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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
BACKGROUND :
Methadone is a recommended medication for opioid agonist maintenance therapy (OAMT). However, methadone can have cardiac side effects. There is limited South African cardiac safety data on methadone.
OBJECTIVE ...
Strauss, M.; Wademan, D.T.; Mcinziba, A.; Hoddinott, G.; Rafique, M.; Jola, L.N.; Streicher, C.; Du Preez, K.; Osman, M.; Boffa, J.; Hausler, Harry; Hesseling, A.C.; Hirsch-Moverman, Y.(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2023-07)
BACKGROUND : TB preventive therapy (TPT) is critical
for ending TB, yet implementation remains poor. With
new global guidelines expanding TPT eligibility and
regimens, we aimed to understand TPT preferences
among ...
BACKGROUNG: South Africa’s health care system grapples with persistent challenges, including
health care provider shortages and disparities in distribution. In response, the government
introduced clinical associates ...
Emergency care in the primary health care setting is often sub-optimal leading to physician stress and adverse patient outcomes. Formal training opportunities in the management of emergency management are limited in ...