South Africa
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- South African women who experience intimate partner violence have increased incidence of HIV infection
- ( R.K. Jewkes;K. Dunkle;M. Nduna / The Lancet , 2010)
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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...
- 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 a...
- 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....
- 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 p...
- Uptake and use of ICTs as e-health solutions in South Africa
- ( N.L. Ruxwana;M.E. Herselman;D.P. Conradie / Health Information Management Journal , 2010)
- This paper describes a study which focused on factors perceived to influence the uptake and use of Information and Communication Technology solutions (ICTs) as e-health solutions in selected rural Eas...
- Incorporating flexibilities of TRIPS to ensure better access to HIV treatment
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2011)
- This policy brief describes how the flexibilities contained in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reaffirmed by the Doha Declaration provide important oppo...
- Coordinated regional response to migration and health needed in Southern Africa
- ( J. Vearey;L. Nunez / The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand , 2010)
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Southern Africa represents a region of diverse migration patterns including the movement of people within countries, across borders and between different continents. This paper focuses on South Afr...
- Why medical schemes are not providing adequate protection in South Africa
- ( D. McIntyre / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2010)
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This paper explores private sector involvement in funding and providing health services in South Africa and the implications for equity and access to health care. The paper notes that 44% of total ...
- The potential of mobile phones in improving global health
- ( The Economist , 2009)
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This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences...
- Innovations in developing country health care delivery through social franchises
- ( University of California, Los Angeles , 2009)
- Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, s...
