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Quality of Care of Patients Presenting Prescriptions at Community Pharmacies in a Region of Ghana
Quality of patient care may be assessed through rational use of medicine indicators initially developed in collaboration with WHO. These assessments have been carried out in primary level government clinics and hospital settings ... -
An exploration of the perceptions of nurses in caring for psychiatric patients in a rural district hospital in Northern Cape, South Africa.
(University of Western Cape, 2017)Caring for psychiatric patients in the medical wards of rural district hospitals is of concern, as the hospitals are not designed to make provision for these patients. Psychiatric patients, especially those diagnosed with ... -
Barriers to accessibility to Antiviral treatment for Patients with Chronic Viral Hepatitis C in Egypt
(University of Western Cape, 2014)Egypt has the highest burden of Hepatitis C Viral infection (HCV) in the world with 10% between 15- 60 years old having HCV antibodies and 7% having chronic HCV infection. HCV is more concentrated among rural, aged, less ... -
Determinants of TB treatment adherence among patients on Anti-TB treatment in Tororo District, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)To address this challenge, our study was to ascertain the extent of poor adherence to anti-TB treatment, to describe the demographic factors of patients on anti-TB treatment, to investigate the factors associated with ... -
Factors relating to poor glycaemic control amongst diabetic patients attending Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre
Diabetes is a serious public health problem accounting for the second highest cause of death in South Africa in 2015. Poor diabetic control causes various micro- and macro-vascular conditions of which management is ... -
Access and utilization of reproductive health services among adolescents in Kaduna North local governemnt, Kaduna State North-West, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)A considerable proportion of adolescents in Nigeria are sexually active and involved in unprotected sexual activities with multiple partners. Consequently, these adolescents suffer high rates of sexually transmitted ... -
Understanding the attitudes, perceptions and practices towards condom use in preventing HIV among university students: A qualitative exploratory study at a tertiary institution, Cape Metropole, Western Cape.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)HIV prevalence in South African youth aged 15-24 years was 7.1% in 2012, and is considered high (Shisana et al., 2014), suggesting that this population is highly vulnerable to HIV infection. Most students at the Higher ... -
Evaluation of the effectiveness of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Interventions in two selected health facilities in Adamawa State, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Most (90%) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive children are infected through mother to child transmission of HIV (MTCT). Without any interventions the risk of MTCT is between 20% and 45% at the final endpoint of ... -
Risk factors for adolescent pregnancy and HIV in Bafoussam, Cameroon
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Adolescent pregnancies contribute significantly to maternal morbidity and mortality accounting for 23% of the overall burden of disease due to pregnancy and childbirth among women of all ages. Pregnancy in adolescence is ... -
An investigation on food safety of the National School Nutrition Programme in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) focuses on provision of nutritious supplementary meals to learners in order to improve temporary hunger, learner's school attendance and punctuality. Food served through this ... -
Exploring the perceptions of interprofessional teamwork and the barriers and facilitators there of in, in-patient management at a tertiary hospital
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Quality, patient-centered care are recognised standards for providing health care. Since the landscape of health has changed dramatically, with the unprecedented rise in the burden of disease, South African tertiary ... -
Assessing the implementation of Focused Antenatal Care and factors influencing its implementation across health facilities in Jinja District, Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)The World Health Organization recommends focused antenatal care (FANC) to limit the number of times a pregnant woman makes visits to the health facility (if there is no other need) to four while ensuring that she receives ... -
The Prevalence of immunization and the factors associated with low immunization prevalence in an urban community in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)In 2013/2014 the fully immunized child immunization prevalence in South Africa was 80% is below the national target of 90%. A review of Western Cape Government (WCG): Health immunization data indicated that 87.7% of children ... -
Exploring the barriers to optimal infant feeding in the first six months of life in De Doorns, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Adequate infant feeding (IF) practices, specifically exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life, is one of the approaches to addressing malnutrition. The World Health Assembly has set an international ... -
Factors influencing infant feeding choices among mothers living with HIV in Francistown, Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)In Botswana the National Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV programme and the National HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines are not fully aligned with current World Health Organization recommendations for best ... -
Risk factors for severe Malnutrition in children with Cerebral Palsy in Lusaka, Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)Over 80% of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) present with feeding difficulties which consequently result in about 40-50% of them being malnourished. Many children with CP in low resource countries like Zambia, present ... -
Predictors of lost-to-follow-up amongst adolescents on antiretroviral therapy in an urban setting in Botswana.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)There has been a recent increase in the proportion of adolescents living with HIV being enrolled on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Botswana, with more than 90% accessing this life saving therapy. A significant proportion ... -
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Interventions to Change the Knowledge of, Attitudes towards, and Practices around, TB and HIV of Inmates in the Western and Eastern Cape of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)Tuberculosis (TB) and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major public health issues within South Africa, with TB the leading cause of death in 2015 in the country (Statistics South Africa, 2017). TB and HIV rates ... -
Prevelance and determinants of low birth weight in Maseru Lesotho
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)INTRODUCTION: Low birth weight (LBW), affecting about 30 million newborns annually, is the commonest cause of severe morbidity and mortality amongst neonates globally, and is implicated in a high proportion of stillbirths. ... -
Understanding attitudes and perceptions of nurses and medical doctors on providing intimate partner violence screening at Katutura Hospital, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This qualitative, explorative study aimed to explore the attitudes and perceptions of nurses and medical doctors at frontline services units of the Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, in providing intimate ...
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