Background: In April 1998, the South African government introduced the child-support grant
as a poverty-alleviation measure to support the income of poor households and enable them …

Background Cases of premature death in Africa may be attributed to witchcraft. In such
settings, medical registration of causes of death is rare. To fill this gap, verbal autopsy (VA) …

Executive summary This report outlines the situation facing children who migrate across
international borders to South Africa. The report begins by outlining the policy framework …

Abstract Background: South Africa is experiencing a health and social transition including an
ageing population and an HIV epidemic. We report mortality experience of an older rural …

Abstract The Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System has since 2001
conducted a biannual household asset survey in order to quantify household socio …

Compromised health negatively impacts older persons' ability to participate in expected
social roles. Researchers have published little empirical work, however, to explore these …

The rollout of antiretroviral therapy globally has increased life expectancy across Southern
Africa, where 20.6 million people now live with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We …

Purpose The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) study focuses on a key challenge in
migration research: although it has long been established that migration and health are …

Background: Non-communicable diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes,
cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, are responsible for approximately 63% of all …

Targeting of health interventions to poor children at highest risk of mortality are promising
approaches for promoting equity. Methods have emerged to accurately quantify excess risk …