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South Africa: Challenges and successes of the COVID-19 lockdown
(Elsevier, 2020)
At the beginning of March 2020, South Africa (59 million inhabitants) was hit by the pandemic of COVID-19 and soon became the most affected country in Africa by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. From one single case on March 5th, the ...
The Impact of Health Disparities on COVID-19 Outcomes: Early Findings from a High-Income Country and Two Middle-Income Countries
(Springer, 2021)
The SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has affected lives, with very adverse outcomes
in specific populations in the United States of America (USA), a high-income country, and two ...
Information security at South African universities-Implications for biomedical research
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
In South Africa, a similar regulation strategy to
the European Union General Data Protection
Regulation, called the Protection of Personal
Information Act (No 4 of 2013) (POPIA), will be
implemented, with a view to ...
Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa’s provinces, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global burden of disease 2019 Study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Over the last 30 years, South Africa
has experienced four ’colliding epidemics’ of HIV and
tuberculosis, chronic illness and mental health, injury and
violence, and maternal, neonatal, and child mortality,
which have ...
Psychosocial reintegration following traumatic spinal cord injury in South Africa: The influence of employment, injury characteristics and living situation
(The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine,, 2022)
1Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Stellenbosch University, Cape
Town, South Africa, 2Department of Physiotherapy, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Objectives: ...
Assessing the relationship between youth capabilities and food security: A case study of a rainwater harvesting project in South Africa
(AJOL, 2015)
Rainwater harvesting presents a viable option for securing water availability in order to increase food production. The study focuses on rural youth in Luphisi and Dwaleni villages in the Mpumalanga Province and considers ...
Modeling the geographic spread and proliferation of invasive alien plants (IAPs) into new ecosystems using multi-source data and multiple predictive models in the Heuningnes catchment, South Africa
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)
The geographic spread and proliferation of Invasive Alien Plants (IAPs) into new ecosystems
requires accurate, constant, and frequent monitoring particularly under the changing climate to
ensure the integrity and resilience ...
Forest canopy gaps offer a window into the future: The case of subtropical coastal forests within an urban matrix in South Africa
(INST NACIONAL INVESTIGACION TECHNOLOGIA AGRARIA ALIMENTARIA, 2021)
Alien and indigenous species emergence patterns within canopy gaps in urban subtropical forests are poorly understood.
This study compared canopy gap floristics in relation to abiotic and physical characteristics across ...
Mathematical modeling and impact analysis of the use of COVID alert SA app
(AIMS Press, 2022)
The human life-threatening novel Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona-virus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) has lasted for over a year escalating and posing simultaneous anxiety day-by-day globally since its first report in the late ...
Continuous professional development for public sector pharmacists in South Africa: A case study of mapping competencies in a pharmacists’ preceptor programme
(MPDI, 2020)
Lifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in
therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional development
(CPD) was mandated (2019) for ...