Browsing by Author "Wiysonge, Charles Shey Umaru"

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    Government regulation of private health insurance
    (Cochrane, 2015-04-17) Wiysonge, Charles Shey Umaru; Motaze, Nkengafac V.; Chi, Che P.; Ongolo-Zogo, Pierre; Ndongo, Jean Serge
    This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: The objective of this review is to assess the effects of policies that regulate private health insurance.
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    Improving vaccination uptake among adolescents
    (Cochrane, 2015-09-29) Wiysonge, Charles Shey Umaru; Abdullahi, Leila H.; Kagina, Benjamin M. N.; Hussey, Gregory D.
    This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the effects of interventions to improve vaccine uptake among adolescents in low, middle and high-income countries.
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    Incentives and enablers to improve adherence in tuberculosis
    (Cochrane, 2015-09-03) Wiysonge, Charles Shey Umaru; Lutge, Elizabeth E.; Knight, Stephen E.; Sinclair, David; Volmink, Jimmy
    Background: Patient adherence to medications, particularly for conditions requiring prolonged treatment such as tuberculosis (TB), is frequently less than ideal and can result in poor treatment outcomes. Material incentives to reward good behaviour and enablers to remove economic barriers to accessing care are sometimes given in the form of cash, vouchers, or food to improve adherence. Objectives: To evaluate the effects ofmaterial incentives and enablers in patients undergoing diagnostic testing, or receiving prophylactic or curative therapy, for TB.