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Trends and inequities in amenable mortality between 1997 and 2012 in South Africa
(South African Medical Journal, 2019)
Background. Amenable mortality comprises causes of death that should not occur with timely and effective healthcare. It is commonly used to assess healthcare performance. It could also be used to assess the effectiveness ...
The whole is more than the sum of the parts: establishing an enabling health system environment for reducing acute child malnutrition in a rural South African district
(Health Policy and Planning, 2019)
There is a gap in understanding of how national commitments to child nutrition are translated into sub-national implementation. This article is a mixed methods case study of a rural South African health district which ...
The supervisory relationships of community health workers in primary health care: social network analysis of ward-based outreach teams in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa
(BMJ Global Health, 2019)
Introduction Supportive supervision remains a key challenge to the sustainability of community health worker (CHW) programmes globally. The aim of the study was to identify critical actors and patterns of relationships in ...
Integrating community health assistant-driven sexual and reproductive health services in the community health system in Nyimba district in Zambia: Mapping key actors, points of integration, and conditions shaping the process
(Reproductive Health, 2019)
Introduction: Although large scale public sector community health worker programs have been key in providing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services in low- A nd middle-income countries, their integration process ...
Assessing geographical inequity in availability of hospital services under the state-funded universal health insurance scheme in Chhattisgarh state, India, using a composite vulnerability index
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Background: Countries are increasingly adopting health insurance schemes for achieving
Universal Health Coverage. India’s state-funded health insurance scheme covers hospital care
provided by ‘empanelled’ private and ...
Perceptions and experiences of frontline health managers and providers on accountability in a South African health district
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Public primary health care and district health systems play important roles in expanding healthcare access and promoting equity. This study explored and described accountability for this mandate as perceived and experienced ...
Patterns of authorship on community health workers in low-and-middle-income countries: an analysis of publications (2012–2016)
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
INTRODUCTION Studies of authorship provide a barometer
of local research capacity and ownership of research,
considered key to defining appropriate research priorities,
developing contextualised responses to health ...
Addressing social determinants of health in South Africa: the journey continues
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
With the recent change from the Millennium Development Goals to
the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals, the focus of the global
development agenda is expanding: there is attention on a broader set of
social determinants ...
Monitoring and evaluation of sports as a tool in HIV/AIDS awareness programmes: Experiences of five selected Non- Governmental Organisations in South Africa
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)
Sport has increasingly been used as a vehicle for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) awareness programmes, and the use of monitoring
and evaluation (M&E) has become evident in the ...
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)
Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ...