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Taking stock of 10 years of published research on the ASHA programme: Examining India’s national community health worker programme from a health systems perspective
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019)
Background: As India’s accredited social health activist (ASHA) community health worker (CHW) programme enters its second decade, we take stock of the research undertaken and whether it examines the health systems interfaces ...
Strategic leadership capacity building for Sub-Saharan African health systems and public health governance: a multi-country assessment of essential competencies and optimal design for a Pan African DrPH
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
Leadership capacity needs development and nurturing at all levels for strong health systems governance
and improved outcomes. The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) is a professional, interdisciplinary terminal
degree focused ...
Human rights implications of mandatory premarital HIV testing in Nigeria
(International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 2010-04)
This article considers the implications of public health policy on the enjoyment of individuals’ fundamental rights. It specifically examines the appropriateness of mandatory premarital human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ...
The Ebola Virus and Human Rights Concerns in Africa
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2015)
In the wake of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) that is ravaging parts of Africa certain measures are being taken by governments to prevent the spread of the epidemic within their borders. Some of these measures are drastic ...
Exploring multiple job holding practices of academics in public health training institutions from three sub-Saharan Africa countries: drivers, impact, and regulation
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The paper examines external multiple job holding practices in public health training institutions based in prominent public universities in three sub-Saharan Africa countries (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mozambique).
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Capacity-building for a strong public health nutrition workforce in lowresource countries
(World Health Organization, 2017)
Neglected for several decades, nutrition is now firmly on the development
agenda. Important landmarks are the
initiation of the Scaling Up Nutrition
movement in 2010; the adoption by
the World Health Assembly of ...
Assessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaAssessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Biomed CentralBiomed Central, 2013)
Background: Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period
(first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition of illness facilitated by community health ...
Chronic pain in the community: A survey in a township in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Medpharm Publications, 2011)
Background: Comprehensive information is needed on the epidemiology and burden of chronic pain in the population for
the development of appropriate health interventions. This study aimed to determine the prevalence, ...
Status of undergraduate community-based and public-health physiotherapy education in South Africa
(SA Society of Physiotherapy, 2013)
Curricula of health education institutions therefore need to
be periodically revised to be aligned with its context. This study explored the
status physiotherapy curricula in South Africa (SA) as point of departure ...
Risk factors for incident HIV infection among antenatal mothers in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
(Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2016)
The prevalence of HIV among antenatal clients in South Africa has remained at a very high rate
of about 29% despite substantial decline in several sub-Saharan countries. There is a paucity of data on risk
factors for ...