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Opportunities and obstacles to screening pregnant women for intimate partner violence during antenatal care in Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Pregnancy offers an opportunity for midwives to recognise and respond to women
experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). However, most antenatal care
interventions have been conducted in private specialist services ...
Eliminating mother to child HIV transmission in South Africa
(World Health Organization (WHO), 2013)
PROBLEM: The World Health Organization has produced clear guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, ensuring that all PMTCT programme components ...
Reduction in Child mortality in Niger
(Elsevier, 2013)
The Article by Agbessi Amouzou and colleagues1 is a welcome effort to document the successful reduction in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in Niger. Amouzou and colleagues suggest that universal access to primary health ...
A proposed approach to monitor private-sector policies and practices related to food environments, obesity and non-communicable disease prevention
(Wiley, 2013)
Private-sector organizations play a critical role in shaping the food environments
of individuals and populations. However, there is currently
very limited independent monitoring of private-sector actions related to
food ...
Monitoring the health-related labelling of foods and non-alcoholic beverages in retail settings
(Wiley, 2013)
Food labelling on food packaging has the potential to have both
positive and negative effects on diets. Monitoring different
aspects of food labelling would help to identify priority policy
options to help people make ...
Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle -income countries: Aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity
(Public Library of Science, 2013)
Preconception care means providing care before pregnancy is
established. Women and couples of reproductive age are generally
unaware of the effects that their own health conditions and healthrelated
behaviors may have ...
Mapping the existing body of health policy implementation research in lower income settings: what is covered and what are the gaps?
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014)
This article uses 85 peer-reviewed articles published between 1994 and 2009 to
characterize and synthesize aspects of the health policy analysis literature focusing
on policy implementation in low- and middle-income ...
Emerging roles and competencies of district and sub-district pharmacists: a case study from Cape Town
(BioMed Central, 2015)
District and sub-district pharmacist positions were created during health sector reform in South Africa.
High prevalence of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and increasing chronic non-communicable diseases have drawn attention ...
Strengthening human resources for health systems resilience to care for mothers and children
(Biomed Central, 2015)
What do we need to do better to ensure better health, and less preventable morbidity and mortality among mothers, babies and young children? This is the question asked by the papers of this special edition. In their ...
Patients’ experiences of being nursed by student nurses at a teaching hospital
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2014)
BACKGROUND: Teaching hospitals are medical institutes at which most nursing education institutions provide their students with practical nursing experience. Although the focus of care is the patient, attention is sometimes ...