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Missed opportunities for participation in prevention of mother to child transmission programmes: Simplicity of nevirapine does not necessarily lead to optimal uptake, a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2007)
Background: The objective of this study was to examine missed opportunities for participation
in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in three sites in South Africa.
A rapid anthropological ...
Challenges faced by the urban black South Africans in the prevention of non-communicable diseases
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2008)
This paper was conducted to describe some of the circumstances that increases the risk factors for
non-communicable diseases amongst the previously disadvantaged South African population. The work presented
here is based ...
Task shifting: The answer to the human resources crisis in Africa?
(BioMed Central, 2009)
Ever since the 2006 World Health Report advocated increased community participation and the systematic delegation of tasks to less-specialized cadres, there has been a great deal of debate about the expediency, efficacy ...
Risk factors for undernutrition of young children in a rural area of South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2003)
To identify the factors associated with childhood undernutrition. Cross-sectional survey. Hlabisa health district in KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. Eight hundred and sixty-eight children aged 3–59 months. Questionnaire survey ...
Responding to the crisis in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of nutrition
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
In the chapter dealing with education and health, the report of the influential
Commission for Africa prioritises basic health systems, HIV/AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis. In contrast, nutrition is given less than half ...
Improving the coverage of the PMTCT programme through a participatory quality improvement intervention in South Africa
(BMC, 2009)
Despite several years of implementation, prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in many resource poor settings are failing to reach the majority of HIV positive women. We report on a data driven ...
Scaling up health promotion interventions in the era of HIV/AIDS: Challenges for a rights based approach
(Oxford University Press, 2005)
A sustained scaled up response to global public health
challenges such as HIV/AIDS will require a functioning and
efficient health system, based on the foundation of strong
primary healthcare. Whilst this is necessary, ...
Key challenges to achieving health for all in an inequitable society: The case of South Africa
(American Public Health Association, 2006)
The health inequalities in South Africa are rapidly worsening. Since 1994, the new democratic government has initiated a number of large-scale policies and programs with explicit pro-equity objectives that have improved ...
The school, a viable educational site for interdisciplinary health promotion
(Taylor & Francis, 2004)
An interdisciplinary health promotion module, using the community-based teaching approach, is offered by the University of the Western Cape (UWC). Schools in Delft, a poor socio-economic area with high unemployment, crime ...