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Spatial accessibility to basic public health services in South Sudan Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
At independence in 2011, South Sudan's health sector was almost non-existent. The first national health strategic plan aimed to achieve an integrated health facility network that would mean that 70% of the population were within 5 km of a health service provider. Publically available data on functioning and closed health facilities, population distribution, road networks, land use and elevation were used to compute the fraction of the ...
Accessibility and factors associated with utilization of mental health services in youth health centers. A qualitative comparative analysis in northern Sweden Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background: Youth-friendly health care services can facilitate young people's access to health care services and promote their health, including their mental health. In Sweden, a network of youth health centers exist since the 1970s, incorporated within the public health system. Even if such centers take a holistic approach to youth health, the focus has been in sexual and reproductive health care, and the extent of integrating mental health ...