Browsing School of Public Health by Subject "Population health"
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Beyond vulnerable groups: contexts and dyamics of vulnerability
(Sage Publications, 2013)This paper reviews approaches to vulnerability in public health, introducing a series of 10 papers addressing vulnerability in health in Africa. We understand vulnerability as simultaneously a condition and a process. ... -
Development of the health system in the Western Cape: experiences since 1994
(Health Systems Trust (HST), 2017)Provincial governments in South Africa have a critical responsibility in terms of population health, yet few provincial-level analyses of health-system development have been undertaken. This chapter reports on research ... -
The role of 'hidden' community volunteers in community-based health service delivery platforms: examples from sub-Saharan Africa
(Co-Action Publishing, 2015)Community-based research on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa has focussed on the increased provision of curative health services by a formalised cadre of lay community health workers (CHWs), but we have identified a ...