Finding the best examples of healthcare quality improvement in Sub-Saharan Africa. Issue 5 (25th October 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Constance; Babigumira, Joseph; Chiunda, Allan; Katamba, Achilles; Litvak, Ilya; Miller, Lakisha; Namagembe, Imelda; Sekandi, Juliet; Seicean, Andrea; Seicean, Sinziana; Neuhauser, Duncan
• Is Part Of: Quality & safety in health care. Volume 19:Issue 5(2010)
• Page Start: 416
• Page End: 419
• Publication Date: 2010-10-25
• Subjects: Healthcare quality improvement -- Africa -- quality improvement -- literature review
• DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.028548
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-3898

Abstract

Abstract : Background: The purpose of this study was to summarise the current state of healthcare quality improvement literature focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: Conventional methods of searching the literature were quickly found to be inadequate or inappropriate, given the different needs of practitioners in sub-Saharan Africa, and the inaccessibility of the literature. Results: The group derived a core list of what were deemed exemplary quality improvement articles, based on consensus and a search into the "grey" literature of quality improvement. Conclusions: Quality improvment articles from sub-Saharan Africa are difficult to find, and suffer from a lack of centrality and organisation of literature. Efforts to address this are critical to fostering the growth of quality improvement literature in developing country settings.