Smear Microscopy Examination for Malaria and Tuberculosis at Primary Health Care Unit Level of Guragae Zone, Southern Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teha Shumbej Gebi ◽  
Menu Sofia ◽  
Teklemichael Gebru ◽  
Solomon Absra ◽  
Kahase Daniel ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Accurate early diagnosis and prompt treatment is one of the core strategies employed to address malaria and tuberculosis related problems. Laboratory confirmation improves disease management most efficiently within well-managed health laboratory systems. External quality assurance participation is associated with improved laboratory performance over time as it is a system for objectively checking a laboratory’s performance. However, many professionals in Sub Saharan Africa countries are unable to effectively implement a quality assurance program. This study aimed to assess the quality of smear microscopy in Guragae zone primary health care unit, Southern Ethiopia. Methods: Health institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted to recruit twenty-one primary health care units between May and August 2019. Blind rechecking was used to collect data. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, and negative predictive values were calculated by considering the final re-reading result as the gold standard. The level of agreement was measured using Kappa value. SPSS version 21 was used for data management and analysis. Result: A total of 860 and 318 stained slides for tuberculosis and malaria were collected, respectively. From total collected slides for tuberculosis, about 13.1 % of them were reported positive and from total malaria slides collected, half were positive for Plasmodium species at the peripheral laboratory while about 36.1% and 13% were confirmed positive for Plasmodium species and tuberculosis, respectively during re-reading at Wolkite University laboratory. Referring to the final result, the surveyed health facilities achieved “moderate agreement”(K=0.6) on malaria slide detection and “almost perfect agreement” (K=0.9) on slides for acid-fast bacilli. Only 4.4% of the surveyed health facilities incorporate malaria parasite count estimation in their report as per the current guideline. Conclusion: Now is the time to build sustainable laboratory capacity in resource-poor settings like Ethiopia that can be used to manage existing infectious diseases including malaria and tuberculosis. Malaria related technical problems were identified in this study. Thus, the authors believe that a continuous and strong malaria quality assurance schemes should be implemented at each laboratory to ensure reliable results.

Author(s):  
Satibi Satibi ◽  
Dewa Ayu Putu Satrya Dewi ◽  
Atika Dalili Akhmad ◽  
Novita Kaswindiarti ◽  
Dyah Ayu Puspandari

Objective: In national health insurance (JKN) era, pharmacy can play roles in the form of behind refer pharmacies, or networking pharmacy and clinic pharmacy pratama. Behind refer pharmacies drug cost can be claimed directly to BPJS, meanwhile for the other type of pharmacy have to negotiation first with the primary health care. Drug cost variations in the JKN era affect the profitability of the business pharmacies. This research aims to the drug percentage charges against capitation and variety of drug costs.Methods: This research is analytic observational cross-sectional. This research uses secondary data from a JKN prescription patient. This research was conducted on 6 affiliated pharmacies, 6 networking pharmacies, and 7 clinical pharmacy pratama in DIY. The sampling in this research is by purposive with 8.430 prescriptions. Data drug costs JKN era was analyzed by descriptive statistics and comparative test (Kruskal Wallis test).Results: The result showed that average percentage of drug costs for capitation fee in the networking pharmacy is 13.58% and primary health care is 15.91%. Pharmacy in JKN era has drug cost variations (p=0.000). Drug cost in JKN era depends on the pattern of play roles with the health facilities and BPJS. The average percentage of drug costs against capitation health facilities in networking pharmacy is lower than clinical pharmacy pratama.Conclusions: Drug costs in an era of JKN depending on the pattern of cooperation with health facilities pharmacies and BPJS. The average percentage of the cost of drugs to the pharmacy capitation health facilities in networking lower than clinic pharmacy pratama. Differences in drug costs JKN era influenced by the long days of drug administration, the number of prescription sheets, margin.Keywords: Drug cost analysis, National health insurance (JKN), Pharmacy, Primary health care, Capitation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (esp. 1) ◽  
pp. 446-461
Author(s):  
Maria da Graça Araújo Garcia

This article reports on the process of implementing Integrative Community Therapy (ICT) in the Primary Health Care (PHC) of the Health Care Unit XXXXX. The relevance of this work takes place in the sphere of welcoming people in psychic distress who seek support in the Single Health System (SUS). PHC is the gateway to the SUS, a public, universal system, hierarchized in attention levels and that proposes care in an equitable and integral manner. PHC is responsible for coordinating care at all levels of care. From this perspective, TCI, as a community-based and systemic care strategy, will be considered Primary Mental Health Care. The project considers the ICD as a scenario for changing professional practice in the area of mental health and a field of in-service teaching for doctors and resident doctors of Family and Community Medicine and Psychiatry.


2002 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ieda Regina Lopes Del Ciampo ◽  
Lívia C. Galvão ◽  
Luiz A. Del Ciampo ◽  
Maria I.M. Fernandes

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirna Albuquerque Frota ◽  
Marina Frota Lopes ◽  
Kamila Ferreira Lima ◽  
Cíntia De Oliveira Castelo Branco Sales ◽  
Carlos Antônio Bruno da Silva

The objective was to identify conditions for the discontinuation of exclusive breastfeeding. This is a qualitative study developed in a Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. It included 20 mothers of children aged 0-6 months old who were breastfeeding. The reports evidenced three categories: Guidance received during prenatal care; Meanings of breastfeeding; Determinants of early weaning. It can be concluded that part of the determinants of early weaning is in the building of or failure to build knowledge about breastfeeding. Cultural concepts or myths are inadequate and socially reproduced due to failure, on the part of health professionals who assist expectant mothers during prenatal care or those who assist postpartum women, to deconstruct them. 


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document