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- Schools as protective environment
- 2013
- South Africa faces major challenges. Although the institutionalized system of racism known as apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, its legacy lingers. Crime, economic inequality and an inferior educational system continue to plag...
- Nutrition in contemporary South Africa
- M. Faber; F. Wenhold / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2007
- In South Africa, both under- and over-nutrition exist. Chronic malnutrition is a bigger problem than acute malnutrition. Stunted children have a higher risk for being overweight. At national level, 33.3% of preschool children are vita...
- Socio-economic Predictors of Stunting in Pre-school Children - a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto
- B.A. Wiley; N. Cameron; S.A. Norris / South African Medical Journal, 2009
- This study aims to investigate a range of household-level socio-economic and social support predictors of stunting in children aged less than 30 months. Logical regression models were constructed using a conceptual framework to invest...
- Nutritional status of HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy and the impact of nutritional supplementation in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa
- R. Lategan; L. Steenkamp; G. Joubert / South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
- The study was a descriptive prospective trial aimed to describe the nutritional status and impact of current nutrition intervention strategies on weight changes in adult HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy. Results showed ...
- The neurological and neurocognitive function of HIV-infected children commenced on antiretroviral therapy
- L. Smith; C. Adnams; B. Eley / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2008
- This prospective study aims to describe the neurological and neurocognitive deficits in HIV-infected children and the short-term effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the observed deficit. 39 children were evaluate...
- Landscape Analysis: Assessing Countries'Readiness to Scale up Nutrition Actions in the WHO African Region
- 2012
- This paper assessed strengths and weaknesses in combating malnutrition in nine Sub-Saharan Africa nations with high stunting burden (Burkina-Faso, Comoros, Coted’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and South Afr...
- Shifting paradigm: how the BRICS are reshaping global health and development
- Global Health Strategies, 2012
- BRICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) foreign assistance spending has been growing rapidly and these countries have been exploring opportunities for more formal collaboration among themselves and with developing count...
- Impact of climate change on children’s health in Limpopo province, South Africa
- A. A. Thompson / International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2012
- This paper examines the impact of climate change on children’s health in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Over 20 years of data were collected to analyse climatic conditions in the province. The study employs regression anal...
- Access to safe abortion: building choices for women living with HIV and AIDS
- P. J. Orner / Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011
- In many areas of the world where HIV prevalence is high, rates of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion have also been shown to be high. Despite this, little research has focused on decisions about and experiences of women living w...
- Guidance on implementing reform of abortion laws: case studies from six countries
- S. Singh; G. Sedgh; A. Bankole / Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2012
- This report examines the processes that followed passage of abortion law reforms in Cambodia, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mexico City, Nepal and South Africa. The paper finds that the experiences of the six settings highlight some...
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