BACKGROUND : Intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health concern for both men and women.
Spatial mapping and clustering analysis can reveal subtle patterns in IPV occurrences but are yet to be explored ...
BACKGROUND : There are many factors during pregnancy and labor that influence women’s acceptability of maternal
healthcare. Nevertheless, the concept of acceptability of maternal healthcare has unfortunately not been ...
Jackson, Christi; Rehman, Andrea M.; McHugh, Grace; Gonzalez‑Martinez, Carmen; Ngwira, Lucky G.; Bandason, Tsitsi; Mujuru, Hilda; Odland, Jon Oyvind; Corbett, Elizabeth L.; Ferrand, Rashida A.; Simms, Victoria(BMC, 2023-06-11)
BACKGROUND : We investigated risk factors for sustained virological non-suppression (viral load ≥ 1000 copies/ml on
two tests 48 weeks apart) among children and adolescents accessing HIV care in public sector clinics in ...
BACKGROUND : South Africa (SA) is on the brink of implementing workplace-based assessments (WBA) in all medical
specialist training programmes in the country. Despite the fact that competency-based medical education ...
Imran, Mohd.; Alshammari, Mohammed Kanan; Arora, Mandeep Kumar; Dubey, Amit Kumar; Das, Sabya Sachi; Kamal, Mehnaz; Alqahtani, Abdulaziz Saad Abdulrahman; Sahloly, Mohammed Ahmed Yahya; Alshammari, Ahmed Hammad; Alhomam, Hessah Mohammed; Mahzari, Aeshah Mousa; Abida; Rabaan, Ali A.; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa(MDPI, 2023-02)
The monkeypox disease (MPX) outbreak of 2022 has been reported in more than one
hundred countries and is becoming a global concern. Unfortunately, only a few treatments, such as
tecovirimat (TCV), are available against ...
Control measures for the COVID-19
pandemic brought unprecedented challenges
to health care delivery. Some countries in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) stopped the
provision of essential health care except for those services ...
Mokoatle, Mpho; Marivate, Vukosi; Mapiye, Darlington; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Hayes, Vanessa M.(BMC, 2023-03-23)
BACKGROUND : Using visual, biological, and electronic health records data as the sole
input source, pretrained convolutional neural networks and conventional machine
learning methods have been heavily employed for the ...
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of motivational interviewing (MI)
in reducing sexual risk behaviors. However, limited information is available on the acceptability
of brief MI among men who have sex ...
BACKGROUND : Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a global public health concern and sub-Saharan Africa, has limited data on STIs in the men who have sex with men (MSM) population. Syndromic management has controversies ...
Van der Westhuizen, Deidre; Howlett-Downing, Chantelle Margaret; Molnar, Peter; Boman, Johan; Wichmann, Janine; Von Eschwege, Karel G.(Springer, 2024-01)
Melanoma, an invasive class of skin cancer, originates from mutations in melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells. Globally, approximately 132,000 new cases are reported each year, and in South Africa, the incidence stands ...
The integration of digital technologies holds significant promise in enhancing accessibility to disease diagnosis and treatment at point-of-care (POC) settings. Effective implementation of such interventions necessitates ...
BACKGROUND : Countries across the globe report an increase in expenditure associated with
medical laboratory testing. In 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human
Services reported that laboratory test ...
The World Health Organisation’s 90–70–90 cancer strategy is premised upon the implementation
of human papillomavirus deoxyribonucleic acid (HPV-DNA) testing as the primary cervical cancer
screening modality. The ultimate ...
Kileel, Emma M.; Zheng, Amy; Bor, Jacob; Fox, Matthew P.; Crowther, Nigel J.; George, Jaya A.; Khoza, Siyabonga; Rosen, Sydney; Venter, Willem D.F.; Raal, Frederick; Hibberd, Patricia; Brennan, Alana T.(Springer, 2024)
Low- and middle-income countries are facing a growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Providing HIV treatment may provide opportunities to increase access to NCD services in under-resourced environments. We ...
We assessed the impact of the pandemic on TB diagnostics at primary healthcare clinics (PHCs) during
the different stages of COVID-19 in eThekwini district, South Africa. Data from the District Health
Information System ...
BACKGROUND : Negative attitudes and beliefs are major contributing factors to the rising numbers of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) cases in coal mines both locally and internationally. International literature confirms ...
Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Grobler, Christoffel(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2023-10-26)
BACKGROUND : Additional human resources are needed to provide mental health services in
underserved areas in South Africa (SA). Clinical associates, the mid-level medical worker
cadre in SA, could potentially be used to ...
Workplaces are nodes for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 transmission and require strategies to protect workers’ health. This article reports on the South African national coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...