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Adult medical emergency unit presentations due to adverse drug reactions in a setting of high HIV prevalence
(African Federation for Emergency Medicine, 2021)
South Africa has the world's largest antiretroviral treatment programme, which may contribute to the adverse drug reaction (ADR) burden. We aimed to determine the proportion of adult non-trauma emergency unit (EU) presentations ...
The pandemic of online research in times of COVID-19
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of online research using rating scales. While this approach can be useful, two of the major challenges affecting the quality of this type of research include selection bias and ...
Using photography to explore people with diabetes' perspectives on food environments in urban and rural South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
Diabetes, a serious disease resulting in significant morbidity and early mortality, is currently on the rise globally. A major contributor to this observed increase in low- and middle-income countries, such as South Africa, ...
Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization
(SAGE, 2021)
Africa is the world’s most genetically diverse, second largest, and second most populous continent, with over one billion people distributed across 54 countries. With a 23% lifetime risk of stroke, Africa has some of the ...
Health system responsiveness: A systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature
(BMC, 2021)
The World Health Organisation framed responsiveness, fair financing and equity as intrinsic goals of
health systems. However, of the three, responsiveness received significantly less attention. Responsiveness is
essential ...
Expressions of actor power in implementation: A qualitative case study of a health service intervention in South Africa
(Research Square, 2021)
Implementation frameworks and theories acknowledge the role of power as a factor in the adoption (or
not) of interventions in health services. Despite this recognition, there is a paucity of evidence on how
interventions ...
Integrated knowledge translation to advance noncommunicable disease policy and practice in South Africa: Application of the exploration, preparation, implementation, and sustainment (epis) framework
(BMC, 2021)
In response to the “know–do” gap, several initiatives have been implemented to enhance evidenceinformed decision-making (EIDM). These include individual training, organizational culture change management, and
legislative ...
Practice of death surveillance and response for maternal, newborn and child health: A framework and application to a South African health district
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
To assess the functioning of maternal, perinatal,
neonatal and child death surveillance and response (DSR)
mechanisms at a health district level.A framework of elements covering analysis of
causes of death, and processes ...
Risk factors for COVID-19 among healthcare workers. A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2021)
Evidence on the spectrum of risk factors for infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among front-line healthcare workers (HCWs) has not been well-described. While several studies evaluating ...
Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: An exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa
(BMC, 2021)
With the aim to support further understanding of scaling up and sustaining digital health, we explore
digital health solutions that have or are anticipated to reach national scale in South Africa: the Perinatal ...