Browsing by Author "Doherty, Tanya"
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Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 2000
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Feeley, Alison; Doherty, Tanya; Faber, Mieke (BMC, 2023)Background Recommended breastfeeding practices contribute to improved health of infants, young children, and mothers. Access to comprehensive maternity protection would enable working women to breastfeed for longer. Women ... -
Maternity protection entitlements for non‑standard workers in low‑and‑middle‑income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: A scoping review of research since 2000
Pereira‑Kotze, Catherine; Feeley, Alison; Doherty, Tanya (BMC, 2023)Recommended breastfeeding practices contribute to improved health of infants, young children, and mothers. Access to comprehensive maternity protection would enable working women to breastfeed for longer. Women working ... -
Maternity protection for female non‑standard workers in South Africa: The case of domestic workers
Pereira‑Kotze, Catherine; Doherty, Tanya; Faber, Mieke (BMC, 2022)Many women work in positions of non-standard employment, with limited legal and social protec‑ tion. Access to comprehensive maternity protection for all working women could ensure that all women and children can access ... -
Missed opportunities for participation in prevention of mother to child transmission programmes: Simplicity of nevirapine does not necessarily lead to optimal uptake, a qualitative study
Nkonki, Lungiswa L.; Doherty, Tanya; Hill, Zelee; Chopra, Mickey; Schaay, Nikki; Kendall, Carl (BioMed Central, 2007)Background: The objective of this study was to examine missed opportunities for participation in a prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme in three sites in South Africa. A rapid anthropological ... -
The need to incorporate the impact of population ageing into the postCOVID-19 policy and planning reset in low and middle income countries
Solanki, Geetesh; Kelly, Gabrielle; Doherty, Tanya (Taylor & Francis, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to widen the health care demand-supply gap, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The virus has had the greatest impact on older persons in terms of morbidity and mortality, ... -
"Nothing new": responses to the introduction of antiretroviral drugs in South Africa
Chopra, Mickey; Kendall, Carl; Hill, Zelee; Schaay, Nikki; Nkonki, Lungiswa L.; Doherty, Tanya (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006)Interviews conducted in South Africa found that awareness of antiretroviral therapy was generally poor. Antiretroviral drugs were not perceived as new, but one of many alternative therapies for HIV/AIDS. Respondents ... -
Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa
Jackson, Debra; Naik, Reshma; Doherty, Tanya; Tabana, Hanani; Pillay, Mogiluxmi; Madurai, Savathee; Zembe, Wanga (International Aids Society, 2013)INTRODUCTION: Lack of universal, annual testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in health facilities suggests that expansion of HIV testing and counselling (HTC) to non-clinical settings is critical to the achievement ... -
Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries
Doherty, Tanya; Engebretsen, Ingunn Marie S; Tylleskär, Thorkild (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)Over the past three decades, the increase in funding for priority public health issues largely affecting low/middle-income countries (LMICs) has led to the growth in international research involving researchers or ... -
Reduction in Child mortality in Niger
Hercot, David; Doherty, Tanya; Hongoro, Charles; Van Damme, Wim; Sanders, David (Elsevier, 2013)The Article by Agbessi Amouzou and colleagues1 is a welcome effort to document the successful reduction in the under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in Niger. Amouzou and colleagues suggest that universal access to primary health ... -
The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa
Leon, Natalie; Sanders, David; Damme, Wim Van; Besada, Donela; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Oliphant, Nicholas P.; Berzal, Rocio; Mason, John; Doherty, Tanya (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 ... -
Roles played by community cadres to support retention in PMTCT Option B+ in four African countries: a qualitative rapid appraisal
Besada, Donela; Goga, Ameena; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Rohde, Sarah; Chinkonde, Jacqueline Rose; Villeneuve, Susie; Clarysse, Guy; Raphaely, Nika; Okokwu, Steve; Tumwesigye, Nathan; Daries, Nathalie; Doherty, Tanya (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)OBJECTIVES To explore the roles of community cadres in improving access to and retention in care for PMTCT (prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV) services in the context of PMTCT Option B+ treatment scale-up in ... -
Setting research priorities for preconception care in low- and middle -income countries: Aiming to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity
Dean, S.; Rudan, I.; Doherty, Tanya (Public Library of Science, 2013)Preconception care means providing care before pregnancy is established. Women and couples of reproductive age are generally unaware of the effects that their own health conditions and healthrelated behaviors may have ... -
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Nkonki, Lungiswa; Ijumba, Petrida; Doherty, Tanya; Lawn, Joy E.; Owen, Helen; Jackson, Debra; Tomlinson, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2017)In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ... -
South-Africa (Goodstart III) trial: community-based maternal and newborn care economic analysis
Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Nkonki, Lungiswa L.; Ijumba, Petrida; Doherty, Tanya; Lawn, Joy E.; Owen, Helen; Jackson, Debra; Tomlinson, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2017)In light of South Africa’s generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic coupled with high infant mortality, we undertook a cluster Randomized Control Trial (2008–10) assessing the effect of Community Health Worker (CHW) antenatal and ... -
Stemming commercial milk formula marketing: Now is the time for radical transformation to build resilience for breastfeeding
Doherty, Tanya; Horwood, Christiane; Pereira-Kotze, Catherine (Elsevier, 2023)One of the striking messages of the Lancet Breastfeeding Series1–3 is that the consumption of commercial milk formula (CMF) by infants and young children has been normalised. More children are consuming CMF than ever ... -
Strategies to improve male involvement in PMTCT Option B+ in four African countries: a qualitative rapid appraisal
Besada, Donela; Rohde, Sarah; Goga, Ameena; Raphaely, Nika; Daviaud, Emmanuelle; Ramokolo, Vundli; Magasana, Vuyolwethu; Noveve, Nobuntu; Doherty, Tanya (Taylor & Francis Open, 2016)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends that antiretroviral therapy be started as soon as possible, irrespective of stage of HIV infection. This ‘test and treat’ approach highlights the need to ensure that men ... -
Strengthening the capabilities of families and communities to improve child health in low and middle income countries
Prost, Audrey; Sanders, David; Costello, Anthony; Vogel, Joanna; Baqui, Abdullah H; Nair, Nirmala; Romedenne, Magali; Chitnis, Ketan; Bisoborwa, Geoffrey; Doherty, Tanya (BMJ, 2018)The concept of community involvement in delivery of healthcare gained prominence after the 1978 Alma Ata conference on primary care. Many countries established large scale community health worker programmes with paid or ... -
Testing together challenges the relationship': Consequences of HIV Testing as a couple in a High HIV prevalence setting in Rural South Africa
Tabana, Hanani; Doherty, Tanya; Jackson, Debra; Rubenson, Birgitta; Ekström, Anna Mia; Thorson, Anna (Public Library of Science, 2013)OBJECTIVE: We conducted qualitative individual and combined interviews with couples to explore their experiences since the time of taking an HIV test and receiving the test result together, as part of a home-based HIV ... -
‘To be a woman is to make a plan’: a qualitative study exploring mothers’ experiences of the Child Support Grant in supporting children’s diets and nutrition in South Africa
Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Surender, Rebecca; Sanders, David; Swart, Rina; Ramokolo, Vundli; Wright, Gemma; Doherty, Tanya (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)Food security and good nutrition are key determinants of child well-being. There is strong evidence that cash transfers such as South Africa’s Child Support Grant (CSG) have the potential to help address some of the ... -
Utilisation of private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries in five rural district public hospitals in South Africa: A mixed-methods study
Doherty, Tanya; Solanki, Geetesh; Daviaud, Emmanuelle (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)Researching how public–private engagements may promote universal access to safe obstetric care including caesarean delivery is essential. The aim of this research was to document the utilisation of private general pr ...