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Focus on 14 sewage treatment plants in the Mpumalanga Province, South Africa in order to gauge the efficiency of wastewater treatment

Samie, A; Obi, C L; Ingumbor, J A; et al (2009-07)

In order to identify the treatment methods used in different sewage treatment plants (STPs) in the Mpumalanga Province and to determine the efficiency of wastewater treatment by these plants, municipal STPs were surveyed, ...
Impact of AIDS care and level of burnout among nurses in selected hospitals in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Ingumbor, J O; Davhana-Maselesele, M (2013)

South Africa has one of the worst AIDS epidemics in the world and nurses bear the brunt of caring for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). This situation exacerbates the existing challenge of nursing staff shortage ...
Comparison of the health related quality of life, CD4 count and viral load of AIDS patients with HIV who have been on treatment for 12 months in rural South Africa

Ingumbor J; Steward A; Holzemer W; et al (2013-03)

This study compared the level of CD4 count, viral load and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) between treatment-naive AIDS patients and a cohort of people living with HIV who have been on treatment for 12 months. This ...
Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness

Jack, H; Wagner, R G.; Petersen I; et al. (2014)

Background: Nearly one in three South Africans will suffer from a mental disorder in his or her lifetime, a higher prevalence than many low- and middle-income countries. Understanding the economic costs and consequences ...
Migration and the epidemiological transition: insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa

Collinson, M.A; White, M.J; Bocquier, P (2014)

BACKGROUND: Migration and urbanization are central to sustainable development and health, but data on temporal trends in defined populations are scarce. Healthy men and women migrate because opportunities for employment ...
Predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic diseases of lifestyle, cancers, and HIV in a health-insured population in South Africa

Adonis, L; Basu, D; Luiz, J; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: Adherence to screening guidelines has been widely accepted to reduce morbidity, mortality, and cost outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify predictors of adherence to screening guidelines for chronic ...
Utilisation and costs of nursing in the South African public health sector, 2005-2010

Rispel, L C; Angelides, G (2014)

Background: Globally, insufficient information exists on the costs of nursing agencies, which are temporary employment service providers that supply nurses to health establishments and/or private individuals. Objective: ...
Predictors of health care use by adults 50 years and over in a rural South African setting

Ameh, S; Kahn, K; Tollman, S.M; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: South Africa's epidemiological transition is characterised by an increasing burden of chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases. However, little is known about predictors of health care use (HCU) for ...
Two decades of mortality change in rural northeast South Africa

Kabudula, C.W; Tollman, S; Mee, P (2014)

Background: The MRC/Wits University Agincourt research centre, part of the INDEPTH Network, has documented mortality in a defined population in the rural northeast of South Africa for 20 years (1992 2011) using long-term ...
Risk factors for unplanned and unwanted teenage pregnancies occurring over two years of follow-up among a cohort of young South African women

Christofides, N.J; Jewkes, R.K; Dunkle, K.L; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: Although teenage pregnancies in South Africa have declined, the short and longer term health and social consequences are a potential public health concern. This longitudinal study aimed to describe the range ...
Undertaking cause-specific mortality measurement in an unregistered population: an example from Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Godefay, H; Abrha, A; Kinsman, J; et al (2014)

Background: The lack of adequate documentation of deaths, and particularly their cause, is often noted in African and Asian settings, but practical solutions for addressing the problem are not always clear. Verbal autopsy ...
Perspectives on healthcare, chronic non-communicable disease, and healthworlds in an urban and rural setting

Ibanez-Gonzalez, Daniel Lopes (2014)

BACKGROUND: Amidst diverging discourses describing chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) and healthcare access, the hermeneutical tradition within sociology, particularly as exemplified in the work of Jurgen Habermas, ...
Using diaries to explore the work experiences of primary health care nursing managers in two South African provinces

Munyewende, P O; Rispel, L C (2014)

Background: South Africa is on the brink of another wave of major health system reforms that underscore the centrality of primary health care (PHC). Nursing managers will play a critical role in these reforms. Objective: ...
Cause-specific mortality at INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Sites in Africa and Asia: concluding synthesis.

Sankoh, O; Byass, P (2014)

This synthesis brings together findings on cause-specific mortality documented by means of verbal autopsies applied to over 110,000 deaths across Africa and Asia, within INDEPTH Network sites. Methods: Developments in ...
Barriers to accessing health care in Nigeria: implications for child survival

Adedini, S A; Odimegwu, C; Bamiwuye, S A; et al (2014)

Background: Existing studies indicate that about one in every six children dies before age five in Nigeria. While evidence suggests that improved access to adequate health care holds great potential for improved child ...
Assessing the impact of mHealth interventions in low- and middle-income countries – what has been shown to work?

Hall C S; Fottrell E; Wilkilson S; et al (2014)

Background: Low-cost mobile devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, and personal digital assistants, which can access voice and data services, have revolutionised access to information and communication technology worldwide. ...
Does moonlighting influence South African nurses' intention to leave their primary jobs?

Rispel, L; Chirwa, T; Blaauw, D; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: Staff retention and turnover have risen in prominence in the global discourse on the health workforce. Moonlighting, having a second job in addition to a primary job, has not featured in debates on turnover. ...
Factors associated with mortality in HIV-infected people in rural and urban South Africa

Otwombe, K N; Petzold, M; Modisenyane, T; et al (2014)

Background: Factors associated with mortality in HIV-infected people in sub-Saharan Africa are widely reported. However rural urban disparities and their association with all-cause mortality remain unclear. Furthermore, ...
Factors influencing agency nursing and moonlighting among nurses in South Africa

Rispel, L.C; Blaauw, D; Chirwa, T; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, nurses are the largest category of the health care providers. Their optimal performance is critical for the successful implementation of impending health sector reforms. OBJECTIVE: This paper ...
Essential evidence for guiding health system priorities and policies: anticipating epidemiological transition in Africa

Byass, P; De Savigny, D; Lopez, A.D; et al (2014)

BACKGROUND: Despite indications that infection-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa may be decreasing and the burden of non-communicable diseases increasing, the overwhelming reality is that health information systems ...

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