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Cost-effectiveness of peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda
(Public Library of Science, 2015)
Background:
Community based breastfeeding promotion programmes have been shown to be effective in increasing breastfeeding prevalence. However, there is limited data on the cost-effectiveness of these programmes in ...
Association of neighbourhood and individual social capital, neighourhood economic deprivation and self-rated health in South Africa - a multi-level analysis
(Public Library of Science, 2013-07-29)
Introduction:
Social capital is said to influence health, mostly in research undertaken in high income countries' settings. Because social capital may differ from one setting to another, it is suggested that its measurement ...
Knowledge and attitudes of non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis amongst first- and second year medical students at Stellenbosch University in South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2014-11)
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a worldwide problem, with 68% of infected people residing in sub-Saharan Africa. Antiretroviral therapy is used as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent ...
Training for health services and systems research in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case study at four East and Southern African Universities
(BioMed Central, 2013-12)
Abstract
Background
The need to develop capacity for health services and systems research (HSSR) in low and middle income countries has been highlighted in a number of international forums. ...
Costs of promoting exclusive breastfeeding at community level in three sites in South Africa
(PLoS, 2014-01)
Background: Community-based peer support has been shown to be effective in improving exclusive breastfeeding rates in a variety of settings.
Methods: We conducted a cost analysis of a community cluster randomised-controlled ...
The social determinants of multimorbidity in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2013-08)
Introduction: Multimorbidity is a growing concern worldwide, with approximately 1 in 4 adults affected. Most of the evidence on multimorbidity, its prevalence and effects, comes from high income countries. Not much is known ...
Modelling the cost of community interventions to reduce child mortality in South Africa using the Lives Saved Tool (LiST)
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2017-08)
Objective: To estimate the costs and impact on reducing child mortality of scaling up interventions that can be
delivered by community health workers at community level from a provider’s perspective.
Setting: In this ...