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Realist evaluation of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club programme in selected primary healthcare facilities in the metropolitan area of Western Cape Province, South Africa: a study protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)
INTRODUCTION: Suboptimal retention in care and poor
treatment adherence are key challenges to antiretroviral
therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Communitybased
approaches to HIV service delivery are
recommended to ...
“I attend at Vanguard and I attend here as well”: barriers to accessing healthcare services among older South Africans with HIV and non-communicable diseases
(Springer Nature, 2018)
Background: HIV and non-communicable disease (NCD) are syndemic within sub-Saharan Africa especially among
older persons. The two epidemics interact with one another within a context of poverty, inequality and inequitable
access ...
A realist approach to eliciting the initial programme theory of the antiretroviral treatment adherence club intervention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The successful initiation of people living with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa has
engendered challenges of poor retention in care and suboptimal adherence to medication. The adherence ...
Actions of female sex workers who experience male condom failure during penetrative sexual encounters with clients in Cape Town: Implications for HIV prevention strategies
(AOSIS, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Condom failure has always been found to coexist with condom usage, especially
among sex workers.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the actions of female sex workers when they are faced with situations
of condom ...
Conceptualising the factors affecting retention in care of patients on antiretroviral treatment in Kabwe District, Zambia, using the ecological framework
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2017)
BACKGROUND. HIV remains a major public health challenge in Zambia.The roll-out of antiretroviral treatment (ART) has engendered
new challenges in retention in care. OBJECTIVE. To conceptualise the factors affecting retention ...
Psychosocial support interventions for improved adherence and retention in ART care for young people living with HIV (10–24 years): a scoping review
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Mental health disorders such as high levels of anxiety, isolation, depression and suicide ideation
reported among young people living with HIV (10–24 years;YPLHIV) contribute significantly to poor medication
adherence ...
Retention in care for adolescents who were newly initiated on antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Metropole in South Africa
(OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)
Long-term retention of adolescents aged 10-19 years on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is crucial to achieve viral load suppression. However, it is reported globally that adolescents have lower retention in care (RiC) on ART, ...
Desperate times call for desperate measures: Adapting antiretroviral service delivery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
(SAMA, 2020)
On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa
announced a nation-wide lockdown to help curb the spread of the
COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa (SA). While these containment
measures are considered to have limited the ...
Are asylum seekers, refugees and foreign migrants considered in the COVID-19 vaccine discourse?
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)
There is a propitious belief that a potent
vaccine against the SARS-COV-2 virus is a
panacea for the COVID-19 pandemic. The
need for a potent vaccine is heightened as
many nations are finding it counterproductive to ...
Combining the theory of change and realist evaluation approaches to elicit an initial program theory of the MomConnect program in South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)
One of the Sustainable Development Goals is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less
than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. In South Africa, the flagship National Department of Health MomConnect
program ...