Browsing School of Public Health by Author "Wyk, Brian Van"
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A 12 year review of routine data for deliveries by teenaged women in public sector health care facilities in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, from 2000 – 2012
Joemat, Janine (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Background: The factors that underlie teenage pregnancies are complex and multifactorial. The prevailing perception is that teenage pregnancies are increasing in South Africa. However, the empirical extent and trends in ... -
Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among patients in the Keetmanshoop antiretroviral therapy programme, Namibia
Njuguna, Wambui (2010)The government of Namibia established a comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care programme in 2002. This programme provides anti-retroviral treatment to all eligible HIV patients in the public health sector. The antiretroviral ... -
Assessing knowledge, attitude and practices of male condom use among male employees fifty years and older at a diamond mining company in Namibia
Nakathingo, Phillemon Kashiimbi (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Background: The HIV / AIDS pandemic have been characterized as the greatest natural challenge ever to confront humanity and one of the great moral causes of our time (World Bank, 2007). Although, the HIV and AIDS pandemic ... -
Comparison of loss to follow-up amongst HIV and AIDS patients in care and treatment in Kisumu, Kenya
Miruka, Fredrick Omondi (University of the Western Cape, 2012)Background: Even though there have been marked increases in the number of patients accessing HIV care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, challenges in patient retention remain. Most health systems in sub-Saharan Africa ... -
Knowledge, beliefs and practice about sexual concurrent partnering amongst education students at a tertiary institution in rural Namibia
Shilongo, Lydia (2010)Background: In an attempt to avert the HIV/AIDS epidemic, more research has been conducted to determine why the epidemic is more devastating in Southern African countries than anywhere else in the world. Heterosexual ... -
Patient satisfaction with public primary health care service delivery in Khomas region, Windhoek district Namibia
Sherif, Hesham E.L (2010)Primary Health Care (PHC) services in Namibia are based on the principles of equity,availability, accessibility, affordability of services, and community participation and empowerment. According to the Namibian Constitution ...