Improving access to maternal health services among rural hard-to-reach fishing communities in Uganda, the role of community health workers.
Ali SsetaalaJulius SsempiiraMathias WambuziGertrude NanyonjoBrenda OkechKundai ChinyenzeBernard BagayaMatt A PriceNoah KiwanukaOlivier DegommePublished in: Women's health (London, England) (2022)
Community health workers have a crucial role in improving early antenatal care attendance, early community-based diagnosis of anemia, hypertensive disorders, and HIV among women in these hard-to-reach fishing communities.
Keyphrases
- pregnancy outcomes
- pregnant women
- healthcare
- blood pressure
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- palliative care
- south africa
- hepatitis c virus
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- human immunodeficiency virus
- chronic kidney disease
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- preterm birth
- birth weight
- men who have sex with men
- metabolic syndrome
- physical activity
- iron deficiency
- breast cancer risk
- affordable care act