South Africa and Health systems
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- What are the effects of task shifting on mortality, viral suppression, and other health outcomes in South Africa?
- L. Fairall; M.O. Bachmann; C. Lombard / The Lancet, 2012
- The effectiveness of task shifting of antiretroviral therapy (ART) from doctors to other health workers needs to be evaluated. This paper assesses the effects of task shifting in terms of ART on mortality, viral suppression, and other...
- Equity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage
- A. Mills / The Lancet, 2012
- Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanisms. This article reports a whole-system analysis integrating both public and private sectors—of t...
- What healthcare financing changes are needed to reach universal coverage in South Africa?
- D. McIntyre / South African Medical Journal, 2012
- The national health insurance proposed for South Africa aims to achieve a universal health system. This article aims to identify the financing mechanism that is best suited to achieving this goal by considering international evidence ...
- What Is the Point of the Point-of-Care? A Case Study of User Resistance to an e-Health System | Telemedicine and e-Health
- L. Whittaker 2011
- This article explores the response of nurses to a point-of-care e-health system that was implemented in a large private hospital in South Africa, to determine why the nursing staff rejected the implementation of the system.
- Health system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry
- C. Sprague / AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011
- HIV remains responsible for an estimated 40% of mortality in South African pregnant women and their children. Eligibility criteria for antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnant women were revised in 2010 to enhance ART coverage. This s...
- A framework for determining how best to allocate scarce health care resources in South Africa
- S.M. Cleary; G.H. Mooney; D.E. McIntyre / Health Policy and Planning, 2011
- Trying to determine how best to allocate resources in health care is especially difficult when resources are severely constrained, as is the case in all developing countries. This is particularly true in South Africa currently where t...
- South African women who experience intimate partner violence have increased incidence of HIV infection
- R.K. Jewkes; K. Dunkle; M. Nduna / The Lancet, 2010
- Research linking gender inequity and gender-based violence to HIV is limited. This paper assess whether intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power inequity increase risk of incident HIV infection in South African women. ...
- Perceptions of service users and providers of traditional practitioners and primary health care staff on collaboration in mental health care
- Campbell-Hall Victoria; Peterson I.; Bhana A / Transcultural Psychiatry, 2010
- This paper posits that the majority of the black African population in South Africa utilise both traditional and public sector Western systems of healing for mental health care. As such, the authors argue that there is a need to devel...
- Experiences from sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS
- Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009
- The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change. Development actors are paying...
- Sexual health and HIV: New reports highlight how research can make an impact
- Health Research Policy and Systems, 2011
- As part of the Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Policy (SHHEP) project researchers and communications experts came together to share and analyse the strategies they used to influence policy. This publication is a supplement of the ...
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