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Ethical and practical considerations arising from community consultation on implementing controlled human infection studies using Schistosoma mansoni in Uganda

Global Bioethics, 2022
Issues related to controlled human infection studies using Schistosoma mansoni (CHI-S) were explored to ensure the ethical and voluntary participation of potential CHI-S volunteers in an endemic setting in Uganda.
Moses Egesa, Agnes Ssali, Edward Tumwesige, Moses Kizza, Emmanuella Driciru, Fiona Luboga, Meta Roestenberg, Janet Seeley, Alison M. Elliott   +8 more
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Early detection, care and control of hypertension and diabetes in South Africa: A community-based approach

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health concern with raised blood pressure and glucose emerging as leading causes of death and disability.
Sanele Madela, Shamagonam James, Ronel Sewpaul, Siyathokoza Madela, Priscilla Reddy   +4 more
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Book Reviews

SAHARA-J, 2009
Blood-borne HIV: Risks and Prevention By Mariette Correa, David Gisselquist and Deodatta Hari Gore. Hyderabad: Orient Longman Private Ltd. ISBN 13: 978-81-250-3462-9 and ISBN 10: 81-250-3462-5 Reviewed by Shandir Ramlagan.
Shandir Ramlagan
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Book Reviews

SAHARA-J, 2007
AIDS and the Ecology of Poverty Eileen Stillwaggon (2006), Oxford University Press. New York, ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516927-0, & ISBN: 0-19-516927-1, Hardback, 260 pages. Reviewed by Shandir Ramlagan.
Shandir Ramlagan
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Development of an HIV risk reduction counselling intervention for use in South African sexually transmitted infection clinics

SAHARA-J, 2005
South Africa urgently needs HIV prevention interventions that can be disseminated for use in clinical and community settings. A brief theory-based HIV risk reduction counselling intervention originally developed in the USA has recently been adapted for ...
Vuyisile Mathiti, Leickness C. Simbayi, Sean Jooste, Queen Kekana, Xolani P. Nibe, Luvuyo Shasha, Philasande Bidla, Pamela Magubane, Demetria Cain, Charsey Cherry, Seth C. Kalichman   +10 more
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Assistance needed for the integration of orphaned and vulnerable children — views of South African family and community members

SAHARA-J, 2006
Guardianship within families is often regarded as the most viable and preferred option for orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC). However, this will place a considerably increased burden on the new caregivers of these children.
Melvyn Freeman, Nkululeko Nkomo
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HIV prevalence in South Africa through gender and racial lenses: results from the 2012 population-based national household survey

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background In South Africa, persistence of the HIV epidemic and associated gender and racial disparities is a major concern after more than 20 years of democratic dispensation and efforts to create a more healthy and equal society.
M. Mabaso, L. Makola, I. Naidoo, L. L. Mlangeni, S. Jooste, L. Simbayi   +5 more
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Predictors of contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15 to 24 years in South Africa: results from the 2012 national population-based household survey

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background Despite a variety of contraceptives being available for women in South Africa, a considerable number of adolescent girls and young women still face challenges in using them.
L. Makola, L. Mlangeni, M. Mabaso, B. Chibi, Z. Sokhela, Z. Silimfe, L. Seutlwadi, D. Naidoo, S. Khumalo, A. Mncadi, K. Zuma   +10 more
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Perceived HIV/AIDS impact among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

SAHARA-J, 2005
A descriptive questionnaire-based study was undertaken among staff in tertiary institutions in the Eastern Cape Province. The objective of the study was to explore perceived HIV/AIDS impact on duties at work, staff morale, job satisfaction and workload ...
Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Karl Peltzer
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Clinical research for life-threatening illnesses requiring emergency hospitalisation: a critical interpretive synthesis of qualitative data related to the experience of participants and their caregivers

Trials, 2023
Background Research into life-threatening illnesses which require emergency hospitalisation is essential. This group of patients is unique in that they are experiencing an unfolding emergency when they are approached, enrolled, and followed up in a ...
David S. Lawrence, Agnes Ssali, Joseph N. Jarvis, Janet Seeley   +3 more
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