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Exclusive breastfeeding promotion by peer counsellors in sub-Saharan Africa (PROMISE-EBF): a cluster-randomised trial
(Elsevier, 2011)
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is reported to be a life-saving intervention in low-income settings. The
effect of breastfeeding counselling by peer counsellors was assessed in Africa.
Methods:24 communities ...
Implementation, effectiveness and political context of comprehensive primary health care: preliminary findings of a global literature review
(CSIRO, 2008)
Primary health care (PHC) is again high on the
international agenda. It was the theme of The
World Health Report in 2008, thirty years after the
Alma-Ata Declaration, and has been the topic of a
series of significant ...
"Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Summary Points:
* In South Africa, as in other jurisdictions, ‘‘Big Food’’ (large commercial entities that dominate the food and beverage environment) is becoming more widespread and is implicated in unhealthy eating.
* ...
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 ...
Research to action to address inequities: The experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge
(BioMed Central, 2008-01-04)
BACKGROUND: While the importance of promoting equity to achieve health is now recognised, the health gap
continues to increase globally between and within countries. The description that follows looks at how the Cape
Town ...
Chronic non-communicable diseases
(Health Systems Trust, 2008)
This chapter will examine the current actions, including lifestyle measures, for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases within a South African context. It will also focus on the biological, behavioural ...
Why do some hospitals achieve better care of severely malnourished children than others? Five-year follow-up of rural hospitals in Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2008)
Staff at 11 rural hospitals in an under-resourced region of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, participated in an intervention to improve the quality of care of severely malnourished children through training and support ...
Evaluation of how integrated HIV and TB programs are implemented in South Africa and the implications for rural-urban equity
(James Cook University, 2013)
Introduction: In countries such as South Africa with a high prevalence of HIV and TB policy directives support program integration. Operational research suggests this is desirable, at least for increasing coverage of HIV ...
Training nurses to save lives of malnourished children
(Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa, 2006)
A qualitative study with a pre- and post-intervention component was undertaken among 66 professional nurses at 11 hospitals in the Eastern Cape to assess their perceptions and attitudes towards severely malnourished children ...
Building capacity to develop an African teaching platform on health workforce development: a collaborative initiative of universities from four sub Saharan countries
(BioMed Central, 2014)
INTRODUCTION: Health systems in many low-income countries remain fragile, and the record of human resource planning and management in Ministries of Health very uneven. Public health training institutions face the dual ...