Christopher Mshana
Biographic Data
| ID | 6332012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Mshana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Mshana |
| SIGNATURE | MSHANA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ifakara Health Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Looking at the bigger picture
In Tanzania, the health financing system is extremely fragmented with strategies in place to supplement funds provided from the central level. One of these strategies is the Community Health Fund (CHF), a voluntary health insurance scheme for the informal rural sector. As its implementation has been challenging, we investigated different CHF implementation practices and how these practices and the wider health financing context affect CHF impleme…
Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania
A clear preference for modern medicine was reflected in the frequent use of antimalarials. Yet, quality of case-management was far from satisfactory as was the functioning of the exemption mechanism for the main risk group. Private drug retailers played a central role by complementing existing formal health services in delivering antimalarial treatment. Health system factors like these need to be tackled urgently in order to translate the high ef…
Malaria treatment in the retail sector
The quality of malaria case-management in the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and empowered to provide correct malaria-treatment with drugs they are allowed to dispense. At the same time, the role of general shops as first contact points for malaria patients needs to be re-considered. Interventions to improve availability of ACTs in the retail sector are urgently required within the given legal framework
Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity
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Access to Health Care in Contexts of Livelihood Insecurity
The Policy Forum allows health policy makers around the world to discuss challenges
Obstacles to prompt and effective malaria treatment lead to low community-coverage in two rural districts of Tanzania
A clear preference for modern medicine was reflected in the frequent use of antimalarials. Yet, quality of case-management was far from satisfactory as was the functioning of the exemption mechanism for the main risk group. Private drug retailers played a central role by complementing existing formal health services in delivering antimalarial treatment. Health system factors like these need to be tackled urgently in order to translate the high ef…
Malaria treatment in the retail sector
The quality of malaria case-management in the retail sector is not satisfactory. Drug stores should be supported and empowered to provide correct malaria-treatment with drugs they are allowed to dispense. At the same time, the role of general shops as first contact points for malaria patients needs to be re-considered. Interventions to improve availability of ACTs in the retail sector are urgently required within the given legal framework
Looking at the bigger picture
In Tanzania, the health financing system is extremely fragmented with strategies in place to supplement funds provided from the central level. One of these strategies is the Community Health Fund (CHF), a voluntary health insurance scheme for the informal rural sector. As its implementation has been challenging, we investigated different CHF implementation practices and how these practices and the wider health financing context affect CHF impleme…
Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (2 works) · Malaria (2 works) · Malaria Research and Control (2 works) · Nursing (2 works)