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Exploring Rural Women’s Perspectives on Associated Factors to Anaemia During Pregnancy in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: A Qualitative Approach

Anemia, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Introduction Pregnancy‐related anaemia is associated with high maternal, foetal, and infant morbidity and mortality in rural communities where access to resources for healthcare may be limited. Comprehending the perceptions of rural women concerning the contributing factors to anaemia is essential.
Present Treasure Mathebula, Thivhulawi Malwela, Maria Sonto Maputle, Mihnea-Alexandru Găman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transliteration as a Solution to Xitsonga Culturally Vulgar Words Expressing Human Anatomy from English within the Context of Life Sciences

OALib, 2023
The lack of Xitsonga technical terminology in specialist subject fields is a predominant drawback for translators. This study explores the translatability of culturally oriented terms on human reproduction and illustrates how the linguistic items impact ...
M. Baloyi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Narrowing the “Digital Divide”: The Role of Fixed and Mobile Infrastructure

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 799-829, Winter 2025.
ABSTRACT We study the substitution between fixed and mobile broadband services in South Africa using survey data on 134,000 individuals collected between 2009 and 2014. In our discrete‐choice model, individuals choose fixed or mobile voice and data services in a framework that allows these services to be considered substitutes or complements.
Ryan Hawthorne, Lukasz Grzybowski
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding Attrition in the South African Integrated Intervention for Diabetes Risk After Gestational Diabetes (IINDIAGO) Study: A Qualitative Study of Postpartum Lifestyle Intervention Disengagement

Reproductive, Female and Child Health, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Lifestyle interventions can benefit women with gestational diabetes (GDM) to manage the condition during pregnancy and reduce future health risks including the risk of progression to Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, future benefits may only be realised if women engage with the intervention (coaching, educational materials ...
Masuluke Irene, Andrea Kolkenbeck‐Ruh, Jean Claude Mutabazi, Christina Zarowsky, Shane A. Norris, Naomi Levitt, Lisa J. Ware   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Xitsonga in Language Shift: A Sociolinguistic Approach

Journal of Social Sciences, 2016
The speakers of Xitsonga in Polokwane city are experiencing a language shift from Xitsonga to English and Northern Sotho.
M. T. Babane, M. T. Chauke
openaire   +1 more source

Contextual Fit? Exploring Diverging Areas of Knowledge Around Infant Rearing in a Home Visiting Intervention in Alexandra Township, South Africa

Infant and Child Development, Volume 34, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT The applied field of “Global Early Childhood Development”, developed in WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialised Rich and Democratic) settings, asserts universal frameworks and understandings of early childhood development pathways. This field advocates for the roll out of parenting interventions aimed at improving child development outcomes ...
Nicola Dawson, Annemieke Exton, Thandiwe Khumalo, Josien de Klerk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Our law is constitutional law, and it has rights*

PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 47, Issue 2, Page 234-243, November 2024.
Abstract Indigenous Southern Africans say that their laws are fundamentally grounded in the principle of Ubu‐Ntu (humane‐ness), but their communities are found empirically to often show the opposite of that law. Why is this? What is the law to which they lay claim to having? What are its roots and how can we reliably trace and know them?
Sindiso MnisiWeeks
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating a mental health intervention into PrEP services for South African young women: a human‐centred implementation research approach to intervention development

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 27, Issue S1, July 2024.
Abstract Introduction Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who may benefit from HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) face high levels of common mental disorders (e.g. depression, anxiety). Common mental disorders can reduce PrEP adherence and increase HIV risk, yet mental health interventions have not been well‐integrated into PrEP delivery.
Jennifer Velloza, Nomhle Ndimande‐Khoza, Lisa Mills, Tessa Concepcion, Sanele Gumede, Hlukelo Chauke, Ruth Verhey, Dixon Chibanda, Sybil Hosek, Bryan J. Weiner, Connie Celum, Sinead Delany‐Moretlwe   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Text and Speech Benchmark Datasets and Models for Low‐Resourced East African Languages: Experiences and Lessons

Applied AI Letters, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2024.
This paper discusses the process taken to create, curate and annotate text and speech corpus for low‐resourced languages in East Africa. ABSTRACT Africa has over 2000 languages; however, those languages are not well represented in the existing natural language processing ecosystem.
Joyce Nakatumba‐Nabende, Claire Babirye, Peter Nabende, Jeremy Francis Tusubira, Jonathan Mukiibi, Eric Peter Wairagala, Chodrine Mutebi, Tobius Saul Bateesa, Alvin Nahabwe, Hewitt Tusiime, Andrew Katumba   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of knowledge empowerment amongst pregnant women with TB disease: A qualitative study in South Africa

Health Expectations, Volume 27, Issue 1, February 2024.
Abstract Background Providing relevant knowledge to empower all pregnant women diagnosed and nondiagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) is essential worldwide. Proper dissemination of health information for pregnant women could assist in preventing TB complications amongst women and babies.
Mulondo Seani Adrinah, Khoza Lunic Base, Lebese Rachel Tsakani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source