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Exploring the clients’ experience of Primary Health Care services prior to and post the implementation of appointment systems in City Health Clinics, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Long waiting times have, for many years, been synonymous with primary health care in
South Africa, and this is evident by the long queues and consistent client dissatisfaction.
There are multiple contributing factors ...
Caregivers' perceptions of cleft deformity and experiences in accessing cleft services at a tertiary public hospital in Sokoto, NorthWest, Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2018)
Cleft lip and/or palate deformity is the most common facial birth defect with an incidence of 1 in
600 for every live birth worldwide. Despite the availability of specialised cleft care in Nigeria,
many cleft patients ...
Exploring the trends in prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus drug resistance in South Africa over the course of the HIV epidemic
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) was rolled out in South Africa in the public sector
in 2004 and the treatment coverage has increased over the years to 56% in 2016. The increased
treatment coverage has the potential ...
A descriptive analysis of the role of a WhatsApp clinical discussion group as a forum for Continuous Medical Education in the management of complicated HIV/TB clinical cases in a group of doctors in the Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Background: As South Africa’s HIV programme increases in size, increasingly complex
HIV/TB cases occur that are often beyond the clinical scope of primary health care clinicians.
In the Eastern Cape (EC) province, health ...
Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis patients attending a hospital in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The presence of highly effective medicines has made very little impact in reducing
deaths as a result of tuberculosis (TB), a curable condition but when managed inappropriately,
may result in Drug Resistant TB. TB accounts ...
Dietary intake practices associated with diabetes and obesity among black South Africans in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
South Africa is undergoing epidemiological transition characterised by large shifts in dietary patterns. Modern societies seem to have adopted a ―Western diet‖ which is high in saturated fats, sugar, salt, refined foods ...