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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 ...
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 ...
Risk factors for Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers. A first report from a living systematic review and meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2022)
Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus in-
fectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID-
19 among HCWs. ...
Public risk perception and behaviours towards COVID-19 during the first and second waves in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Objectives To describe changes in public risk perception
and risky behaviours during the first wave (W1) and
second wave (W2) of COVID-19 in Nigeria, associated
factors and observed trend of the outbreak.
Design A ...
They push their products through me: health professionals’ perspectives on and exposure to marketing of commercial milk formula in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa – a qualitative study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2022)
Objective To understand the views of public and private
sector health professionals on commercial milk formula,
to describe their exposure to companies that market
commercial milk formula within their workplaces and ...
Women’s use of non-conventional herbal uterotonic in pregnancy and labour: Evidence from birth attendants
(BMC, 2022)
Over the years, governments and stakeholders have implemented various policies/programmes to
improve maternal health outcomes in low-middle-income countries. In Ghana, Community Health Ofcers were
trained as midwives to ...
Legislation and policies for the right to maternity protection in South Africa: A fragmented state of affairs
(SAGE Publications, 2022)
Maternity protection rights incorporate comprehensive benefits that should be available to pregnant or
breastfeeding working women.To describe South Africa’s maternity protection legal and policy landscape and compare it ...
Whole-of-community interventions that address alcohol-related harms: Protocol for a scoping review
(BMC, 2022)
Alcohol-related harm is a rising global
concern particularly in low-income and middle-income
countries where alcohol use fuels the high rates of
violence, road traffic accidents and is a risk factor
for communicable ...
Measuring Mental Wellness of Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Instruments
(Front. Psycho, 2022)
Objective: Mental health is critical to the healthy development of adolescents. However, mental health encompasses more than the absence of mental illness; and should include indicators of mental wellness. A critical review ...
Scaling up improved inpatient treatment of evere Malnutrition: Key Factors and Experiences From South Africa, Bolivia, Malawi, and Ghana"
(Global health, 2022)
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) can have high mortality, especially in very ill children treated in the hospital. Many medical
and nursing schools do not adequately, if at all, teach how to
manage children with SAM. There ...