Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Author "Bamford, Lesley"

Browsing Research Articles (Paediatrics and Child Health) by Author "Bamford, Lesley"

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  • COVID-19 : lessons and experiences from South Africa’s first surge 
    Moonasar, Devanand; Pillay, Anban; Leonard, Elizabeth; Naidoo, Raveen; Mngemane, Shadrack; Ramkrishna, Wayne; Jamaloodien, Khadija; Lebese, Lebogang; Chetty, Kamy; Bamford, Lesley; Tanna, Gaurang; Ntuli, Nhlanhla; Mlisana, Koleka; Madikizela, Lindiwe; Modisenyane, Moeketsi; Engelbrecht, Christie; Maja, Popo; Bongweni, Funeka; Furumele, Tsakani; Mayet, Natalie; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Talisuna, Ambrose; Ramadan, Otim Patrick Cossy; Pillay, Yogan (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
    On 5 March 2020, South Africa recorded its first case of imported COVID-19. Since then, cases in South Africa have increased exponentially with significant community transmission. A multisectoral approach to containing ...
  • Every death counts : use of mortality audit data for decision making to save the lives of mothers, babies, and children in South Africa 
    Bradshaw, Debbie; Chopra, Mickey; Kerber, Kate; Lawn, Joy E.; Bamford, Lesley; Moodley, Jack; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Patrick, Sean Mark; Stephen, C.R. (Cindy); Velaphi, Sithembiso (Elsevier, 2008-04-12)
    South Africa is one of the few developing countries with a national confidential inquiry into maternal deaths. 164 health facilities obtain audit data for stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and a new audit network does so ...
  • Neonatal, infant and child health in South Africa : reflecting on the past towards a better future 
    Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Feucht, Ute Dagmar; Zar, Heather J.; Vanker, A.; Wiysonge, C.S.; McKerrow, N.; Wright, Caradee Yael; Loveday, M.; Odendaal, Willem A.; Ramokolo, Vundli; Ramraj, Trisha; Bamford, Lesley; Green, Robin J.; Pillay, Yogan; Nannan, N. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-11)
    Although the neonatal mortality rate in South Africa (SA) has remained stagnant at 12 deaths per 1 000 live births, the infant and under-5 mortality rates have significantly declined since peaking in 2003. Policy changes ...
  • The updated South African National Guideline for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of Communicable Infections (2019) 
    Wessels, Jeannette; Sherman, Gayle; Bamford, Lesley; Makua, Manala; Ntloana, Mathilda; Nuttall, James; Pillay, Yogan; Goga, Ameena Ebrahim; Feucht, Ute Dagmar (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-07-08)
    South Africa has made great strides in reducing the vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the first two months of life from 23% (2003) to 0.7% (2019), despite a persistently high antenatal HIV ...