It is conceivable that the difference in parasite prevalence between ITPS and UPS sectors recorded at the start of longitudinal monitoring reflected a difference between populations on admission.
Our results show a strong relationship between public-sector contraceptive logistics data and public-sector prevalence rates for short-acting methods, demonstrating the quality of current logistics data and their ability to provide relatively accurate prevalence estimates.
Our models demonstrate strong, significant relationships between public-sector contraceptive logistics data and referent public-sector prevalence rates for short-acting methods.
Public-sector contraceptive logistics data are strongly correlated with public-sector prevalence rates for short-acting methods, demonstrating the quality of current logistics data and their ability to provide relatively accurate prevalence estimates.
For example, just 4% of public sector leaders feel outsourcing is an increasing threat, despite its rising prevalence in the sector.
For each contraceptive method, the bivariate model examined the association between public-sector AMD or AQD per 100 WRA (independent variable) and the public-sector prevalence rate for that method from the most recent DHS (dependent variable).
Some outliers may also be explained by situations in which methods are provided by the public sector to NGO or private outlets; in these cases, clients would have reported receiving these products outside the public sector, and this use would not be captured by the DHS public-sector prevalence values.
To achieve this, the first section briefly reviews the neo-liberal explanation for the prevalence of informal sector enterprise and its consequent policy approach for tackling enterprise in the informal sector, along with the other competing explanations.
From this modernisation perspective, the prevalence of informal sector enterprises in any economy signals its 'backwardness' and 'under-development'.
The district is representative of the high tuberculosis and HIV burden in southern Africa: in 2007 the HIV prevalence in public sector antenatal clinics was 40.4%, and the estimated 2006 annual incidence of tuberculosis was 1,094 cases/100,000 [24], [24].
