• Insights into the value of the market for cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in South Africa 

  Scheibe, Andrew; Shelly, Shaun; Stowe, M.J. (LSE Press, 2024)

  The illicit drug trade generates billions of dollars and sustains transnational criminal organisations. Drug markets can destabilise governance and undermine development. Data indicate increasing drug use in South Africa. ...
• A survey on factors for late antenatal booking amongst pregnant women attending a Community Health Care Centre in Tembisa, Gauteng Province, South Africa 

  Mlambo, Siphesihle (University of Pretoria, 2023-09)

  Introduction Maternal and perinatal deaths remain a major issue in South Africa regardless of various strategies that are in place. Antenatal care (ANC), which is care given to a pregnant woman during pregnancy, and ANC ...
• The oral health status and anthropometric measurements of children at early childhood development centers in an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa 

  Bhayat, Ahmed; Madiba, Thomas Khomotjo; Beeforth, Marion; Nkambule, Ntombizodwa Rosemary (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2024)

  OBJECTIVES : Early childhood caries (ECC) continue to increase, especially among low socioeconomic communities. This study was conducted in an informal settlement comprising mostly foreigners who have settled in the area. ...
• An audit of completeness of Road to Health Booklet at a community health centre in South Africa 

  Machimana, Pfunzo; Nyalunga, Suzan L.N.; Madela-Mntla, Edith; Nzaumvila, Doudou (AOSIS, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND: For continuity and quality of care, accurate record-keeping is crucial. Complete care is facilitated by completing a child’s Road to Health Booklet (RTHB) as well as prompt interpretation and appropriate ...
• Feasibility of implementing viral hepatitis services into a correctional service facility in Cape Town, South Africa 

  Scheibe, Andrew; Steingo, Joel; Grace, Gaynor; Savva, Helen; Sonderup, Mark; Hausler, Harry; Spearman, C. Wendy (Elsevier, 2025-03)

  BACKGROUND : Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are estimated to be of the most prevalent infectious diseases in correctional settings worldwide. However, viral hepatitis services have not been routinely ...
• Giving adolescent girls and young women a foothold : economic strengthening as a key protection strategy against HIV infection in South Africa 

  Hartnack, Andrew; Mcloughlin, Jenny; Pretorius, Anje; Hausler, Harry (Taylor and Francis, 2024-12-19)

  This paper focused on the prevention of HIV transmission for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), through a layered approach which included economic strengthening as a core strategy, especially for the most ...
• HIV incidence and factors associated with HIV risk among people who inject drugs engaged with harm-reduction programmes in four provinces in South Africa : a retrospective cohort study 

  Artenie, Adelina; Perry, Rachel; Mahaso, Memory; Jankie, Thenjiwe; McNaughton, Anna L.; Stone, Jack; Vickerman, Peter; Scheibe, Andrew (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND : HIV incidence among people who inject drugs in South Africa has never been estimated. We aimed to estimate HIV incidence and associations with risk and protective factors among people who inject drugs engaged ...
• E-cigarettes and harm reduction : a view from sub-Saharan Africa 

  Egbe, Catherine; Khan, Arshima; Scheibe, Andrew; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab (BMJ Publishing Group, 2024-07)

  No abstract available.
• Community members’ perceptions of community health workers in Melusi, Tshwane, South Africa 

  Madzivhandila, Rebaone K.; Ngcobo, Sanele (AOSIS, 2024-09)

  BACKGROUND: Community health workers (CHWs) play an important role in health promotion through health campaigns and home visits, and provide linkage to care and support patient management. In the informal settlements, CHWs ...
• Contextual factors influencing implementation of HIV treatment support strategies for female sex workers living with HIV in South Africa : a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research 

  Comins, Carly A.; Mcingana, Mfezi; Genberg, Becky; Mulumba, Ntambue; Mishra, Sharmistha; Phetlhu, Deliwe R.; Shipp, Lillian; Steingo, Joel; Hausler, Harry; Baral, Stefan D.; Schwartz, Sheree R. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-11)

  BACKGROUND : Female sex workers (FSWs) face a confluence of multilevel barriers to HIV care. In South Africa, 63% of FSWs are living with HIV and <40% are virally suppressed. The objective of this analysis was to ...
• Virtual interprofessional education for the African continent : AFRI-VIPE 

  Showstark, Mary; Wiss, Andrew C.; Joosten-Hagye, Dawn; Sappio, Erin M.; Slusser, Margaret; Cavezza, Renee; Nyathi, Nhlanganiso; Nyoni, C.N.; Filies, Gérard C.; Pattershall‐Geide, J.; Embry, Erin; Zschaebitz, Elke; McGinnis, Patricia; Resnik, Cheryl; An, I.; Delawala, F.; Pitout, Hanlie; Schweickerdt, Louise; Muller, Jana; Africa, L.; Kholvadia, Aayesha; Ntsekhe, T.; Tshotetsi, Lumbani; Ricks, Esmeralda; Biernacki, Pamela (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2024-06)

  This article details how multiple universities came together in 2019 during the Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN) conference in Nairobi, Kenya, to create an interprofessional, multi-continent, multi-university ...
• Workplace violence in three public sector emergency departments, Gauteng, South Africa : a cross-sectional survey 

  Nkadimeng, Mahlako; Engelbrecht, Andreas; Rajan, Suma (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  INTRODUCTION: Workplace violence against health care workers in Emergency Departments (EDs) is a global concern. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of workplace violence in EDs. METHODS: ...
• An ICT-enabled community oriented primary care intervention in mining communities during COVID-19 (2019-2022) : perceived changes in the role and place of community health workers 

  Marcus, Tessa S.; Renkin, Wayne; Malan, A.S.; Moodie, James M.; Mostert, J.; Phote, Z.; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie) (BMC, 2024-10)

  BACKGROUND: This is a study of service provider perceptions of the place, role and practices of CHWs in a four-year, large-scale private sector funded, public service ICT-enabled COPC intervention with rural and remote ...
• Drug use patterns and health problems among people who use drugs in Guinea-Bissau (2022) : a cross-sectional survey using respondent-driven sampling 

  Scheibe, Andrew; Teixeira, Andreia; Djaló, Mamadu Aliu; Pereira, Miriam Nascimento; Ribeiro Barreto, Kátia; Ba, Ibrahim; Bird, Lucia; Eligh, Jason (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  BACKGROUND : Little data exists on the use of cocaine, methamphetamine, tramadol and heroin or related health conditions in Guinea Bissau. We aimed to estimate drug use practices and the prevalence of selected blood-borne ...
• Poor health behaviour in medical students at a South African university: a cross-sectional survey study 

  Celie, Bert; Laubscher, Ria; Bac, Martin; Schwellnus, Marianne; Nolte, Kim; Wood, Paola Silvia; Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Basu, Debashis; Borresen, Jill (MDPI, 2024-07)

  BACKGROUND : Personal health behaviours and lifestyle habits of health professionals influence their counselling practices related to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). There are limited data on the prevalence of unhealthy ...
• The war on drugs is a war on us : young people who use drugs and the fight for harm reduction in the Global South 

  Stowe, M.J.; Gatonye, Rita; Maharjan, Ishwor; Kehinde, Seyi; Arya, Sidharth; Valderrábano, Jorge H.; McBride, Angela; Scheibein, Florian; Igonya, Emmy K.; Fast, Danya (BMC, 2024-02)

  In the Global South, young people who use drugs (YPWUD) are exposed to multiple interconnected social and health harms, with many low- and middle-income countries enforcing racist, prohibitionist-based drug policies that ...
• HIV and sexual risk behaviours by 18-25-year old youth at Nyandeni municipality in the Eastern Cape 

  Mntonintshi-Mketo, Lorraine N.; Netangaheni, Thinavhuyo Robert; Lefoka, Moganki H. (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  BACKGROUND: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in South Africa is among the worst in the world; in 2017, 38% of new infections were among young people aged 15–24 years. Estimates for HIV infection in 2020 ...
• The socio‑demographic profile of family physician graduates of blended‑learning courses in India 

  Velavan, Jachin; Marcus, Tessa S. (Wolters Kluwer Medknow, 2024-08)

  CONTEXT: India’s lean cadre of 250,000 general practitioners and 30,000 government doctors has limited options to update themselves. Since 2006, Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore has run blended‑learning programs ...
• Reaching for 90:90:90 in correctional facilities in South Africa and Zambia : virtual cross-section of coverage of HIV testing and antiretroviral therapy during universal test and treat implementation 

  Hoffmann, Christopher J.; Herce, Michael E.; Chimoyi, Lucy; Smith, Helene J.; Tlali, Mpho; Olivier, Cobus J.; Topp, Stephanie M.; Muyoyeta, Monde; Reid, Stewart E.; Hausler, Harry; Charalambous, Salome; Fielding, Katherine (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2024-08)

  BACKGROUND : People in correctional settings are a key population for HIV epidemic control. We sought to demonstrate scale-up of universal test and treat in correctional facilities in South Africa and Zambia through a ...
• Direct-acting antiviral therapies for hepatitis C infection : global registration, reimbursement, and restrictions 

  Marshall, Alison D.; Willing, Alex R.; Kairouz, Abe; Cunningham, Evan B.; Wheeler, Alice; O'Brien, Nicholas; Perera, Vidura; Ward, John W.; Hiebert, Lindsey; Degenhardt, Louisa; Hajarizadeh, Behzad; Colledge, Samantha; Hickman, Matthew; Jawad, Danielle; Lazarus, Jeffrey V.; Matthews, Gail V.; Scheibe, Andrew; Vickerman, Peter; Dore, Gregory J.; Grebely, Jason; Global HCV and HIV Treatment Restrictions Group (Elsevier, 2024-04)

  Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have delivered high response rates (>95%) and simplified the management of HCV treatment, permitting non-specialists to manage patients without advanced ...

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