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It is unconstitutional for state departments and state-owned entities to invoke pre-disqualification criteria to public tenders

Hart, T.; Bohler, N.; Pienaar, G. (Styli Charalambous, 2020-11-18)

By ruling against the racial pre-disqualification criteria to public procurement tenders, the Supreme Court of Appeal has told the state that it must ensure that as the largest procurer of goods and services it must approach ...
Intimate partner violence among male couples in South Africa and Namibia

Stephenson, R.; Darbes, L.A.; Chavanduka, T.; Essack, Z.; Van Rooyen, H. (Springer, 2020-11-18)

Despite the growing body of evidence demonstrating the high prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) among male couples and the unique antecedents to IPV that male couples may experience, research efforts have focused ...
Be legally wise: when is parental consent required for adolescents' access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)?

Strode, A.; Slack, C.M.; Essack, Z.; Toohey, J.D.; Bekker, L.G. (AOSIS Publishers, 2020-11-17)

South African adolescents (12-17 years) need an array of prevention tools to address their risk of acquiring the life-long, stigmatized condition that is HIV. Prevention tools include pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). ...
Own your city: on creative economies in South Africa's cities

Mahali, A. (Earthscan, 2020-11-16)

South African health professionals' state of wellbeing during the emergence of COVID-1. This paper considers how the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have a hand in dismantling Apartheids spatial violences and the ...
Trends in HIV testing and associated factors among men in South Africa: evidence from 2005, 2008 and 2012 national population-based household surveys

Makusha, T.; Mabaso, M.; Richter, L.; Desmond, C.; Jooste, S.; Simbayi, L. (2017-03-30)

In Sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa, uptake of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing among men remains a major challenge. Few studies have explored HIV testing uptake among men and factors that ...
TB-IRIS: proteomic analysis of in vitro PMBC responses to mycobacterium tuberculosis and response modulation by dexamethasone

Bell, L.; Peyper, J.M.; Garnett, S.; Tadokera, R.; Wilkinson, R.; Meintjies, G.; Blackburn, J.M. (2017-03-30)

Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome(TB-IRIS) occurs in 8???54% of South African patients undergoing treatment for tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. ...
Conceptions of contraceptive use in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: lessons for programming

Ndinda, C.; Ndhlovu, T.; Khalema, N.E. (2017-03-31)

Community family planning programmes in South Africa arose from the controversial apartheid history of controlling the African population while encouraging the growth of European migrant population. Post-apartheid population ...
Healthcare workers' behaviors and personal determinants associated with providing adequate sexual and reproductive healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systemic review

Jonas, K.; Crutzen, R.; van den Borne, B.; Reddy, S.P. (2017-04-03)

Healthcare workers may affect the utilization of sexual and reproductive healthcare (SRH) services, and quality of care thereof, for example by their behaviours or attitudes they hold. This can become a hindrance to accessing ...
Support for the feasibility of the ages and stages questionnaire as a developmental screening tool: a cross-sectional study of South African and Zambian children aged 2-60 months

Van Heerden, A.; Hsiao, C.; Matafwali, B.; Louw, J.S.; Richter, L. (2017-04-03)

There is a growing global acknowledgement that improving child survival rates is no longer sufficient. Emphasis is shifting to the improvement of health and developmental trajectories in early childhood. Screening and ...
In search of socio-ecological resilience and adaptive capacity: articulating the governance imperatives for improved canal management on the Barotse floodplain, Zambia

Chikozho, C.; Mapedza, E. (2017-05-08)

Governance of the commons through collective action remains an ongoing challenge in many rural areas of Africa. In this paper, we articulate how resource governance systems and proprietorship have affected management of ...
Prevalence and associated factors of illicit drug use among university students in the association of southeast Asian nations (ASEAN)

Yi, S.; Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S.; Susilowati, I.H. (2017-05-10)

Illicit drug use among university students has been recognized as a global public health issue in recent years. It may lead to poor academic performance that in turn leads to poor productivity in their later life. This ...
Non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among HIV infected adults in Mon state of Myanmar

Aye, W.L.; Puckpinyo, A.; Peltzer, K. (2017-05-10)

The provision of Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) was started in Myanmar in 2005 in collaboration with the National AIDS Program and the private sector. Successful clinical management of HIV-infected patients is subject to ...
Differences in sleep duration among four different population groups of older adults in South Africa

Peltzer, K. (2017-05-10)

The study aims to investigate sleep duration in four different population groups in a national probability sample of older South Africans who participated in the Study of Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) Wave 1. A ...
Contraception coverage and methods used among women in South Africa: a national household survey

Chersich, M.F.; Wabiri, N.; Risher, K.; Shisana, O.; Celentano, D.; Rehle, T.; Evans, M.; Rees, H. (2017-05-15)

Globally, family planning services are being strengthened and the range of contraceptive choices expanded. Data on contraceptive coverage and service gaps could help to shape these initiatives. The objective was to assess ...
Prioritizing health system and disease burden factors: an evaluation of the net benefit of transferring health technology interventions to different districts in Zimbabwe

Shamu, S.; Rusakaniko, S,; Hongoro, C. (2017-05-15)

Health-care technologies (HCTs) play an important role in any country's healthcare system. Zimbabwe's health-care system uses a lot of HCTs developed in other countries. However, a number of local factors have affected the ...
Changing the policy for intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Malawi

Mwendera, C.A.; de Jager, C.; Longwe, H.; Phiri, K.; Hongoro, C.; Mutero, C.M. (2017-05-15)

The growing resistance of Plasmodium falciparum to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) treatment for uncomplicated malaria led to a recommendation by the World Health Organization for the use of artemisinin-based combination ...
Matrix degradation in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-associated tuberculosis and tuberculosis immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a prospective observational study

Walker, N.F.; Wilkinson, K.A.; Meintjes, G.; Tezera, L.B.; Goliath, R.; Peyper, J.M.; Tadokera, R.; Opondo, C.; Coussens, A.K.; Wilkinson, R.J.; Friedland, J.S.; Elkington, P.T. (2017-06-29)

Extensive immunopathology occurs in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/tuberculosis (TB) coinfection, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not well-defined. Excessive matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity is ...
Sleep duration, sleep quality, body mass index, and waist circumference among young adults from 24 low- and middle-income and two high-income countries

Peltzer, K.; Pengpid, S. (2017-05-26)

Obesity and its comorbidities have emerged as a leading public health concern. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and sleep patterns, including ...
The role of traditional health practitioners in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: generic or mode specific?

Zuma, T.; Wight, D.; Rochat, T.; Moshabela, M. (2016-09-30)

Traditional health practitioners (THPs) play a vital role in the health care of the majority of the South African population and elsewhere on the African continent. However, many studies have challenged the role of THPs ...
Clients' perceptions and satisfaction with HIV counselling and testing: a cross-sectional study in 56 HCT sites in South Africa

Matseke, G.; Peltzer, K.; Mohlabane, N. (2016-10-19)

Client satisfaction serves as a predictor for acceptance of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services. Therefore, the study of clients' perception and satisfaction may offer insights on how to improve HCT programmes. The ...

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