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Inefficient procurement processes undermine access to medicines in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2017)
BACKGROUND. South Africa (SA) has experienced several stock-outs of life-saving medicines for the treatment of major chronic infectious
and non-communicable diseases in the public sector.
OBJECTIVE. To identify the causes ...
Monitoring food and non-alcoholic beverage promotions to children
(Wiley, 2013)
Food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing is recognized as an important
factor influencing food choices related to non-communicable
diseases. The monitoring of populations’ exposure to food and nonalcoholic
beverage ...
Monitoring foods and beverages provided and sold in public sector settings
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
This paper outlines a step-wise framework for monitoring foods and
beverages provided or sold in publicly funded institutions. The focus is
on foods in schools, but the framework can also be applied to foods
provided ...
Monitoring the price and affordability of foods and diets globally
(John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
Food prices and food affordability are important determinants of food
choices, obesity and non-communicable diseases. As governments around
the world consider policies to promote the consumption of healthier foods,
data ...
What is the difference between comprehensive and selective primary health care? Evidence from a five-year longitudinal realist case study in South Australia
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
BACKGROUND Since the WHO’s Alma Ata Declaration on
Primary Health Care (PHC) there has been debate about
the advisability of adopting comprehensive or selective
PHC. Proponents of the latter argue that a more ...
Child mortality in South Africa: Is the Sustainable Development Goal (3.2) target achievable with current efforts?
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2018)
The two articles by Bamford et al.[1,2] in the recent
SAMJ Maternal and Child Health Supplement present trends in
inpatient case fatality rates for diarrhoeal disease, pneumonia and
severe acute malnutrition (SAM), and ...
Costs of implementing integrated community case management (iCCM) in six African countries: implications for sustainability
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2017)
BACKGROUND Sub–Saharan Africa still reports the highest rates of under–
five mortality. Low cost, high impact interventions exist, however
poor access remains a challenge. Integrated community case management
(iCCM) was ...
Lenses and levels: the why, what and how of measuring health system drivers of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health with a governance focus
(BMJ, 2019)
Health systems are critical for health outcomes as they
underpin intervention coverage and quality, promote users’
rights and intervene on the social determinants of health.
Governance is essential for health system ...
The ‘community’ in community case management of childhood illnesses in Malawi
(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 ...
‘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
(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 ...