Background:Performance-Based Financing(PBF),an innovative health financing initiative,was recently implemented in *** aims to improve quality of care by motivating health *** purpose of this research was to identify a...
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Background:Performance-Based Financing(PBF),an innovative health financing initiative,was recently implemented in *** aims to improve quality of care by motivating health *** purpose of this research was to identify and understand how health workers’expectations related to their experiences of the first cycle of payment of PBF subsidies,and how this experience affected their motivation and sentiments towards the *** pose the research question,“how does the process of PBF subsidies impact the motivation of health workers in Mali?”Methods:We adopted a qualitative approach using multiple case *** chose three district hospitals(DH 1,2 and 3)in three health districts(district 1,2 and 3)among the ten in the Koulikoro *** cases correspond to the three *** followed the principle of data source triangulation;we used 53 semi-directive interviews conducted with health workers(to follow the principle of saturuation),field notes,and documents relating to the distribution grids of subsidies for each *** analyzed data in a mixed deductive and inductive ***:The results show that the PBF subsidies led to health workers feeling more motivated to perform their tasks *** financial motivation,this was primarily due to PBF allowing them to work more ***,respondents perceived a discrepancy between the efforts made and the subsidies *** fact that their expectations were not met led to a sense of frustration and ***,the way in which the subsidies were distributed and the lack of transparency in the distribution process led to feelings of unfairness among the vast majority of *** results show that frustrations can build up in the early days of the ***:The PBF implementation in Mali left health workers *** short overall implementation period did not allow actors to adjust their initial expectations and motivational responses,neither positiv
ACAZY is a plant formula used in traditional medicine in Burkina Faso to treat respiratory infections. After phytochemical analysis, this study evaluated extracts’ anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antibacterial pro...
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ACAZY is a plant formula used in traditional medicine in Burkina Faso to treat respiratory infections. After phytochemical analysis, this study evaluated extracts’ anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antibacterial properties from the ACAZY recipe. Three extractions, an aqueous macerate (AM), an aqueous decoction (AD) and an hydroethanolic macerate (HEM) of the ACAZY recipe powder were carried out. Phytochemical screening of the extracts was carried out using high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) and the determination of phenolic compounds. The anti-inflammatory potential was assessed in vitro using pro-inflammatory enzyme inhibition tests. 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and Ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) antioxidant properties were also determined. The antibacterial activity was evaluated on Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae strains. Phytochemical analysis revealed the presence of flavonoids, saponins, tannins, anthracenosids, sterols and triterpenes in the extracts. The extracts inhibited pro-inflammatory enzymes by more than 40% at only 100 µg/mL. The extracts also showed potent antibacterial activity with a minimum inhibitory concentration 1 mg/mL on Staphylococcus aureus and 2 mg/mL on Streptococcus pneumoniae. The extracts in the ACAZY formula have shown anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties in vitro. The AD also showed an antibacterial activity. This justifies its use in traditional medicine to treat acute respiratory infections.
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