Browsing Faculty of Natural Science by Subject "Health care"
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Biosimilar’s Growth in Pharmerging Markets: An Analysis of the Regulatory Environments
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The introduction of biosimilars to health care markets across the globe has had some success in increasing competition and improving the cost of healthcare. While savings are important for driving the biosimilar uptake, ... -
Characterization of ATP-binding cassette drug transporters and their role in breast cancer treatment using in silico approach
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, and is the second most common cancer in the world, responsible for more than 500 000 deaths annually. Estimates are that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer ... -
The correlation between the serious diseases affecting child mortality in Sierra Leone
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)Child mortality in Sierra Leone is the highest ranked in the world. Government officials and researchers have tried to understand how and why this has become such a big phenomenon in Sierra Leone. Researchers have come up ... -
Determinants of health care use and mothers' preventative and curative health care practices in Burkina Faso
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In about two-thirds of all countries in sub-Saharan Africa, low coverage of effective interventions to prevent maternal and child deaths has been attributed to both weaknesses in the supply and demand for health services. ... -
Health seeking behaviours in South Africa: a household perspective using the general households survey of 2007
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)This study is aimed at empirically examining health seeking behaviours in terms of illness response on household level at South Africa using 2007 General Household Survey and other relevant secondary sources. It provides ... -
Moving towards social accountability in pharmacy education: Exploring service-learning outcomes and opportunities with Cape Town community health forum representatives
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)The University of the Western Cape (UWC), School of Pharmacy has embedded service-learning in the undergraduate curriculum in an attempt to align activities with the social accountability values. Third-year pharmacy students ... -
The potential therapeutic role of palm oil on prostate cancer
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Prostate cancer is one of the heterogeneous groups of neoplastic diseases originating from the reproductive system of the male naming, the prostate gland. In the west, prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting ... -
Supportive socio-economic conditions to achieve a successful demographic dividend in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)One of the population structures associated with demographic dividend is “demographic transition”, which is a shift from high fertility and mortality to low fertility and mortality. It is understood that low dependency ...