Browsing School of Public Health by Subject "Poverty"

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    • Barriers and facilitating factors to HIV treatment among men in a high-HIV burdened district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study 

      Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni; Jama, Ngcwalisa Amanda; Basera, Wisdom (SAGE Publications, 2022)
      Despite enormous increases in the proportion of people living with HIV accessing treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, major gender disparities persist, with men experiencing lower rates of testing, linkage to treatment, and ...

    • Children, Social Assistance and Food Security 

      Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga; Witten, Chantell; Edlemann, Theresa (The Black Sash, 2021)
      The Child Support Grant (CSG) in South Africa, which is the smallest of all the grants, is currently R460 per month after being increased from R450 in April 2021. This grant needs to cover many basic needs for a child ...

    • The ‘community’ in community case management of childhood illnesses in Malawi 

      Zembe-Mkabile, Wanga Z.; Jackson, Debra; Sanders, David (Taylor & Francis Open Access, 2016)
      : Malawi has achieved a remarkable feat in reducing its under-5 mortality in time to meet its MDG 4 target despite high levels of poverty, low female literacy rates, recurrent economic crises, a severe shortage of human ...

    • Urban poverty in Cape Town 

      de Swardt, Cobus; Puoane, Thandi; Chopra, Mickey; du Toit, Andries (Sage Publications, 2005)
      This paper describes key findings of a household livelihood survey conducted in impoverished African settlements in Cape Town, one of Africa’s wealthiest cities. Poverty in these areas is strongly shaped by the history ...

    • Which eligible households get grants? Demographic correlates of receipt in South Africa 

      Godfrey, Erin B; Gordon, Nia D; Knight, Lucia C (Routledge, 2016)
      Since Apartheid, the South African government transformed and expanded the social grants system to improve the well-being of its vulnerable populations. Despite increased efforts, a sub-section of the grant-eligible ...