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  • Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases : findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 
    Wu, Dongze; Jin, Yingzhao; Xing, Yuhan; Abate, Melsew Dagne; Abbasian, Mohammadreza; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Abbasi-Kangevari, Zeinab; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdelmasseh, Michael; Abdollahifar, Mohammad-Amin; Abdulah, Deldar Morad; Abedi, Aidin; Abedi, Vida; Abidi, Hassan; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Abolhassani, Hassan; Abuabara, Katrina; Abyadeh, Morteza; Addo, Isaac Yeboah; Adeniji, Kayode Nelson; Adepoju, Abiola Victor; Adesina, Miracle Ayomikun; Sakilah Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas; Afarideh, Mohsen; Aghamiri, Shahin; Agodi, Antonella; Agrawal, Anurag; Aguilera Arriagada, Constanza Elizabeth; Ahmad, Aqeel; Ahmad, Danish; Ahmad, Sajjad; Ahmad, Sohail; Ahmadi, Ali; Ahmed, Ali; Ahmed, Ayman; Aithala, Janardhana P.; Ajadi, Abdullateef Abiodun; Ajami, Marjan; Akbarzadeh-Khiavi, Mostafa; Alahdab, Fares; AlBataineh, Mohammad T.; Alemi, Sharifullah; Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed; Ali, Liaqat; Alif, Sheikh Mohammad; Almazan, Joseph Uy; Almustanyir, Sami; Alqahtani, Jaber S.; Alqasmi, Ibrahim; Altaf, Ihsan Ullah Khan; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Alvis-Zakzuk, Nelson J.; Al-Worafi, Yaser Mohammed; Aly, Hany; Amani, Reza; Amu, Hubert; Amusa, Ganiyu Adeniyi; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Ansar, Adnan; Ansariniya, Hossein; Anyasodor, Anayochukwu Edward; Arabloo, Jalal; Arefnezhad, Reza; Arulappan, Judie; Asghari-Jafarabadi, Mohammad; Ashraf, Tahira; Atata, Jamila Abdulhamid; Athari, Seyyed Shamsadin; Atlaw, Daniel; Atout, Maha Moh’d Wahbi; Aujayeb, Avinash; Awan, Asma Tahir; Ayatollahi, Haleh; Azadnajafabad, Sina; Azzam, Ahmed Y.; Badawi, Alaa; Badiye, Ashish D.; Bagherieh, Sara; Baig, Atif Amin; Bantie, Berihun Bantie; Barchitta, Martina; Bardhan, Mainak; Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn; Barone-Adesi, Francesco; Batra, Kavita; Bayileyegn, Nebiyou Simegnew; Behnoush, Amir Hossein; Belgaumi, Uzma Iqbal; Bemanalizadeh, Maryam; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Beyene, Kebede A.; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Bhaskar, Sonu; Bhat, Ajay Nagesh; Bitaraf, Saeid; Bitra, Veera R.; Boloor, Archith; Bora, Kaustubh; Botelho, Joao Silva; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Calina, Daniela; Camera, Luis Alberto; Carvalho, Andre F.; Chan, Jeffrey Shi Kai; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Abebe, Endeshaw Chekol; Chichagi, Fatemeh; Choi, Sungchul; Chou, Tzu-Chieh; Chu, Dinh‑Toi; Coberly, Kaleb; Costa, Vera Marisa; Couto, Rosa A.S.; Cruz-Martins, Natalia; Dadras, Omid; Dai, Xiaochen; Damiani, Giovanni; Dascalu, Ana Maria; Dashti, Mohsen; Debela, Sisay Abebe; Dellavalle, Robert Paul; Demetriades, Andreas K.; Demlash, Alemayehu Anley; Deng, Xinlei; Desai, Hardik Dineshbhai; Desai, Rupak; Dewan, Syed Masudur Rahman; Dey, Sourav; Dharmaratne, Samath Dhamminda; Diaz, Daniel; Dibas, Mahmoud; Dinis-Oliveira, Ricardo Jorge; Diress, Mengistie; Do, Thanh Chi; Doan, Duy Khanh; Dodangeh, Masoud; Dodangeh, Milad; Dongarwar, Deepa; Dube, John; Dziedzic, Arkadiusz Marian; Ed-Dra, Abdelaziz; Edinur, Hisham Atan; Eissazade, Negin; Ekholuenetale, Michael; Ekundayo, Temitope Cyrus; Elemam, Noha Mousaad; Elhadi, Muhammed; Elmehrath, Ahmed O; Elmeligy, Omar Abdelsadek Abdou; Emamverdi, Mehdi; Emeto, Theophilus I.; Esayas, Hawi Leul; Eshetu, Habitu Birhan; Etaee, Farshid; Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis; Faghani, Shahriar; Fakhradiyev, Ildar Ravisovich; Fatehizadeh, Ali; Fathi, Mobina; Feizkhah, Alireza; Fekadu, Ginenus; Fereidouni, Mohammad; Fereshtehnejad, Seyed-Mohammad; Fernandes, Joao C.; Ferrara, Pietro; Fetensa, Getahun; Filip, Irina; Fischer, Florian; Foroutan, Behzad; Foroutan, Masoud; Fukumoto, Takeshi; Ganesan, Balasankar; Gemeda, Belete Negese Belete; Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi; Ghasemi, MohammadReza; Gholamalizadeh, Maryam; Gill, Tiffany K.; Gillum, Richard F.; Goldust, Mohamad; Golechha, Mahaveer; Goleij, Pouya; Golinelli, Davide; Goudarzi, Houman; Guan, Shi-Yang; Guo, Yang; Gupta, Bhawna; Gupta, Veer Bala; Gupta, Vivek Kumar; Haddadi, Rasool; Hadi, Najah R.; Halwani, Rabih; Haque, Shafiul; Hasan, Ikramul; Hashempour, Reza; Hassan, Amr; Hassan, Treska S.; Hassanzadeh, Sara; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser; Haubold, Johannes; Hayat, Khezar; Heidari, Golnaz; Heidari, Mohammad; Heidari- Soureshjani, Reza; Herteliu, Claudiu; Hessami, Kamran; Hezam, Kamal; Hiraike, Yuta; Holla, Ramesh; Hosseini, Mohammad-Salar; Huynh, Hong-Han; Hwang, Bing-Fang; Ibitoye, Segun Emmanuel; Ilic, Irena M.; Ilic, Milena D.; Iranmehr, Arad; Iravanpour, Farideh; Ismail, Nahlah Elkudssiah; Iwagami, Masao; Iwu, Chidozie Declan; Jacob, Louis; Jafarinia, Morteza; Jafarzadeh, Abdollah; Jahankhani, Kasra; Jahrami, Haitham; Jakovljevic, Mihajlo; Jamshidi, Elham; Jani, Chinmay T.; Janodia, Manthan Dilipkumar; Jayapal, Sathish Kumar; Jayaram, Shubha; Jeganathan, Jayakumar; Jonas, Jost B.; Joseph, Abel; Joseph, Nitin; Joshua, Charity Ehimwenma; K, Vaishali; Kaambwa, Billingsley; Kabir, Ali; Kabir, Zubair; Kadashetti, Vidya; Kaliyadan, Feroze; Kalroozi, Fatemeh; Kamal, Vineet Kumar; Kandel, Amit; Kandel, Himal; Kanungo, Srikanta; Karami, Jafar; Karaye, Ibraheem M.; Karimi, Hanie; Kasraei, Hengameh; Kazemian, Sina; Kebede, Sewnet Adem; Keikavoosi-Arani, Leila; Keykhaei, Mohammad; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Khajuria, Himanshu; Khamesipour, Faham; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khan, Imteyaz A.; Khan, Maseer; Khan, Md Jobair; Khan, Moien A.B.; Khan, Muhammad Arslan; Khatatbeh, Haitham; Khatatbeh, Moawiah Mohammad; Khateri, Sorour; Khayat Kashani, Hamid Reza; Kim, Min Seo; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Koh, Hyun Yong; Kolkhir, Pavel; Korzh, Oleksii; Kotnis, Ashwin Laxmikant; Koul, Parvaiz A.; Koyanagi, Ai; Krishan, Kewal; Kuddus, Mohammed; Kulkarni, Vishnutheertha Vishnutheertha; Kumar, Narinder; Kundu, Satyajit; Kurmi, Om P.; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lahariya, Chandrakant; Laksono, Tri; Lam, Judit; Latief, Kamaluddin; Lauriola, Paolo; Lawal, Basira Kankia; Le, Thao Thi Thu; Le, Trang Thi Bich; Lee, Munjae; Lee, Seung Won; Lee, Wei-Chen; Lee, Yo Han; Lenzi, Jacopo; Levi, Miriam; Li, Wei; Ligade, Virendra S.; Lim, Stephen S.; Liu, Gang; Liu, Xuefeng; Llanaj, Erand; Lo, Chun-Han; Machado, Vanessa Sintra; Maghazachi, Azzam A.; Mahmoud, Mansour Adam; Mai, Tuan A.; Majeed, Azeem; Sanaye, Pantea Majma; Makram, Omar Mohamed; Rad, Elaheh Malakan; Malhotra, Kashish; Malik, Ahmad Azam; Malik, Iram; Mallhi, Tauqeer Hussain; Malta, Deborah Carvalho; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Mantovani, Lorenzo Giovanni; Martorell, Miquel; Masoudi, Sahar; Masoumi, Seyedeh Zahra; Mathangasinghe, Yasith; Mathews, Elezebeth; Mathioudakis, Alexander G.; Maugeri, Andrea; Mayeli, Mahsa; Medina, John Robert Carabeo; Meles, Gebrekiros Gebremichael; Mendes, Jose Joao; Menezes, Ritesh G.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Michalek, Irmina Maria; Micheletti Gomide Nogueira de Sa, Ana Carolina; Mihretie, Ephrem Tesfaye; Minh, Le Huu Nhat; Mirfakhraie, Reza; Mirrakhimov, Erkin M.; Misganaw, Awoke; Mohamadkhani, Ashraf; Mohamed, Nouh Saad; Mohammadi, Faezeh; Mohammadi, Soheil; Mohammed, Salahuddin; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mohan, Syam; Mohseni, Anita; Mokdad, Ali H.; Momtazmanesh, Sara; Monasta, Lorenzo; Moni, Mohammad Ali; Moniruzzaman, Md; Moradi, Yousef; Morovatdar, Negar; Mostafavi, Ebrahim; Mousavi, Parsa; Mukoro, George Duke; Mulita, Admir; Mulu, Getaneh Baye; Murillo-Zamora, Efren; Musaigwa, Fungai; Mustafa, Ghulam; Muthu, Sathish; Nainu, Firzan; Nangia, Vinay; Swamy, Sreenivas Narasimha; Natto, Zuhair S.; Navaraj, Perumalsamy; Nayak, Biswa Prakash; Nazri-Panjaki, Athare; Negash, Hadush; Nematollahi, Mohammad Hadi; Nguyen, Dang H.; Nguyen, Hau Thi Hien; Nguyen, Hien Quang; Nguyen, Phat Tuan; Nguyen, Van Thanh; Niazi, Robina Khan; Nikolouzakis, Taxiarchis Konstantinos; Nnyanzi, Lawrence Achilles; Noreen, Mamoona; Nzoputam, Chimezie Igwegbe; Nzoputam, Ogochukwu Janet; Oancea, Bogdan; Oh, In-Hwan; Okati-Aliabad, Hassan; Okonji, Osaretin Christabel; Okwute, Patrick Godwin; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Olatubi, Matthew Idowu; Olufadewa, Isaac Iyinoluwa; Ordak, Michal; Otstavnov, Nikita; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; P A, Mahesh; Padubidri, Jagadish Rao; Pak, Anton; Pakzad, Reza; Palladino, Raffaele; Pana, Adrian; Pantazopoulos, Ioannis; Papadopoulou, Paraskevi; Pardhan, Shahina; Parthasarathi, Ashwaghosha; Pashaei, Ava; Patel, Jay; Pathan, Aslam Ramjan; Patil, Shankargouda; Paudel, Uttam; Pawar, Shrikant; Pedersini, Paolo; Pensato, Umberto; Pereira, David M.; Pereira, Jeevan; Pereira, Maria Odete; Pereira, Renato B.; Peres, Mario F.P.; Perianayagam, Arokiasamy; Perna, Simone; Petcu, Ionela-Roxana; Pezeshki, Parmida Sadat; Pham, Hoang Tran; Philip, Anil K.; Piradov, Michael A.; Podder, Indrashis; Podder, Vivek; Poddighe, Dimitri; Prates, Elton Junio Sady; Qattea, Ibrahim; Radfar, Amir; Raee, Pourya; Rafiei, Alireza; Raggi, Alberto; Rahim, Fakher; Rahimi, Mehran; Rahimifard, Mahban; Rahimi‑Movaghar, Vafa; Rahman, Md Obaidur; Rahman, Mohammad Hifz Ur; Rahman, Mosiur; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz; Rahmani, Amir Masoud; Rahmani, Mohamed; Rahmani, Shayan; Rahmanian, Vahid; Ramasubramani, Premkumar; Rancic, Nemanja; Rao, Indu Ramachandra; Rashedi, Sina; Rashid, Ahmed Mustafa; Ravikumar, Nakul; Rawaf, Salman; Redwan, Elrashdy Moustafa Mohamed; Rezaei, Nazila; Rezaei, Negar; Rezaei, Nima; Rezaeian, Mohsen; Ribeiro, Daniela; Rodrigues, Monica; Rodriguez, Jefferson Antonio Buendia; Roever, Leonardo; Romero-Rodríguez, Esperanza; Saad, Aly M.A.; Saddik, Basema; Sadeghian, Saeid; Saeed, Umar; Safary, Azam; Safdarian, Mahdi; Safi, Sher Zaman; Saghazadeh, Amene; Sagoe, Dominic; Sharif-Askari, Fatemeh Saheb; Sharif-Askari, Narjes Saheb; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Sahoo, Harihar; Sahraian, Mohammad Ali; Sajid, Mirza Rizwan; Sakhamuri, Sateesh; Sakshaug, Joseph W.; Saleh, Mohamed A.; Salehi, Leili; Salehi, Sana; Farrokhi, Amir Salek; Samadzadeh, Sara; Samargandy, Saad; Samieefar, Noosha; Samy, Abdallah M.; Sanadgol, Nima; Sanjeev, Rama Krishna; Sawhney, Monika; Saya, Ganesh Kumar; Schuermans, Art; Senthilkumaran, Subramanian; Sepanlou, Sadaf G.; Sethi, Yashendra; Shafie, Mahan; Shah, Humaira; Shahid, Izza; Shahid, Samiah; Shaikh, Masood Ali; Sharfaei, Sadaf; Sharma, Manoj; Shayan, Maryam; Shehata, Hatem Samir; Sheikh, Aziz; Shetty, Jeevan K.; Shin, Jae Il; Shirkoohi, Reza; Shitaye, Nebiyu Aniley; Shivakumar, K.M.; Shivarov, Velizar; Shobeiri, Parnian; Siabani, Soraya; Sibhat, Migbar Mekonnen; Siddig, Emmanuel Edwar; Simpson, Colin R.; Sinaei, Ehsan; Singh, Harpreet; Singh, Inderbir; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Singh, Paramdeep; Singh, Surjit; Siraj, Md Shahjahan; Sohag, Abdullah Al Mamun; Solanki, Ranjan; Solikhah, Solikhah; Solomon, Yonatan; Soltani-Zangbar, Mohammad Sadegh; Sun, Jing; Szeto, Mindy D.; Tabares-Seisdedos, Rafael; Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohammad; Tabish, Mohammad; Taheri, Ensiyeh; Tahvildari, Azin; Talaat, Iman M.; Tamuzi, Jacques J.L. Lukenze; Tan, Ker-Kan; Tat, Nathan Y.; Oliaee, Razieh Tavakoli; Tavasol, Arian; Temsah, Mohamad-Hani; Thangaraju, Pugazhenthan; Tharwat, Samar; Tibebu, Nigusie Selomon; Ticoalu, Jansje Henny Vera; Tillawi, Tala; Tiruye, Tenaw Yimer; Tiyuri, Amir; Tovani- Palone, Marcos Roberto; Tripathi, Manjari; Tsegay, Guesh Mebrahtom; Tualeka, Abdul Rohim; Ty, Sree Sudha; Ubah, Chukwudi S.; Ullah, Saif; Ullah, Sana; Umair, Muhammad; Umakanthan, Srikanth; Upadhyay, Era; Vahabi, Seyed Mohammad; Vaithinathan, Asokan Govindaraj; Tahbaz, Sahel Valadan; Valizadeh, Rohollah; Varthya, Shoban Babu; Vasankari, Tommi Juhani; Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy; Verras, Georgios-Ioannis; Villafane, Jorge Hugo; Vlassov, Vasily; Vo, Danh Cao; Waheed, Yasir; Waris, Abdul; Welegebrial, Brhane Gebrehiwot; Westerman, Ronny; Wickramasinghe, Dakshitha Praneeth; Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana; Willekens, Barbara; Woldegeorgis, Beshada Zerfu; Woldemariam, Melat; Xiao, Hong; Yada, Dereje Y.; Yon, Dong Keon; Yang, Lin; Yazdanpanah, Fereshteh; Yon, Dong Keon; Yonemoto, Naohiro; You, Yuyi; Zahir, Mazyar; Zaidi, Syed Saoud; Zangiabadian, Moein; Zare, Iman; Zeineddine, Mohammad A.; Zemedikun, Dawit T.; Zeru, Naod Gebrekrstos; Zhang, Chen; Zhao, Hanqing; Zhong, Chenwen; Zielinska, Magdalena; Zoladl, Mohammad; Zumla, Alimuddin; Guo, Cui; Tam, Laishan (Elsevier, 2023-10)
    BACKGROUND : The causes for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are diverse and the incidence trends of IMIDs from specific causes are rarely studied. The study aims to investigate the pattern and trend of IMIDs ...
  • Effectiveness of a physiotherapy self-management programme for adult patients with chronic non-specific low back pain in low- and middle-income countries : protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis 
    Motha, Sergant Given; Naidoo, Niri; Moyo-Chilufya, Maureen; Musekiwa, Alfred; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Mostert, Karien (BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-07)
    INTRODUCTION: Chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) is among the most common musculoskeletal system conditions reported worldwide; however, few studies are available from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). ...
  • Evidence of community health workers’ delivery of physical rehabilitation services in sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Mapulanga, Miriam; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Maluleke, Kuhlula; Hlongwa, Mbuzeleni; Dlungwane, Thembelihle (BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-05)
    OBJECTIVES: To map the evidence and scope of physical rehabilitation services delivered by community health workers (CHWs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). DESIGN: Scoping review DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane ...
  • Mpox in East Africa : learning from COVID-19 and Ebola to strengthen public health responses 
    Gashema, Pierre; Musafiri, Tumusime; Ndahimana, Felix; Iradukunda, Hyppolyte; Saramba, Eric; Nyakatswau, Stuart T.; Gahamanyi, Noel; Iradukunda, Patrick Gad; Ahmed, Ayman; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Muvunyi, Claude Mambo (MDPI, 2024-10)
    The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) in Africa. African public health systems have moved to mobilize a response against a backdrop ...
  • Mobile-linked point-of-care diagnostics in community-based healthcare : a scoping review of user experiences 
    Nxele, Siphesihle R.; Moetlhoa, Boitumelo; Dlangalala, Thobeka Nomzamo; Maluleke, Kuhlula; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Theberge, Ashleigh B.; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (BioMed Central Ltd, 2024-08)
    BACKGROUND: While mobile-linked point-of-care diagnostics may circumvent geographical and temporal barriers to efficient communication, the use of such technology in community settings will depend on user experience. ...
  • DORA : 48-week weight and metabolic changes in Black women with HIV, in a phase IIIb switch study from dolutegravir- or efavirenz- to doravirine-based first-line antiretroviral therapy 
    Woods, Joana; Sokhela, Simiso; Akpomiemie, Godspower; Bosch, Bronwyn; Moeller, Karlien; Bhaskar, Esther; Kruger, Chelsea; Manentsa, Ncomeka; Tom, Noxolo; Macholo, Philadelphia; Chandiwana, Nomathemba C.; Hill, Andrew; Moorhouse, Michelle; Venter, Willem Daniel Francois (Wiley, 2024)
    OBJECTIVES : Treatment-related weight gain and metabolic complications with antiretroviral integrase-based regimens, especially among Black women, suggest the need for alternative options. METHODS : We conducted a ...
  • Factors associated with willingness to pay for primary health care services in South Africa : a cross-sectional survey of medical schemes members 
    Thsehla, Evelyn M.M.; Hongoro, Charles; Miot, Jacqui; Kgasi, Kate; Marinda, Edmore; Maramba, Esnath; Chabi, Alister; Childs, Barry; Modupe, Olurotimi; Alaba, Olufunke (Sage, 2024-09)
    The cost of healthcare is an issue of concern for both consumers and funders of healthcare in South Africa. The country spends approximately 8% of GDP on health care. Health care is financed through the public sector which ...
  • A new global air quality health index based on the WHO air quality guideline values with application in Cape Town 
    Adebayo-Ojo, Temitope Christina; Wichmann, Janine; Arowosegbe, Oluwaseyi Olalekan; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Schindler, Christian; Kunzli, Nino (Frontiers Media, 2023-10-23)
    OBJECTIVES : This study developed an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) based on global scientific evidence and applied it to data from Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS : Effect estimates from two global systematic reviews ...
  • Substance use among school-going adolescents and young adults in rural Mpumalanga province, South Africa 
    Mmethi, Tabeho Godfrey; Modjadji, Perpetua; Mathibe, Mmampedi; Thovhogi, Ntevhe; Sekgala, Machoene Derrick; Madiba, Thomas Khomotjo; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab (MDPI, 2024-07)
    The ongoing public health crisis of substance use among school adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in South Africa is not new in research parlance, amidst the national policy of drug abuse management in schools. In view ...
  • Molecular characterization of hepatitis B virus in people living with HIV in rural and peri-urban communities in Botswana 
    Phinius, Bonolo B.; Choga, Wonderful T.; Anderson, Motswedi; Mokomane, Margaret; Gobe, Irene; Ratsoma, Tsholofelo; Phakedi, Basetsana; Mpebe, Gorata; Bhebhe, Lynnette; Gaolathe, Tendani; Mosepele, Mosepele; Makhema, Joseph; Shapiro, Roger; Lockman, Shahin; Musonda, Rosemary; Moyo, Sikhulile; Gaseitsiwe, Simani (MDPI, 2024-07)
    BACKGROUND : Hepatitis B virus (HBV) sequencing data are important for monitoring HBV evolution. We aimed to molecularly characterize HBV sequences from participants with HBV surface antigen-positive (HBsAg+) serology and ...
  • Enterprise risk management implementation challenges in medical laboratories in Harare, Zimbabwe 
    Vhanda, Donald; Chinowaita, Kudzai; Chinowaita, Frank; Vhanda, Reynold; Nherera, Brenda; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Chitungo, Itai James Blessing (Wiley, 2024-09)
    BACKGROUND : Medical laboratories play crucial roles in healthcare, and effective enterprise risk management (ERM) is necessary to ensure business continuity, patient safety, and quality of care. In medical laboratories, ...
  • Designing an alternate water security strategy for rural communities in South Africa - case study of Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces 
    Matlakala, Motsi Ephrey; Von Kallon, Daramy Vandi; Ncube, Esper Jacobeth (Elsevier, 2023)
    Short of affordable and clean potable water poses high risk to health of human beings globally. Water scarcity is a challenge that affects all countries across the globe and this is more prominently felt in rural communities ...
  • Building consensus in defining and conceptualizing acceptability of healthcare : a Delphi study 
    Bucyibaruta, Joy Blaise; Peu, Mmapheko Doriccah; Bamford, Lesley; Van der Wath, Anna Elizabeth; Dyer, Thomas Anthony; Murphy, Andrea; Gatabazi, Paul; Anokwuru, Rafiat Ajoke; Muhire, Innocent; Coetzee, Clarissa Anna; Coetzee, Helene; Musekiwa, Alfred (Wiley, 2023-03)
    BACKGROUND : The concept of healthcare acceptability is important for nursing staff spending most of their time with patients. Nevertheless, acceptability remains confusing without a collective definition in existing ...
  • Reflections on the process, challenges, and lessons learned conducting remote qualitative research on Violence against women during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in South Africa 
    Mahlangu, Pinky; Machisa, Mercilene T.; Jewkes, Rachel; Gibbs, Andrew; Shai, Nwabisa; Sikweyiya, Yandisa (BMC, 2024-01)
    BACKGROUND: Violence against women (VAW) research is a sensitive topic, which has been conducted mainly using face-to-face methods. The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and restrictions on movement presented an opportunity ...
  • Community perceptions, acceptability, and the durability of house screening interventions against exposure to malaria vectors in Nyimba district, Zambia 
    Saili, Kochelani; De Jager, Christiaan; Masaninga, Freddie; Chisanga, Brian; Sinyolo, Andy; Chiwaula, Japhet; Chirwa, Jacob; Hamainza, Busiku; Chanda, Emmanuel; Bakyaita, Nathan N.; Mutero, Clifford Maina (BMC, 2024-01)
    BACKGOUND: House screening remains conspicuously absent in national malaria programs despite its recognition by the World Health Organization as a supplementary malaria vector-control intervention. This may be attributed, ...
  • Pregnancy outcomes in women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia at Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, Nepal : a retrospective study 
    Das, Seema; Maharjan, Renusha; Bajracharya, Rashmita; Shrestha, Rabina; Karki, Sulata; Das, Rupesh; Odland, Jon Oyvind; Odland, Maria Lisa (Public Library of Science, 2023-06-02)
    INTRODUCTION : Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia are the most common types of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy and these conditions are associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. This study aims to ...
  • ANO7 African-ancestral genomic diversity and advanced prostate cancer 
    Jiang, Jue; Soh, Pamela X.Y.; Mutambirwa, Shingai B.A.; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Haiman, Christopher A.; Hayes, Vanessa M.; Jaratlerdsiri, Weerachai (Springer Nature, 2024-09)
    BACKGROUND : Prostate cancer (PCa) is a significant health burden for African men, with mortality rates more than double global averages. The prostate specific Anoctamin 7 (ANO7) gene linked with poor patient outcomes ...
  • Mapping evidence on cryptococcal antigen infection among HIV-infected persons in sub-Saharan Africa - a scoping review protocol 
    Dlamini, Khululiwe; Moetlhoa, Boitumelo; Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Maluleke, Kuhlula; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (Public Library of Science, 2023-06-09)
    INTRODUCTION : Infections of the central nervous system are a considerable basis of mortality in people living with HIV, with progression to cryptococcal meningitis documented at around 15% of HIV-associated mortality ...
  • Evaluation of the rubella surveillance system in South Africa, 2016-2018 : a cross-sectional study 
    Gavhi, Fhatuwani; De Voux, Alex; Kuonza, Lazarus R.; Motaze, Nkengafac Villyen (Public Library of Science, 2023-06-23)
    BACKGROUND : Rubella is a leading vaccine-preventable cause of birth defects. We conducted this study to evaluate the rubella surveillance system in South Africa from 2016 to 2018. The rubella surveillance system had not ...
  • Evaluating supply chain management of SARS-CoV-2 point-of-care (POC) diagnostic services in primary healthcare clinics in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa 
    Maluleke, Kuhlula; Musekiwa, Alfred; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (Public Library of Science, 2023-06-27)
    Access to point-of-care (POC) diagnostics in resource-limited settings, where laboratorybased diagnostics are limited, depends on efficient supply chain management (SCM). This study evaluated the SCM for SARS-CoV-2 POC ...