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Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Integrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes into routine health services under complex socio-political and health system conditions is a priority and a challenge. The successful rollout of ...
Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment initiation for multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in six sub-Saharan African countries: A mixed-methods systematic review
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)
Drug-resistant tuberculosis burdens fragile health systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), complicated by high prevalence of HIV. Several African countries reported large gaps between estimated incidence and diagnosed or ...
Perspectives on the psychological and emotional burden of having gestational diabetes amongst low-income women in Cape Town, South Africa
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Background: The diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) may affect women's mental wellbeing, functioning and quality of life, with potentially negative effects on treatment adherence. Identifying and addressing ...
Ease and equity of access to free DR-TB services in Nigeria- a qualitative analysis of policies, structures and processes
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2020)
Introduction: Persistent low rates of case notification and treatment coverage reflect that accessing diagnosis and
treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in Nigeria remains a challenge, even though it is ...
Unpacking vulnerability: towards language that advances understanding and resolution of social inequities in public health
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Our attention was drawn to an important recent paper published in the journal Critical Public Health, which discusses
the use (and misuse) of the word “vulnerable” in public health
research and practice (Katz, Hardy, ...
How to navigate the application of ethics norms in global health research: Refections based on qualitative research conducted with people with disabilities in Uganda
(BMC, 2021)
As Canadian global health researchers who conducted a qualitative study with adults with and with‑
out disabilities in Uganda, we obtained ethics approval from four institutional research ethics boards (two in Canada
and ...
Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: An intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2021)
Emerging from a 20-year armed conflict, Uganda adopted several laws and policies to protect the rights
of people with disabilities, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. However, the SRH rights ...
Disability and sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in Uganda: an intersectional analysis of demographic and health surveys between 2006 and 2016
(BMC public health, 2022)
Background: The United Nations through universal health coverage, including sexual and reproductive health
(SRH), pledges to include all people, leaving no one behind. However, people with disabilities continue to ...
Policy implementation challenges and barriers to access sexual and reproductive health services faced by people with disabilities: An intersectional analysis of policy actors’ perspectives in post-conflict Northern Uganda
(Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022)
Emerging from a 20-year armed conflict, Uganda adopted several laws and policies to protect the rights
of people with disabilities, including their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) rights. However, the SRH rights ...
Integrating gestational diabetes screening and care and Type 2 diabetes mellitus prevention after GDM into community based primary health care in South Africa- mixed method study
(Ubiquity Press, 2022)
Despite high gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevalence in South
Africa (9.1% in 2018), its screening and management are not well integrated into
routine primary health care and poorly linked to post-GDM prevention ...