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Home-based care for people living with AIDS in Zimbabwe: voluntary caregivers' motivations and concerns
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Alexander Rödlach --- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, United StatesSimilar to the healthcare systems of other resource-constrained countries with a high prevalence of HIV and AIDS, Zimbabwe's healthcare system encourages communities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to support the public healthcare sector by initiating home-based care activities and training volunteers... -
The role of clinic visits: perceptions of doctors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: ID Couper --- Department of Family Medicine, JFM Hugo --- Department of Family Medicine, WV Van Deventer --- Madibeng Centre for Research,Background: The aim of this study was to ascertain what doctors perceive to be their role in visiting district clinics. -
Pain as a reason for primary care visits: cross-sectional survey in a rural and periurban health clinic in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: EU Igumbor --- School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa T Puoane --- School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa SA Gansky --- School of Dentistry, University of California, USA O Plesh --- School of Dentistry, University of California, USABackground: The burden of pain in primary care has not been described for South Africa. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pain in primary care and to characterise pain among adult patients attending a rural and a periurban... -
Well-child visits: perceptions of Nigerian mothers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases • Authors: E O Sadoh --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, Nigeria B E Okungbowa --- Institute of Child Health, University of Benin, NigeriaWell-child visits have been shown to be of beneft. In Nigeria, many children aged five years and younger do not receive any scheduled preventive healthcare services after the receipt of their last vaccination. This was a descriptive cross-sectional survey. Using... -
Barriers to antiretroviral therapy initiation for HIV-positive children aged 2–18 months in Swaziland
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Pauline Jolly --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Luz A Padilla --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Charisse Ahmed --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Chantal Harris --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Nobuhle Mthethwa --- Swaziland National AIDS Programme, National Pediatric HIV Care & Treatment Office, Swaziland Megha Jha --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Inessa Ba --- Clinton Health Access Initiative, Swaziland Amy Styles --- Eureka Idea Company, Australia Sarah P Hope --- Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Swaziland Raina Brooks --- University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, USA Florence Naluyinda-Kitabire --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Makhosini Mamba --- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Swaziland Peter Preko --- President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), SwazilandAlthough early antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces HIV-related mortality in children by up to 75%, almost half of HIV-positive children younger than 1 year old in Swaziland do not initiate ART. This study was conducted to identify barriers to early ART...