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Harnessing Resilience: An exploration into individual and contextual factors that facilitate uptake of sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) and HIV testing amongst South African youth
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Youth is generally defined as young people between the ages of 14- 24 years, however, in South
Africa the age range is extended to 34 years. In 2020, the estimated youth population (14-35
years) in South Africa was 20.1 ...
The politics of malnutrition: Self-determination and the right to food in the era of Sustainable Development Goals
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This research is about the analyses of power, governance, social capital and social
justice in food and nutrition policy processes with the aim of informing efforts to
achieve the right to food and address the complex ...
Putting community health workers on the map: Toward a geography of community health workers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In many contexts community health workers (CHWs) are intended to expand the
geographical accessibility of integrated primary health care (PHC) services at community
level, including prevention, promotive, and curative ...
Understanding implementation of quality improvement initiatives for maternal and newborn health: Exploring maternal and perinatal death audit
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Poor quality of health services contributes to high maternal and perinatal mortality, particularly
in regions with the greatest burden of deaths, such as sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal and
perinatal death surveillance and ...
Power, people and processes: A gender analysis of adolescent health policy in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the United Nations Global
Strategy (2016-2030) emphasise that all women, children and adolescents ‘survive, thrive and
transform’. A key element of this global policy framework ...
Burden of multimorbidity in South Africa: Implications for health policy and service delivery
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa is challenged to manage the quadruple burden of disease experienced
by its population. Furthermore, the burden of multimorbidity – that is, people living with more
than one disease condition – is increasing. ...
The decentralised drug-resistant TB programme in South Africa: From policy to implementation
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa is one of the high burden countries for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) globally. A
policy supporting decentralised DR-TB treatment provision was introduced in 2011 but to date
implementation has been ...
Use of continuous quality improvement to improve prevention of mother to child transmission (pmtct) programme performance in Amathole district municipality of Eastern Cape province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globally, new Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in children reduced by 54% due to implementation of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV since the peak in 1996, increase in Antiretroviral ...
Conceptualisation and operationalisation of mental wellness: Developing an instrument to measure mental wellness among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) are a key population in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The comparatively poorer treatment outcomes of ALHIV in relation to child and adult HIV populations indicate the need for a health ...
Metabolic syndrome and the risk of consuming street food among commercial taxi drivers in South Africa. A cross-sectional study
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Minibus taxi drivers in South Africa are eminent street food (SF) consumers with
these affordable foods easily accessible at taxi ranks. Regular SF consumption, in combination,
with unhealthy lifestyles associated with ...