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Discovery of antibacterial lead compounds from marine organisms
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Marine organisms including algae and bacteria are known to produce chemically diverse secondary metabolites for survival purposes in the marine environment. Scientists have identified some of these natural products as ...
Adverse Foetal Outcomes in Gestational Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a condition that affects pregnant women and is one of the most common complications related to pregnancy. According to the World health organisation (WHO), the usual window for ...
The impact of universal health coverage and national health expenditure on the main health determinants on central America countries and the Caribbean
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Health is considered as a sensitive marker of the sustainable development of a population. In Central America and Caribbean (CAC) region, the majority of countries are considered middle-income economies with significant ...
Evaluation of rational use of medicines in public healthcare facilities
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Access to quality healthcare in South Africa is known to be unequal, with those who can afford it, receiving the best quality healthcare services in the private sector, and those who cannot afford it, having to receive ...
The effect of dossier farming on medicine registration in South Africa.
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
In this study, the researcher wanted to determine the effect of dossier farming in medicine registration in South Africa by comparing the number of generic registrations of products tendered for the government for the ...
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 ...
Moving towards social accountability in pharmacy education: what is the role of the practising pharmacist?
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that “there is no health without a workforce” (Campbell et al., 2013). The health workforce is essential for every health care system. The availability, accessibility and ...
The effectiveness of using pictograms and text on medication labels at primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Medication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication 3 from the pharmacy or other healthcare practitioners. Inappropriately designed medicine labelling 4 contributes to poor ...
Employee Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility within the Pharmaceutical Industry
(UWC, 2020)
The role corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays amongst employees is underrated within the pharmaceutical industry, which focuses predominantly on external stakeholders and financial gain. The impact of CSR on these ...
Synthesis and evaluation of 7-substituted 3-propargylamine coumarin derivatives as multifunctional monoamine oxidase and cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer’s Disease treatme
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease which results from the irreversible loss of neurons in the brain. The disease is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment with recurrent short-term memory ...