Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Author "Kahabuka, Catherine"
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Beyond the law: Misoprostol and medical abortion in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Solheim, Ingrid Holm; Kahabuka, Catherine; Pembe, Andrea; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Misoprostol has during the past few years become an important obstetric drug used for different purposes both within and outside hospitals in Tanzania. In this paper, we analyze how misoprostol is perceived, accessed and ... -
Care seeking and management of common childhood illnesses in Tanzania: Questioning the quality of primary care services
Kahabuka, Catherine (Doctoral thesis, 2013-04-15)Mild cases of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea can be effectively treated with cheap and widely available first-line drugs at the primary care level if care is sought at an early disease stage and the infection is correctly ... -
Care-Seeking and Management of Common Childhood Illnesses in Tanzania – Results from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey
Kahabuka, Catherine; Kvåle, Gunnar; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-12)Background: Malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea continue to kill millions of children in Africa despite the available and effective treatments. Correct diagnosis and prompt treatment with effective drugs at the first option ... -
Factors associated with severe disease from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children in rural Tanzania – A hospital-based cross-sectional study
Kahabuka, Catherine; Kvåle, Gunnar; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-08-14)Background: Mild cases of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea are readily treatable with complete recovery and with inexpensive and widely available first-line drugs. However, treatment is complicated and expensive, and mortality ... -
Unfulfilled expectations to services offered at primary health care facilities: Experiences of caretakers of underfive children in rural Tanzania
Kahabuka, Catherine; Moland, Karen Marie; Kvåle, Gunnar; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-06-14)Background: There is growing evidence that patients frequently bypass primary health care (PHC) facilities in favour of higher level hospitals regardless of substantial additional time and costs. Among the reasons given ... -
Why caretakers bypass Primary Health Care facilities for child care - a case from rural Tanzania
Kahabuka, Catherine; Kvåle, Gunnar; Moland, Karen Marie; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-11-17)Background: Research on health care utilization in low income countries suggests that patients frequently bypass PHC facilities in favour of higher-level hospitals - despite substantial additional time and financial costs. ...