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Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food
security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal
and Child Health survey was conducted ...
Unmasking power as foundational to research on sexual and reproductive health and rights
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
Relations of power are intrinsic to the social
determinants of sexual and reproductive
health (SRH); they influence the content,
quality and outcomes of SRH care; and they
shape the negotiation and realisation of
sexual ...
School food environment in urban Zambia: A qualitative analysis of drivers of adolescent food choices and their policy implications
(MDPI, 2022)
Identifying context specific points for reforming policy to promote healthier food environments and consumer behavior in critical life stages like adolescence is crucial in addressing the double
burden of malnutrition. ...
Is there risk compensation among HIV infected youth and adults 15 years and older on antiretroviral treatment in South Africa? Findings from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour and communication survey
(MDPI, 2022)
In this paper, risk compensation among individuals on antiretroviral therapy (ART),
using the 2017 South African national survey on HIV, is explored. A multi-stage stratified cluster
random sampling approach was used to ...
The HIV epidemic in South Africa: Key findings from 2017 national population-based survey
(MDPI, 2022)
South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV worldwide. South Africa
has implemented five population-based HIV prevalence surveys since 2002 aimed at understanding
the dynamics and the trends of the ...
Optimising scale and deployment of community health workers in Sierra Leone: a geospatial analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Little is known about strategies for
optimising the scale and deployment of community health
workers (CHWs) to maximise geographic accessibility of
primary healthcare services.We used data from a national georeferenced
census ...
The landscape of Covid-19 vaccination in Zimbabwe: A narrative review and analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the programme
(MDPI, 2022)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges for the population.
The advent of national COVID-19 vaccination programmes was therefore welcome as a key control
strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic, as ...
Establishing accelerometer cut-points to classify walking speed in people post stroke
(MDPI, 2022)
While accelerometers could be used to monitor important domains of walking in daily
living (e.g., walking speed), the interpretation of accelerometer data often relies on validation studies
performed with healthy ...
Applying and comparing various nutrient profiling models against the packaged food supply in South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)
This study aimed to apply the newly developed Chile Adjusted Model
(CAM) nutrient profiling model (NPM) to the food supply in South Africa (SA) and
compare its performance against existing NPM as an indication of suitability ...
‘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 ...