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Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths
Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.OrganisationHome-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)
DocumentPro-social preferences and self-selection into rural jobs: evidence from South African nurses
Resilient and Responsive Health Systems, 2013Governments frequently struggle to recruit and retain qualified staff to work in rural areas which often have more difficult working conditions, fewer educational opportunities and limited access to basic services. Although a growing body of work has investigated the role of pro-social preferences on the job choices of health workers, i.e.DocumentTask shifting of antiretroviral treatment from doctors to primary-care nurses in South Africa (STRETCH): a pragmatic, parallel, cluster-randomised trial
The Lancet, 2012The 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 health outcomes, focusing particularly on South Africa.DocumentEquity in financing and use of health care in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania: implications for paths to universal coverage
The Lancet, 2012Universal coverage of health care is now receiving substantial attention, but debate continues on the best mix of financing mechanisms.DocumentWhat healthcare financing changes are needed to reach universal coverage in South Africa?
South African Medical Journal, 2012The 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 on funding in universal health systems.DocumentWhat Is the Point of the Point-of-Care? A Case Study of User Resistance to an e-Health System | Telemedicine and e-Health
2011This 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.DocumentHealth system weaknesses constrain access to PMTCT and maternal HIV services in South Africa: a qualitative enquiry
AIDS Research and Therapy, 2011HIV 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.DocumentClaims on health care: a decision-making framework for equity, with application to treatment for HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Health Policy and Planning, 2011Trying 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.DocumentIntimate partner violence, relationship power inequity, and incidence of HIV infection in young women in South Africa: a cohort study
The Lancet, 2010Research 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. Some of the important points demonstrated in the paper are as follows:Pages
