A5074237720- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Health and Surgery
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Human Rights and Development
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Dental Research and COVID-19
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Competency Development and Evaluation
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
University of Pretoria
2011-2023
Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
Health Systems Trust
2021
Human Sciences Research Council
2020
The Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG s) herald a new phase for international development. This article presents the results of consultative exercise to collaboratively identify 100 research questions critical importance post‐2015 development agenda. final shortlist is grouped into nine thematic areas and was selected by 21 representatives non‐governmental organisations consultancies, 14 academics with diverse disciplinary expertise from an initial pool 704 submitted 110 based in 34...
Background The epidemiology of COVID-19 remains speculative in Africa. To the best our knowledge, no study, using robust methodology provides its trajectory for region or accounts local context. This paper is first systematic attempt to provide prevalence, incidence, and mortality estimates across Methods Caseloads incidence forecasts are from a co-variate-based instrumental variable regression model. Fatality rates Italy China were applied generate after making relevant health system...
A functional national health research system (NHRS) is crucial in strengthening a country's to promote, restore and maintain the status of its population. Progress towards goal universal coverage post-2015 sustainable development agenda will be difficult for African countries without their NHRS yield required evidence decision-making. This study aims develop barometer facilitate monitoring performance NHRSs Region WHO.The systems algorithm was developed response recommendation Advisory...
This study sought to determine the sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with water pipe smokeless tobacco (SLT) use among a population of medical students in Pretoria area, South Africa.Undergraduate (N = 722) their 2nd 6th year 2 schools Africa completed self-administered questionnaire during 2008. Information on ever current SLT was obtained along information variables, alcohol use, cigarette smoking status. Multiple logistic regression analysis were used SLT.The mean age...
Strengthening health systems in developing countries such as Kenya is required to achieve the third United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal of for all, at all ages. However, experiencing a “brain drain” and critical shortage healthcare professionals. There need identify factors that motivate workers work sector rural marginalized areas. This cross-sectional study aims investigate associated with level types motivation among professionals public mission hospitals Meru county, Kenya. Data...
Kenya is among the countries with an acute shortage of skilled health workers. There have been recurrent worker strikes in due to several issues, some which directly or indirectly affect their health. The purpose this study was investigate predictors health-related quality life (HRQOL) healthcare workers public and mission hospitals Meru County, Kenya. A cross-sectional design undertaken 553 across 24 County. participants completed EuroQol-five dimension-five level (EQ-5D-5L) instrument,...
Abstract Background South Africa (SA) is on the brink of implementing workplace-based assessments (WBA) in all medical specialist training programmes country. Despite fact that competency-based education (CBME) has been place for about two decades, WBA offers new and interesting challenges. The literature indicates resource, regulatory, educational social complexities. Implementing would therefore require a careful approach to this complex challenge. To date, insufficient exploration...
Scaling up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa (SA) has resulted an increase the number patients on national ART programme and increased workload for service providers nationwide.To ascertain patient retention after 5 years treatment one district Gauteng Province, SA, establish who remained alive treatment, identify patient-related factors that contributed towards outcome each indicator.A retrospective cohort study initiated highly active (HAART) between January March 2007 was...
In global health, a discipline with racist and colonial history, white supremacy, privilege racism are still present today.1Although many believe we witnessing resurgence of in because recent rise extreme right comments the community online2, 3. reality has always been an inherent aspect health its predecessors: tropical international by prioritizing issues colonizers over those native populations.4As such, rather bearing witness to long standing that have persistently overlooked. There is...
Sierra Leone, in West Africa, is one of the poorest developing countries world. Leone has experienced several recent challenges namely, a civil war from 1991 to 2002, massive Ebola outbreak 2014 2016, followed by floods and landslides 2017.In this study, we quantified burden disease over 27-year period, 1990 descriptive analysed secondary data Institute Health Metrics Evaluation, Global Burden Disease (GBD) study. We patterns disease, injuries, risk factors Leone. report GBD metrics...
Aim: There are currently debates about why South Africa integrates global health into its foreign policy agendas. This study aimed at exploring motivation and interests’ African actors pursue to advance the processes that lead such integration. Methods: The utilized a mixed-method design from sample of state National Department Health Africa. Participants were selected purposively had experience more than three years participating in various international activities. All participants...
Background To date, no study has estimated the dollar value of DALYs lost from a wide range diseases and conditions in South Africa. The specific objectives this were: (a) to estimate disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) Africa 2019, (b) forecast reductions DALY losses assuming United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) five disease-specific targets are attained by 2030. Methods employs human capital approach convert all causes into their International Dollar (Int$) equivalents....
Background. South Africa’s health sector spans the private and public sectors. Within sectors, managers take on strategic leadership roles without formal training in management or – a trend more common than sector. Health are selected based their clinical skills rather skills. Objective. To compare self-rated competencies before after of participants; to assess participants’ experience programme; evaluate participants training. Methods. A cross-sectional, descriptive analytical method 360°...