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How equitable is the scaling up of HIV service provision in South Africa?
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2005)OBJECTIVES. To assess the extent of inequalities in availability and utilisation of HIV services across South Africa. DESIGN. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Setting. Three districts reflecting different socio-econ ... -
How gender is socially constructed in policy making processes: a case study of the adolescent and youth health policy in South Africa
(International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023)Background: Gender equality remains an outstanding global priority, more than 25 years after the landmark Beijing Platform for Action. The disconnect between global health policy intentions and implementation is shaped by ... -
How institutional forces, ideas and actors shaped population health planning in Australian regional primary health care organisations
(BioMed Central, 2018)BACKGROUND: Worldwide, there are competing norms driving health system changes and reorganisation. One such norm is that of health systems’ responsibilities for population health as distinct from a focus on clinical ... -
How invariant is South African child poverty to the choice of equivalence scale or poverty measure?
(Stellenbosch University, 2008)This paper offers evidence on the sensitivity of child poverty in South Africa to changes in the Adult Equivalence Scale (AES) and updates the child poverty profile based on the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06. ... -
How language challenges affect the behaviour of immigrant learners in the foundation phase at three schools in Gauteng, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2020)The education of immigrant children is influenced by many factors that emanate from global socio-economic and political issues. In the South African education system, teachers do not have guidelines on how to include ... -
How loud is too loud? Competing rights to religious freedom and property and the Muslim call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)This article approaches the position of the call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa from the perspective of both legislation and case law. Although only an unamplified adhan has religious status in Islam, Muslim ... -
How loud is too loud? Competing rights to religious freedom and property and the Muslim call to prayer (Adhan or Azan) in South Africa
(MPDI, 2021)This article approaches the position of the call to prayer (adhan or azan) in South Africa from the perspective of both legislation and case law. Although only an unamplified adhan has religious status in Islam, Muslim ... -
How many species of angulate tortoises occur in Southern Africa? (Testudines: Testudinidae: Chersina)
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)Using range-wide sampling and 1,143 bp of mtDNA (cytochrome b gene) and 14 microsatellite loci, we examined genetic differentiation in the widely distributed Southern African angulate tortoise (Chersina angulata). We found ... -
How much leaf area do insects eat? A data set of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol
(Ecological Society of America, 2021)Herbivory is ubiquitous. Despite being a potential driver of plant distribution and performance, herbivory remains largely undocumented. Some early attempts have been made to review, globally, how much leaf area is removed ... -
How open data and interdisciplinary collaboration improve our understanding of space weather: A risk and resiliency perspective
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Space weather refers to conditions around a star, like our Sun, and its interplanetary space that may affect space- and ground-based assets as well as human life. Space weather can manifest as many different phenomena, often ... -
‘How participatory institutions deepen democracy through broadening representation: the case of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil’
(Berghahn, 2014-06)Abstract: At the same time as democracy has ‘triumphed’ in most of the world, it leaves many unsatisfied at the disjuncture between the democratic ideal and its practical expression. Participatory practices and institutions, ... -
How prepared are Social Work Practitioners for beginners' practice? Reflections of newly qualified BSW graduates
(SUN, 2013)The establishment of social work qualifications in South Africa emerged at a few universities from 1937 onwards (Earle, 2008; Nicholas, Rautenbach & Maistry, 2010; Potgieter, 1998). In accordance with Section 18A (1) of ... -
How school libraries improve literacy: some evidence from the trenches
(Unisa Press, 2013)The article comes out of a panel discussion, featuring five teacher-librarians, which was broadcast to schools across the Western Cape Province of South Africa in 2011. Four of the panelists are graduates of the University ... -
How should the most evil of law breakers be punished: The death penalty vs life imprisonment in Uganda, 1993 – 2009
(The Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC), 2011)Article 22(1) of 1995 Constitution of Uganda protects the right to life and provides that it can only be taken away in the ‘execution of a sentence passed in a fair trial by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect ... -
How should universities play the game? Role of the academic sector in sport for development and peace in South Africa
(North-West University, 2017)Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) refers to the use of sport to promote varied outcomes on and beyond the playing field. It encompasses a range of initiatives and stakeholders including multilateral agencies, governments ... -
How social media can tell the world about university research
(José Frantz, 2020)Research impact is primarily measured by publication in high-ranking journals, the majority of which are in English. This narrow measurement focusing on scientific journals, together with exclusionary language policies, impedes ... -
How social security policies and economic transformation affect poverty and inequality: Lessons for South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)This article examines how various characteristics of social and economic policy frameworks affect poverty and inequality levels in developing countries, principally in Botswana and Mauritius. The research findings suggest ... -
How South African families protected themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
(MDPI, 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia’— ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19)—in Wuhan City, the People’s Republic of China on 31 December 2019. To curb the spread of the ... -
How to build science-action partnerships for local land-use planning and management: Lessons from Durban, South Africa
(Resilience Alliance, 2016)The gap between scientific knowledge and implementation in the fields of biodiversity conservation, environmental management, and climate change adaptation has resulted in many calls from practitioners and academics to ... -
How to develop IoT cloud e-health systems based on fiware: A lesson learnt
(MDPI AG, 2020)Nowadays, the penetration of sensors and actuators in different application fields is revolutionizing all aspects of our daily life. One of the major sectors that is taking advantage of such cutting-edge cheap smart ...