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Kenya Insurers Pay Clinics Before Claims Clear
Kenya's Social Health Authority offers advance payments to clinics before claims clear. Small facilities still face months of delays, and the gap is widening.
Cervical Cancer Screening Reaches Women After Lesion Treatment Stops at Radiotherapy
Screening finds precancerous lesions, but treatment often stops where radiotherapy is unavailable. A look at the gap between diagnosis and cure across the wealth gradient.
Why Antibiotic Resistance Outpaces Clinic Prescribing Guidelines
Antibiotic resistance evolves faster than guidelines can track, leaving clinicians to prescribe on stale evidence. The result is a widening gap between what the data show and what happens in the clinic.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Assume a Colonoscopy Within Reach
Colorectal screening guidelines assume a colonoscopy is within reach. For rural and low-income patients, the same cancer follows a different path. What the evidence says.
Drug-Resistant Malaria Returns to Cambodia's Border Clinics
Artemisinin-resistant malaria is resurfacing along Cambodia's border. Experts disagree on the evidence and what to do next.
Diabetes Drugs Cost More at Pharmacies Than at Safety-Net Clinics
The same diabetes drug can cost far more at a retail pharmacy than at a safety-net clinic. Here is how 340B pricing, payer rules, and geography create the gap.
Bowel Cancer Screening Kits Cut Mortality Less Than Follow-Up Scans
Bowel cancer screening kits detect hidden blood, but the mortality benefit depends on what happens after a positive result. Follow-up colonoscopy timing matters.
Zimbabwe Community Workers Deliver Depression Care Experts Dispute
Zimbabwe's Friendship Bench trains community health workers to deliver talk therapy for depression. The model's evidence and limits remain contested among experts.
Australia's Bowel Cancer Screening Age Cut Splits Experts on Evidence
Australia's decision to lower the bowel cancer screening start age has divided experts over evidence, cost, and equity. Here's what the trials show and what patients can do.
Ghana's National Health Insurance Excludes Diabetes Drugs It Lists
Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme lists diabetes medicines on its formulary, but patients still pay out of pocket when clinics run short. Here is how the gap works.
In Nigeria, Drug-Resistant Typhoid Outlasts Chloramphenicol's Comeback
In Nigeria, chloramphenicol's return to formulary lists collides with resistant Salmonella Typhi. Why culture-confirmed diagnosis and vaccines matter more than the drug's price tag.
Uganda's Newborn Resuscitation Training Outruns the Oxygen Supply
Uganda has scaled up newborn resuscitation training, but oxygen concentrators sit broken in district hospitals. Experts disagree on whether equipment or skills should come first.
India Trains Community Health Workers for Oral Cancer Screening
India trains community health workers to screen for oral cancer, but a Kerala trial found no mortality drop. Experts split on scaling up amid access gaps.
Indonesia Caps Specialist Referrals for Diabetes Care at Primary Clinics
Indonesia's BPJS Kesehatan caps specialist referrals for type-2 diabetes at puskesmas clinics. What the gatekeeping rules mean for patients and rural access.
Vietnam Treats COPD at Commune Clinics Without Spirometers
Vietnam's commune clinics manage COPD without spirometers, relying on symptoms and peak flow. Evidence shows this misclassifies many cases and delays care.
Preterm Babies in Malawi and Norway Face the Same Warming Bed Shortage
Malawi and Norway face the same shortage of neonatal warming beds. Kangaroo mother care closes the gap—but health systems still undervalue it.
Physician Burnout Surveys Measure Distress Better Than Staffing
Burnout surveys reliably capture distress but cannot measure rota gaps or staffing shortages. Experts disagree on what these scores should be used for.
Mental Health Coverage Shrinks Faster Than Depression Rates After Job Loss
After a layoff, depression and anxiety rise while insurance disappears. A look at Medicaid's coverage gap, parity enforcement, and who gets treated.
Kenya's Cervical Cancer Screening Stalls at the Pathologist Shortage
Kenya's cervical cancer screening rate sits below 20 percent, stalled by a severe pathologist shortage that leaves women waiting months for biopsy results.
Nepal Trains Health Workers to Read Spirometry Without Oxygen
Nepal's Ministry of Health and Population pilots oxygen-free spirometry training for rural health workers, raising questions about safety and equity.
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