FREQUENCY AND IMPACT OF LONG WAIT TIMES FOR FAMILY PLANNING IN PUBLIC-SECTOR HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN WESTERN KENYA

Frequency and impact of long wait times for family planning in public-sector healthcare facilities in Western Kenya

Background Long wait times for family planning services are a barrier to high quality care and client satisfaction.Existing literature examining family planning wait times has methodological limitations, as most studies use data collected during exit interviews, which are subject to recall, courtesy, and selection bias.Objective We sought to employ

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Molecular phylogeny of heritable symbionts and microbiota diversity analysis in phlebotominae sand flies and Culex nigripalpus from Colombia.

BackgroundSecondary symbionts of insects include a range of bacteria and fungi that perform various functional roles on their hosts, such as fitness, tolerance to heat stress, susceptibility to insecticides and effects on reproduction.These endosymbionts could have the potential to shape microbial communites and high potential here to develop strat

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