Findlay's position was akin to that of Lawrence's late nineteenth-century elite physicians who objected to relying solely on the reading given by Clifford Allbutt's new more clinic-friendly thermometer as arbiter of diagnosis and treatment: they maintained, as Lawrence argues, that "it only gives a piece of information to be concocted by the clinical art".
The pilot included regular outreach to MARA, with potential clients invited to newly established clinics (youth friendly health services (YFHS)) for confidential counselling, diagnosis and treatment of STIs.
The Zambian ProTEST pilot project began in 1999 as a collaboration including the Zambian AIDS-related TB project (ZAMBART), Kara Counselling and Training Trust (KCTT), local primary health clinics, youth friendly services (YFS), district health authorities, and the Archdiocese of Lusaka.
This may explain the persistently low male partner and couple ANC testing rates seen in several studies despite the campaigns and motivation to make clinics male-friendly [ 7, 10, 13].
With the Center's support 656 women and girls accessed healthcare services at youth friendly clinics, women's clinics, AIDs center.
Youth Friendly Clinic opened in Mykolaiv UNICEF and the Department of Health Care of Mykolaiv State Oblast Administration, together with the Ministry of Health set up a new youth friendly clinic (YFC) in Mykolaiv.
AIDS: Acquired immune-deficiency syndrome; DoH: Department of Health HIV Humanan immune-deficiency virus; NAFCI: National Adolescent Friendly Clinic Initiative; NAYFHSS: National Adolescent and Youth Friendly Health Services Strategy NGOO: Non-governmental Organisation; TOP: Termination of pregnancy; WHO: World Health Organisation YFSS: Youth friendly services.
Some of the key observations coming from the assessment indicate that many aspects of the programme are functioning satisfactorily: The legislation, although complicated and bureaucratic, provides a suitable base upon which to build the youth friendly clinic programme.
An important model was set by the first Ukrainian youth friendly clinic (YFC), which was set up on the basis of Kyiv Children's Polyclinic #6 in the former Starokyivsky District.
Health system related factors highlighted in this study are similar with those reported in earlier studies such as services located in an antenatal clinic, non-male friendly environment there by marginalizing men [ 54, 62, 68, 69], organization of the PMTCT programme [ 39], lack of supportive hospital policies on MI, and inadequate space [ 20, 22, 62].
Choose a clinic that is friendly, well managed, and smells clean.
