Author:Siduna, WillieDate:2012Access to healthcare is one of the basic social goods which ensures that individuals lead healthy and long lives. There is an increased need towards ensuring access to health care for all, which has led to the question of how access is defined. ...Read more
Author:Docrat, SumaiyahDate:2012The control of tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa has fallen short of the targets outlined by the World Health Organization and without improvement; TB is expected to have grave consequences for both the mortality and morbidity of South Africans ...Read more
Author:Kaliki, ChipaloDate:2006According to the 2000/2001 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS), HIV/AIDS prevalence is 16% and is expected to be higher in the next five years. The disease is quite pervasive across all sectors of economic activity, but the impact is ...Read more
Author:Mweemba, ChrispinDate:2011Access to health care is a very important concept which has equally important
implications to the health status of individuals. However, there have been a lot of debates among researchers and policy makers on
what constitutes access, and ...Read more
Author:Magaso, Farai BeverleyDate:2011Although Zimbabwe has invested in nationwide scale-up of prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services, high HIV-specific under-five mortality rates continue to be observed. This study aimed to document the potential reasons for ...Read more
Author:Kevany, Sebastian; Meintjes, Graeme; Rebe, Kevin; Maartens, Gary; Cleary, SusanDate:2009Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being extended across South Africa. While efforts have been made to assess the costs of providing ART via accredited service points, little information is available on its downstream costs, particularly ...Read morecb
Author:Lin, ImingDate:2009In 2003, South Africa's National Department of Health (DoH) initiated the roll out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV positive individuals in the public health sector. Based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, South Africa's ...Read more
Author:De Waal, ReneéDate:2016Strokes and ischaemic heart disease are among the top ten causes of death in South Africa. Given that burden of disease, it is important to establish whether interventions aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease are not only effective, but ...Read more
Author:Cleary, Susan; McIntyre, Di; Boulle, AndrewDate:2006BACKGROUND:Given the size of the HIV epidemic in South Africa and other developing countries, scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) represents one of the key public health challenges of the next decade. Appropriate priority setting and ...Read morecb
Author:Barasa, Edwine WDate:2011In Kenya, an intervention to improve the quality of care of children was developed and tested in district hospitals. This was a multifaceted intervention employing clinical practice guidelines, training, supervision, feedback and facilitation, ...Read more
Author:Govender, Veloshnee; Fried, Jana; Birch, Stephen; Chimbindi, Natsayi; Cleary, SusanDate:2015BACKGROUND:In South Africa, HIV/AIDS remains a major public health problem. In a context of chronic unemployment and deepening poverty, social assistance through a Disability Grant (DG) is extended to adults with HIV/AIDS who are unable to ...Read morecb
Author:Movik, EspenDate:2010Following recommendations laid down by a consensus conference in 1986, the policy of the Norwegian government has been to offer a routine ultrasound scan to all pregnant women at 18 weeks of gestation, i.e. in the second trimester (weeks ...Read more
Author:Kamanga, MpumaDate:2006The purpose of this study was to estimate the costs and human resource requirements of scaling up PMTCT to the proposed targets. Estimates are compared with the proposed 2006-2008 medium term expenditure estimates and projected staffing levels ...Read more
Author:Cleary, SusanDate:2007This dissertation presents a framework for assessing equity and efficiency in health and health care for HIV-positive adults in South Africa, which is tested in the extensive analysis of empirical data on the costs and consequences of alternative ...Read more
Author:Barasa, Edwine WDate:2014Hospitals consume a significant proportion of healthcare budgets and are a key avenue for the delivery of key interventions. Understanding how hospitals use resources is therefore an important question. Priority setting research has however ...Read more