Background Improvement in the surgical system requires intersectoral coordination. To
achieve this, the development of National Surgical, Obstetric, and Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPS) …

Background Infrastructure development and upgrading to support safe surgical services in
primary health care facilities is an important step in the journey towards achieving Universal …

Background Globally, good health system performance has resulted from continuous reform,
including adaptation of Decentralisation by Devolution policies, for example, the Direct …

Background Health system performance is one of the important components of the health
care delivery; its achievement depends on the quality of services rendered and the health …

Background Introduction of a health insurance scheme is one of the ways to enhance access
to health care services and to protect individuals from catastrophic health expenditures. …

Negative experiences of care may act as a deterrent to current and/or future utilization of
facility-based health services. To examine the situation in Tanzania, we conducted a sub-…

Background An effective referral system is essential for a high-quality health system that
provides safe surgical care while optimizing patient outcomes and ensuring efficiency. The role …

Introduction Effective, scalable strategies for improving surgical quality are urgently needed
in low-income and middle-income countries; however, there is a dearth of evidence about …

Background Evidence on heterogeneity in outcomes of surgical quality interventions in low-income
and middle-income countries is limited. We explored factors driving performance in …

… Kapologwe) and utilised the thematic analysis method 37, 38 assisted by the N-Vivo
software (QRS-international). Complete verbatim transcripts were produced after listening to the …