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    "Big Food", the consumer food environment, health and the policy response in South Africa 

    Igumbor, Ehimario U.; Sanders, David; Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Schwarz, Cassandra; Purdy, Christopher; Swart, Rina; Durao, Solange; Hawkes, Corinna (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. * ...
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    Task shifting: The answer to the human resources crisis in Africa? 

    Lehmann, Uta; Van Damme, Wim; Barten, Francoise; Sanders, David (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 ...
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    Research to action to address inequities: The experience of the Cape Town Equity Gauge 

    Scott, Vera; Stern, Ruth; Sanders, David; Reagon, Gavin; Mathews, Verona (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 ...
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    Chronic non-communicable diseases 

    Puoane, Thandi; Tsolekile, Lungiswa; Sanders, David; Parker, Whadiah (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 ...
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    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 

    Puoane, Thandi; Katie, Cuming; Sanders, David; Ashworth, Ann (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 ...
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    Evaluation of how integrated HIV and TB programs are implemented in South Africa and the implications for rural-urban equity 

    Scott, Vera; Sanders, David (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 ...
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    Training nurses to save lives of malnourished children 

    Puoane, Thandi; Sanders, David; Ashworth, Ann; Ngumbela, Modesta (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 ...
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    Coverage of child health services in rural districts of Ethiopia with the health services extension program 

    Woldie, Mirkuzie; Morankar, Sudhakar Narayan; Feyissa, Garumma T.; Labonte, Ronald; Sanders, David (Academic Journals, 2015)
    Improving access to health care services has been advocated widely since the Declaration of Alma-Ata. Despite the efforts to realize this in Ethiopia, it is only in the year 2003 that the intention to take the package of ...
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    The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study 

    Medhanyie, Araya; Kifle, Yohannes; Schaay, Nikki; Sanders, David; Roman, Blanco; Dinant, Geertjan; Berhane, Yemane (BioMed Central, 2012)
    BACKGROUND: Community health workers are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. Since 2003 the government of Ethiopia has been deploying specially trained new cadres of community based health workers ...
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    Is the Alma Ata vision of comprehensive primary health care viable? Findings from an international project 

    Labonte, Ronald; Sanders, David; Packer, Corinne; Schaay, Nikki (Co-Action Publishing, 2014)
    BACKGROUND: The 4-year (2007 2011) Revitalizing Health for All international research program (http://www. globalhealthequity.ca/projects/proj_revitalizing/index.shtml) supported 20 research teams located in 15 ...
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