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Validation of simple dichotomous self-report on prenatal alcohol and other drug use in women attending midwife obstetric units in the Cape Metropole, South Africa
(SAGE, 2020)
Background: This paper examines the degree of agreement among simple dichotomous self-report, validated screening results, and biochemical screening results of prenatal alcohol and other drug use among pregnant women. ...
Reflecting on the current scenario and forecasting the future demand for medical doctors in South Africa up to 2030: towards equal representation of women
(Springer Nature, 2021)
Increasing feminization of medical professions is well-acknowledged. However, this does not always
equate to equitable representation of women within medicine, regarding their socio-demographic indicators, regions,
sectors ...
Tri-infection: Tuberculosis, HIV, COVID-19 and the already strained South African health system
(Elsevier, 2021)
The 30th of May 2021 marks the latest significant national address, where President Cyril Ramaphosa moves the country back into level two lockdown with the hopes of curving the new COVID-19 surge while guarding an improving ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘Lockdown’: Digital and emergency elearning technologies—A student perspective
(MDPI, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent emergency measures had a fundamental
and disruptive impact on societies and, in particular, on the educational sector. The transition of the
modality of educational delivery from ...
Predictors of multiple injuries in individual distance runners: A retrospective study of 75,401 entrants in 4 annual races- safer xxx
(Elsevier, 2022)
There are limited data on factors that predict an increased risk of multiple injuries among distance runners. The objective of this study was to determine risk factors that are predictive of individual runners with a high ...
Maternal mental health and infant neurodevelopment at 6 months in a low-income South African cohort
(Infant Mental Health Journal, 2022)
Maternal mental health disorders and the adverse consequences for infant neurodevelopment have received substantial research attention in high-income countries over the past five decades. In Africa, where relatively little ...