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Drug-resistant tuberculosis patient care journeys in South Africa: A pilot study using routine laboratory data
(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), 2020)
hirteen districts in Eastern Cape (EC), KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Western Cape (WC) Provinces, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To pilot a methodology for describing and visualising healthcare journeys among drug-resistant tuberculosis ...
Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: An exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa
(BMC, 2021)
With the aim to support further understanding of scaling up and sustaining digital health, we explore
digital health solutions that have or are anticipated to reach national scale in South Africa: the Perinatal ...
The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision
of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified
a ...
No one knows what will happen after these five years': narratives of ART, access and agency in Nigeria
(Sage Publications, 2013)
Rural Nigerians pursue a range of strategies to maximize current and future access to HIV treatment in the context of securing livelihoods and minimizing the social and economic risks of stigma. This study reports on ...
Integrated community case management of childhood illness in low- and middle-income countries
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2021)
The leading causes of mortality globally in children younger than five years of age (under-fives), and particularly in the regions of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and Southern Asia, in 2018 were infectious diseases, including ...
Adolescent health in the sustainable development goal era: Are we aligned for multisectoral action?
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
Adolescents are an increasing proportion of low and middle-income country populations. Their coming of age is foundational for health behaviour, as well as social and productive citizenship. We mapped intervention areas ...
Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
(AOSIS, 2021)
People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries,
experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. At times of
disasters and emergencies, people with ...
Information for human resource management
(Health Systems Trust, 2005)
This chapter emphasises the need for a routine information system for Human Resources Management (HRM). It provides an assessment of
the current information system for HRM using a case study approach. It
also outlines a ...
Lay health workers and HIV programmes: Implications for health systems
(Routledge, 2010)
One of the consequences of massive investment in antiretroviral access and other AIDS programmes has been the
rapid emergence of large numbers of lay workers in the health systems of developing countries. In South ...
Unlocking scal space of expanding the health workforce in district health systems in Uganda in the context of PEPFAR transition
(University of the Western Cape, 2021-03)
Although expanding fiscal space for health worker recruitments could reduce workforce shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa, effective strategies for achieving this are still unclear. We aimed to understand the process of ...