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- Sophie N. Witter, Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Anthony Kusi, Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto
- Reproductive health matters
- 2007
In resource-poor countries, the high cost of user fees for deliveries limits access to skilled attendance, and contributes to maternal and neonatal mortality and the impoverishment of vulnerable… (More)
- Sophie N. Witter, Bertha NA Garshong
- BMC international health and human rights
- 2009
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There is considerable interest at present in exploring the potential of social health insurance to increase access to and affordability of health care in Africa. A number of countries are… (More)
- Sophie N. Witter, Anthony Kusi, Moses Aikins
- Human resources for health
- 2007
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This article describes a survey of health workers and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) which was carried out in 2005 in two regions of Ghana. The objective of the survey was to… (More)
- Sophie N. Witter, Sam Adjei
- The International journal of health planning and…
- 2007
This article looks at the issue of sustaining funding for a public programme through the case study of the delivery exemptions policy in Ghana. The Government of Ghana introduced the policy of… (More)
- Laura S. Hillman, Cathy Schlotzhauer, +4 authors Robert Hillman
- European Journal of Pediatrics
- 1996
Children with phenylketonuria (PKU) obtain a great deal of their protein and mineral intakes from synthetic elemental formulae devoid of phenylalanine. To assess the effect of such diets and/or the… (More)
- R. Thompson, Sophie N. Witter
- The International journal of health planning and…
- 2000
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union increasing evidence is emerging of informal payments by patients for health care services that are officially free. There is little information, however, on the… (More)
- Sophie N. Witter
- Social science & medicine
- 2012
There has been a growing concern with post-conflict and fragile states over the past decade, both in relation to their high level of health and development needs but also for the risk they pose to… (More)
- M. A. Khan, John Deric Walley, Sophie N. Witter, S. K. Shah, Sheikh Javeed
- Health policy and planning
- 2005
A randomized controlled trial was carried out in Pakistan in 1999 to establish the effectiveness of the direct observation component of DOTS programmes. It found no significant differences in cure… (More)
- M. A. Khan, John Deric Walley, Sophie N. Witter, A. Imran, N A Mohd Safdar
- Health policy and planning
- 2002
An economic study was conducted alongside a clinical trial at three sites in Pakistan to establish the costs and effectiveness of different strategies for implementing directly observed treatment… (More)
- Sophie N. Witter, Thierno Dieng, Daouda Mbengue, Isabelle Moreira, Vincent De Brouwere
- Health policy and planning
- 2010
This article presents the results of an evaluation of the free delivery and caesarean policy (FDCP) in Senegal. The policy was introduced into five poor regions in 2005 and in 2006 was extended at… (More)