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Preceptor reflections on the Community Health clinical rotation for fourth year pharmacy students at the University of the Western Cape
(2019)
This paper describes the community health clinic rotation of the Patient Care Experience programme (PaCE) offered to fourth year pharmacy students (2018) at the University of the Western Cape. Reflections from the collective ...
A post-market quality assessment of first-line, fixed-dose combination antiretrovirals in South Africa
(Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 2019)
South Africa has the world’s largest antiretroviral (ARV) program and despite having stringent upstream medicine’s
regulatory oversight, the post-market reassessment of ARV quality is prohibitively resource intensive. The ...
Genetic landscape of the mitochondrial DNA control region in South African populations
(ScienceDirect, 2019)
A high-quality dataset of the mitochondrial DNA control region sequences was generated with Sanger and next-generation sequencing. The study was aimed at characterizing the maternal genetic ancestry and analyzing the ...
Understanding biobanking : An assessment of the public engagement speaking book intervention Biobanking and Me
(South African Medical Association, 2019)
Meaningful engagement with donors of biological samples intended for human-sample biobanking increases knowledge, and allows donors to make informed decisions. Informed donors provide a platform for public awareness, ...
Clustered data muling in the internet of things in motion
(MDPI, 2019)
This paper considers a case where an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is used to monitor an
area of interest. The UAV is assisted by a Sensor Network (SN), which is deployed in the area such as
a smart city or smart village. ...
Exploring practising pharmacy graduates’ views on improving the effectiveness of pharmacy education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(HEALTH & MEDICAL PUBLISHING GROUP, 2019)
South African health professional education institutions have a mandate to produce graduates who are able to address priority needs of the
healthcare system and larger society. However, evidence of the effective use of ...
Describing medicine therapy management of type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary health care facilities in Cape Town
(AOSIS, 2019)
Rational medicine use aims to optimise chronic disease management and prevent
episodes of hospitalisation that economically burden the health care system. Diabetes mellitus
is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases ...
A weighted bootstrap approach to logistic regression modelling in identifying risk behaviours associated with sexual activity
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)
The latest population estimates released by Statistics South Africa indicate that 25.03% of alldeaths in 2017 in South Africa were AIDS-related. Along with these results, it is also reportedthat 7.06% of the population ...