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Government by grants: The post-pandemic politics of welfare
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020)
In April 2020, with South Africa in national lockdown, president Cyril
Ramaphosa announced the Covid-19 relief program on a scale he called
‘historic’. He affirmed that the state would not only reestablish the economy
but ...
AIDS activism and globalisation from below: Occupying new spaces of citizenship in post-apartheid South Africa
(Institute of Development Studies, 2004)
Former President Nelson Mandela, Bono, Peter
Gabriel and other superstars stood together on the
stage at Greenpoint StadiuminCape Town in front
of billions of television viewers around the world,
watching the “46664”music ...
Women’s perceptions and reflections of male partners and couple dynamics in family planning adoption in selected urban slums in Nigeria: A qualitative exploration
(BMC, 2014)
Nigeria is one of the countries where significant progress has not been recorded in contraceptive
uptake despite decades of family planning programs while there are indications that slum dwellers may differ
significantly ...
Reasons why insured consumers co-pay for medicines at retail pharmacies in Pretoria, South Africa
(AOSIS, 2019)
Costly prescription medicines with existing cheaper alternatives tend to be
purchased by medically insured consumers of healthcare. In South Africa medical scheme
members pay higher out-of-pocket payments for medicines ...
Covid-19 among adults living with HIV: Correlates of mortality among public sector healthcare users in Western Cape, South Africa
(Wiley, 2023)
Introduction: While a large proportion of people with HIV (PWH) have experienced SARS-CoV-2 infections, there is uncertainty
about the role of HIV disease severity on COVID-19 outcomes, especially in lower-income settings. ...
Learning to be a health activist
(José Frantz, 2020)
In 2009, Professor Alan Christoffels from the South African National Bioinformatics Institute and Professor Trish Struthers from the School of Public Health decided to join forces on a multidisciplinary project aimed at ...
An exploration of community-based services and resources available to boost the capabilities of aids-orphaned adolescents and primary caregivers to achieve emotional and psychosocial wellbeing
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2023)
Children and families affected by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) often struggle to achieve their valuable goals due to experiences of
stigma and discrimination, lack of socioeconomic support, and unattended
grief ...
A systematic review regarding caregiving relationships of adolescents orphaned by aids and primary caregivers
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2022)
Statement of the Problem: Research and aid organisations report that children and adolescents orphaned due to
HIV and AIDS are particularly vulnerable as they are often exposed to negative effects of both HIV and AIDS and ...
"it's very genuine": The perceptions of stakeholders on the primary caregiving relationships of adolescents orphaned by AIDS and grandmothers
(2023)
Adolescents orphaned through Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are at higher risk of poor
developmental outcomes due to the trauma caused by the parent’s AIDS related illness and resultant death,
lack of stable ...