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Assessing the preparedness of primary healthcare facilities for the implementation of universal test and treat in uThukela District, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Public Health
Background The availability of HIV guidelines, infrastructure, essential medicines and diagnostic tests for HIV services is a prerequisite to effective universal test-and-treat (UTT) services.
Edward Nicol, Debbie Bradshaw, Wisdom Basera, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Eunice Turawa, Thubelihle Mathole   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pre- and in-service training of health care workers on immunization data management in LMICs: a scoping review

Human Resources for Health, 2019
Background Healthcare providers (HCPs) are recognized as one of the cornerstones and drivers of health interventions. Roles such as documentation of patient care, data management, analysing, interpreting and appropriate use of data are key to ending ...
Edward Nicol, Eunice Turawa, George Bonsu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

HIV/AIDS profile in the provinces of South Africa, 2002

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2003
No abstract available.
Debbie Bradshaw
doaj   +1 more source

The importance of including manner of (injury) death on the death notification form

South African Medical Journal, 2023
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P Groenewald, R Matzopoulos, E Afonso, D Bradshaw   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]

, 2014
objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Bartram, Jamie, Bonjour, Sofie, Bruce, Gordon, Cairncross, Sandy, Clasen, Tom, Colford Jr, John, Cumming, Oliver, Curtis, Val, Dangour, Alan, De France, Jennifer, Fewtrell, Lorna, Freeman, Matthew, Hunter, Paul, Johnston, Richard, Mathers, Colin, Medlicott, Kate, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Neira, Maria, Prüss-Ustün, Annette, Stocks, Meredith, Wolf, Jennyfer   +20 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
wiley   +1 more source

A primary health care Re-Engineering approach to enhance PrEP initiation and adherence among high-risk, sexually active adolescents and young adults in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

BMC Public Health
Objective This study explores the decentralisation of PrEP services through primary health care (PHC) re-engineering structures such as schools, pharmacies, youth zones, community halls, and mobile clinics to improve PrEP uptake and adherence among ...
Thubelihle Mathole, Jeannine Uwimana Nicol, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Eunice Turawa, Wisdom Basera, Noluntu Funani, Edward Nicol   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multimorbidity patterns in South Africa: A latent class analysis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionSouth Africa has the largest burden of HIV worldwide and has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases; the combination of which may lead to diseases clustering in ways that are not seen in other regions.
Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney, Brian van Wyk, Annibale Cois, Annibale Cois, Victoria Pillay van-Wyk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated control of chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem: A review [PDF]

, 2015
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America.
Segura, Elsa Leonor, Sosa-Estani, Sergio Alejandro   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Personalized Selumetinib Dosing in Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Insights From a Pilot Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate selumetinib exposure using therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas (PN), assess interpatient pharmacokinetic variability, and explore the relationship between drug exposure, clinical response, and adverse effects.
Janka Kovács, Zoltán Köllő, Balázs Gellért Karvaly, Mahmoud Obeidat, Rita Nagy, Péter Hegyi, Brigitta Teutsch, Eszter Tuboly, Miklós Garami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source