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Integrating the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV into primary healthcare services after AIDS denialism in South Africa: perspectives of experts and health care workers - a qualitative study
(Springer Nature, 2020)
Integrating Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes into routine health services under complex socio-political and health system conditions is a priority and a challenge. The successful rollout of ...
Strengthening health systems for persons with traumatic spinal cord injury in South Africa and Sweden: a protocol for a longitudinal study of processes and outcomes
(Frontiers Media, 2018)
BACKGROUND: The provision of specialized care in a time-sensitive manner has shown
to be crucial for survival and recovery of functioning after a traumatic spinal cord injury
(TSCI). However, little is known about the ...
Leadership and the functioning of maternal health services in two rural district hospitals in South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2018)
Maternal mortality remains high in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, despite over 90% of pregnant
women utilizing maternal health services. A recent survey showed wide variation in performance
among districts in the ...
Multiple pathways to scaling up and sustainability: An exploration of digital health solutions in South Africa
(BMC, 2021)
With the aim to support further understanding of scaling up and sustaining digital health, we explore
digital health solutions that have or are anticipated to reach national scale in South Africa: the Perinatal ...
Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
(AOSIS, 2021)
People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries,
experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. At times of
disasters and emergencies, people with ...
‘We had to manage what we had on hand, in whatever way we could’: Adaptive responses in policy for decentralized drug-resistant tuberculosis care in South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2021)
In 2011, the South African National TB Programme launched a policy of decentralized management
of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in order to expand the capacity of facilities to treat patients
with DR-TB, minimize ...
Intervention in mothers and newborns to reduce maternal and perinatal mortality in 3 provinces in South Africa using a quality improvement approach: Protocol for a mixed method type 2 hybrid evaluation
(JMIR Publications, 2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic undermined gains in reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in South Africa. The
Mphatlalatsane Initiative is a health system intervention to reduce mortality and morbidity in women and newborns ...