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International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)
Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide.
However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent
contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...
Traditional health practitioners’ perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections
(BMC, 2014)
In South Africa, traditional health practitioners’ (THPs) explanatory frameworks concerning illness
aetiologies are much researched. However there is a gap in the literature on how THPs understand HIV-related
opportunistic ...
Causes and patterns of morbidity and mortality in Afghanistan: Joint estimation of multiple causes in the neonatal period
(Springer, 2014)
This paper focuses on investigating the leading cause(s) of death and preventable factors in Afghanistan,
using data from verbal autopsies of infant deaths. We are of the view that the presence
of a disease in a person ...
Towards universal health coverage: What are the system requirements for effective large-scale community health worker programmes?
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
Against the background of efforts to strengthen health
systems for universal health coverage and health equity,
many African countries have been relying on lay members
of the community, often referred to as community ...
The association between the body mass index of first-year female university students and their weight-related perceptions and practices, psychological health, physical activity and other physical health indicators
(Cambridge University Press, 2006)
To investigate the association between the weight status of first-year female
students (FYFS) and various weight management-related characteristics to identify
possible components of a weight management programme for ...
Modeling the impact of combined use of Covid Alert SA app and vaccination to curb Covid-19 infections in South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
The unanticipated continued deep-rooted trend of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Corona-virus-2 the originator pathogen of the COVID-19 persists posing concurrent anxiety
globally. More effort is affixed in the ...
Application of consolidated framework for implementation research to improve Clostridioides difficile infection management in district hospitals
(Elsevier, 2022)
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) contributes the global threats of drug resistant infections, healthcare acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance. Yet CDI knowledge among healthcare providers in low-resource ...
A synthesis review of vitamins involved in the fight against Covid-19
(Wiley, 2022)
Although literature studies on earlier viruses such as
the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and
other similar viruses, in terms of treatment of coronavirus
suggested ...
Whole-genome sequencing of African swine fever virus from wild boars in the Kaliningrad region reveals unique and distinguishing genomic mutations
(Frontiers Media, 2023)
Since the first report of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF)
in Georgia in 2007, the disease has expanded into Europe, Russia, and Asia,
spreading rapidly via contact with infected animals including domestic pigs
and ...
A shared agenda for gender and Covid-19 research: Priorities based on broadening engagement in science
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2023)
While the acute and collective crisis from the pandemic is
over, an estimated 2.5million people died from COVID-19
in 2022, tens of millions suffer from long COVID and
national economies still reel from multiple ...