South Africa and Health
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- Does the level of clinic trials and research reflect health needs in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- P. Isaakidis; G. A. Swingler; E. Pienaar; J. Volmink; J. P. A. Ioannidis / British Medical Journal, 2002
- This study evaluates whether the amount of randomised clinical research on various medical conditions is related to the burden of disease and health needs of the local populations in sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this the authors con...
- Effects of HIV/AIDS on older Africans
- Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2001
- Project set in four countries in Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. It aims to identify barriers that prevent older people from providing adequate and fulfilling care to their children dying from HIV/AIDS and, subsequ...
- Demographic implications of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
- Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
- Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa. A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council....
- Coping with prime age adult AIDS-related illness and death
- C. Desmond; K. Michael; J. Gow / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- This paper examines the impact on family and community of the three ‘phases’ in the cycle of illnessand death from AIDS: 1. the illness; 2. the period following immediately after death; and 3. the longer-term aftermath. It e...
- Education sectors in Southern Africa are a primary site for HIV containment or disaster - or both
- P. Badcock-Walters; A. Whiteside / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- The objective of this paper is to describe the underlying problem of HIV/AIDS in the context of education development in Southern Africa, and also to identify opportunities for remedial action and positive enablement. The paper highli...
- Drug pricing [in South Africa]
- A. Gray; T. Matsebula / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2001
- Improving access to necessary drugs requires attention to all four component parts of the access equation – ensuring rational selection, providing sustainable financing and efficient systems to distribute and use the drugs and ma...
- Contracting for devolved primary health care delivery in South Africa
- D. McCoy; E. Buch; N. Palmer / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2000
- The devolution of primary health care delivery to local government means that intergovernmental relations are emerging as a critical issue in the transformation of South Africa’s health system. The role of contracts or service a...
- Trading Opportunitites in Southern Africa: a statistical analysis
- International Trade Centre, 1997
- This paper aims at identifying those sectors and product groups which have the greatest potential for imports into SACU from the other members of SADC: Angola, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- Fair in theory, unfair in practice: TRIPS and health care in Southern Africa
- R. Loewenson; G. Munot; V. Tyson / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
- This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The paper provides a b...
- Why do grandmothers prefer girls? The effects of pensions on child nutrition
- E. Duflo / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000
- This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded ...
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