Department of Global Health: Recent submissions
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A qualitative analysis of perceptions of various stakeholders on nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions, including the taxation on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), to improve overall health and nutrition in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2020-09-03)Background: As a low-middle income country, South Africa has seen an upsurge in the double burden of malnutrition (DBM). Owing to the rising costs of obesity on healthcare in South Africa, the National Treasury implemented ... -
The effects of anti-inflammatory agents as host-directed adjunct treatment of tuberculosis in humans : a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BioMed Central, 2020-08-26)Background: The potential role of adjunctive anti-inflammatory therapy to enhance tuberculosis (TB) treatment has recently received increasing interest. There is, therefore, a need to broadly examine current host-directed ... -
Probiotic effect and dietary correlations on faecal microbiota profiles in irritable bowel syndrome
(Medpharm Publications, 2019)Objective: Probiotics and nutrient intakes modulate gastrointestinal (GIT) microbiota and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The extent to which these factors influence the microbiota is relatively unknown. The ... -
Changes in surgical practice in 85 South African hospitals during COVID-19 hard lockdown
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)Background. In preparation for the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa (SA) began a national lockdown on 27 March 2020, and many hospitals implemented measures to prepare for a potential COVID-19 surge. Objectives. To report ... -
Sustainable workforce : South African audiologists and speech therapists
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-07-01)Background: Audiologists and Speech Therapists play a vital role in addressing sustainable development goals by supporting people who are marginalised due to communication challenges. The global burden of disease and ... -
Home visits by community health workers in rural South Africa have a limited, but important impact on maternal and child health in the first two years of life
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-06-29)Background: More than 50% of Africa’s population lives in rural areas, which have few professional health workers. South Africa has adopted task shifting health care to Community Health Workers (CHWs) to achieve the ... -
Healthcare workers' adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases : a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020-07-02)COVID-19 spreads easily between people who are in close contact, or through coughs and sneezes. As the number of cases continues to increase, healthcare workers (HCWs) are notably at risk as a result of frequency of contact ... -
South African healthcare workers and COVID-19 : a shared responsibility to protect a precious and limited resource
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2020)Healthcare workers (HCWs) in African countries face high risks of occupational exposure to many pathogens, including tuberculosis, measles, HIV and Ebola.[1,2] The novel coronavirus SARSCoV- 2 poses an arguably greater ... -
From easing lockdowns to scaling-up community-based COVID-19 screening, testing, and contact tracing in Africa : shared approaches, innovations, and challenges to minimize morbidity and mortality
(Oxford University Press, 2020)The arrival of COVID-19 to the African continent resulted in a range of locally relevant lockdown measures, which curtailed the spread of SARS-CoV-2 but caused economic hardship for large sections of the population. African ... -
Psychosocial interventions targeting mental health in pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents : a systematic review
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-05-14)Background: Pregnancy and parenthood are known to be high-risk times for mental health. However, less is known about the mental health of pregnant adolescents or adolescent parents. Despite the substantial literature ... -
Epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed mumps infections in South Africa, 2012–2017 : a cross-sectional study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-05-12)Background: Data on the burden of mumps in South Africa are limited and the epidemiology of mumps in this setting is not well understood. We present an analysis of mumps data in South Africa from 2012 to 2017. Methods: ... -
Risk reduction of diarrhea and respiratory infections following a community health education program - a facility-based case-control study in rural parts of Kenya
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-04-29)Background: Diarrheal and acute respiratory infections remain a major cause of death in developing countries especially among children below 5 years of age. About 80% of all hospital attendances in Kenya can be attributed to ... -
Strengthening prehospital clinical practice guideline implementation in South Africa : a qualitative case study
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020)Background: Methods on developing new (de novo) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have received substantial attention. However, research into alternative methods of CPG development using existing CPG documents (CPG adaptation) ... -
The development of a single health-endorsement logo for South Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2018)Objective: To develop health-endorsement logos (HEL) for food products indicating healthy choices based on the South African nutrient profile model and to pilot test these logos with consumers. Design: Multistage mixed-methods ... -
Mind the gap! Risk factors for poor continuity of care of TB patients discharged from a hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2018)Background: TB patients discharged from hospitals in South Africa experience poor continuity of care, failing to continue TB treatment at other levels of care. Factors contributing to poor continuity of TB care are ... -
COVID-19 in Africa : care and protection for frontline healthcare workers
(BioMed Central, 2020)Medical staff caring for COVID-19 patients face mental stress, physical exhaustion, separation from families, stigma, and the pain of losing patients and colleagues. Many of them have acquired SARS-CoV-2 and some have ... -
Systematic review of genetic factors in the etiology of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in African populations
(Frontiers Media, 2019)Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), one of the most aggressive cancers, is endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, constituting a major health burden. It has the most divergence in cancer incidence globally, with ... -
Dietary intake and beliefs of pregnant women with gestational diabetes in Cape Town, South Africa
(MDPI, 2018)This study investigated the dietary intake of pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and their beliefs relating to the consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) and sugary foods and drinks. A cross-sectional ... -
Parenting in a time of COVID-19
(Elsevier, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is changing family life. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization estimates 1·38 billion children are out of school or child care, without access to ... -
Global temporal changes in the proportion of children with advanced disease at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy in an era of changing criteria for treatment initiation
(Wiley Open Access, 2018)Introduction: The CD4 cell count and percent at initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) are measures of advanced HIV disease and thus are important indicators of programme performance for children living ...
