue to pose a significant public health threat to populations in low and middle-income countries. However, little is known about the appropriateness and performance of response ...

Background Ethics in research is one of the core pillars of responsible conduct of research which promotes good research practices and protects the rights of participants. Good ethical practices in ...

Background Vaccinated persons are still prone to SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection since vaccines do not offer 100% protection. Thus, quick decision-making on identifying high-risk persons prone to ...

Introduction The last few years has seen an explosion in digital health interventions, primarily using mobile phones (mHealth), designed to increase the effective coverage and quality of services ...

Evaluations cannot support evidence-informed decision making if they do not provide the information needed by decision-makers. In this article, we reflect on our own difficulties evaluating the ...

Methods In order to actualize this program, the NHRA utilized a multi-faceted methodology. This involved carrying out a needs assessment of the ten (10) provinces in Zambia to identify the research ...

Background MRC The Gambia and MRC Uganda joined London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 2018 to form a family of institutions committed to high quality research. Each institution ...

Background Dolutegravir (DTG) containing antiretroviral regimen (ART) has been rollout for pregnant and breastfeeding women in Ethiopia since April 2020. However, no data was reported on the new ...

Giving hope a sporting chance Optimism and hope are two different things, or so argue Bury et al whose research ‘aims to identify the unique nature of hope, suggesting hope is invoked in particular ...

Background The African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF) is a network of African national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and ethics committees (NECs) with an objective of improving access to medicines ...