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  Stigmatisation and access to health care in Latin America: challenges and perspectives

  Pan American Health Organization, 2005

  This study examines the importance of stigma associated with mental illness as a barrier to accessing health services and identifies ways to reduce exclusion from health care as a result of stigma. The paper explores how stigma might prevent people with mental disorders from using health services.
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  Reproductive health supplies in Central and Eastern Europe

  ASTRA - Central and Eastern European Womens Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, 2007

  This ASTRA network paper examines barriers to accessing reproductive health services and supplies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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  Mobility and health: the impact of transport provision on direct and proximate determinants of access to health services

  Swiss Tropical Institute, 2005

  The role of mobility and transport in public health remains neglected both in terms of research and inclusion in development agendas. This paper examines the relationship between mobility and access to health services in low income countries, and assesses the impacts of transport interventions on access to health.
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  Introducing client-centered reproductive health services in a Pakistani setting

  Studies in Family Planning, 2005

  Poor quality of existing public reproductive health services in Pakistan deters many women from using services and contributes to poor reproductive health outcomes. This paper reviews an intervention designed to improve the quality of services by training health care providers to help clients meet their needs and eliminate barriers to service access and use.
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  Overview of quality of care in reproductive health: definitions and measurements of quality

  Population Reference Bureau, 2002

  This policy brief from the Population Council and Population Reference Bureau discusses various definitions of quality of care in the context of reproductive health. The brief focuses on a client-centred approach to improving quality of care, where the needs and perspectives of patients are placed at the centre of the concept of quality of care.
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  Family planning services quality as a determinant of use of IUD in Egypt

  Health-services-research, 2006

  This article from BMC Health Services Research examines the relationship between the quality of family planning services and the use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) in Egypt.
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  The link between quality of care and contraceptive use

  International Family Planning Perspectives, 2003

  This paper, published by International Family Planning Perspectives, examines the extent to which quality of family planning care influences women’s use of contraception in the Philippines. High-quality care is expected to help reduce rates of contraceptive discontinuation and unintended fertility.
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  High performing reproductive health care facilities in Kenya – why they exceed expectations

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  This USAID report summarises findings from a study to determine why certain reproductive healthcare facilities in low-resource settings in Kenya perform better than others. The study examined the characteristics, behaviours, and coping strategies of high-performing reproductive healthcare facilities.
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  Public private delivery of insecticide treated nets: a voucher scheme in Volta region, Ghana

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2007

  This article, published in the Malaria Journal, reviews a voucher scheme intended to scale-up the coverage of insecticide treated bednets and reach vulnerable groups in Volta region, Ghana. The vouchers, given to pregnant women, entitled them to a discount on ITN which were available through retail outlets.
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  Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: experiences of different socio-economic groups

  BMC Public Health, 2007

  This paper, published in BMC public health, investigates the receipt of appropriate care and affordability of services for different socio-economic groups with TB symptoms in rural China.

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