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The challenges of health disparities in South Africa

WEBIn 2008, for example, 54% of South Africans had an income below $3/day. The top 10% of South Africans account for 58% of annual national personal income, while the balance of …

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mitigating a global epidemic

WEBAutism – mitigating a global epidemic. As autism burgeons worldwide, with the latest estimates of 1 in 50 children in the USA between 6 and 17 years old now affected, 1 …

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Understanding healthcare and population mobility in southern …

WEBThe impact of global increases in human mobility on health systems is a little understood but highly political issue in recipient countries. South Africa (SA) is the …

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The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH)

WEBBackground: This paper gives an overview of the South African Stress and Health (SASH) Study. Methods: SASH is part of the World Mental Health Survey and is …

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Models for increasing the health workforce Essack South African

WEBA stable human resource base in the health sector is critical to achieving health-related Millennium Development Goals. There is a severe quantitative and qualitative shortfall of …

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Recommendations to improve the National Development Plan for …

WEBPieter de Jager, Taskeen Khan, Heinrich Volmink and Ruxana Jina are affiliated to the Department of Community Medicine of the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health …

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Human health impacts in a changing South African climate

WEBThe health impacts are direct, such as increased temperatures leading to heat exhaustion, and indirect, such as likely increases in infectious diseases from …

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Anaemia: Approach to diagnosis

WEBAnaemia is defined as a condition in which the number of red cells or their oxygen-carrying capacity is insufficient to meet physiological needs. It is the most …

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Strengthening of district mental health services in Gauteng …

WEBAuthors' affiliations. L J Robertson, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, …

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Establishing a Health Promotion and Development Foundation in …

WEBSouth Africa (SA) is a middle-income country with a low life expectancy of 55.3 years for males and 60.4 years for females.1 Contributing to this is the ‘quadruple burden of …

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Understanding healthcare and population mobility in southern …

WEBThe PDF file you selected should load here if your Web browser has a PDF reader plug-in installed (for example, a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).. If you would like …

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Non-communicable diseases in South Africa: A challenge to …

WEBKaren Hofman. Director, PRICELESS-SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons for Systems Strengthening – SA), Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand Rural …

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Health promotion: From malaria control to elimination

WEBThree basic strategies for advancing health promotion include; advocacy for health, enabling all people to achieve their full potential and mediating between the different …

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No health without mental health: Establishing psychiatry as a …

WEBPsychiatry has not always been a major clinical discipline in medical schools. Although the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Cape Town (UCT) celebrates its …

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Purchasing of medical equipment in public hospitals:

WEBPurchasing of medical equipment in public hospitals: The mini-HTA tool. Moreshnee Govender, Debjani B Mueller, Debashis Basu. The mini-health technology assessment …

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Original articles

WEBAuthors' affiliations. D Bradshaw, Burden of Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Public Health …

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Counting the cost: The consequences of increased medical …

WEBWe live in uncertain times. The recession in Europe and ongoing political instability in the Middle East are each examples of what could legally be termed a ‘statement of fact’.

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Original articles

WEBAuthors' affiliations. A Goga, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Paediatrics and Child …

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South African Medical Journal

WEBMarch 2011, Vol. 101, No. 3 SAMJ South African Medical Journal First published January 1884 March 2011, Vol. 101, No. 3 SAMJ Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer at the …

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