Integrated care is defined as health services that are managed and delivered such that
people receive a continuum of health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment …

Background Community‐based primary‐level workers (PWs) are an important strategy for
addressing gaps in mental health service delivery in low‐and middle‐income countries …

In this paper we begin by highlighting the large treatment gap in South Africa for mental
health conditions. We then describe the mental health services available, including the …

Background The rise in multimorbid chronic conditions in South Africa, large treatment gap
for common mental disorders (CMDs) and shortage of mental health specialists demands a …

Objectives There is growing recognition around the importance of multimorbidity in low-
income and middle-income country (LMIC) settings, and specifically the need for pragmatic …

Building resilience in health systems is an imperative for low-and middle-income countries.
Health service managers' ability to implement health innovations may be a key aspect of …

Objective Integration of mental health and chronic disease services in primary care could
reduce the mental health treatment gap and improve associated health outcomes in low …

Introduction A task-sharing collaborative care model for integrated depression care for South
Africa's burgeoning primary health care population with chronic conditions was developed …

Background We tested the real-world effectiveness of a collaborative task-sharing model on
depressive symptom reduction in hypertensive Primary Health Care (PHC) patients in South …

Introduction Postpartum depression (PPD) is a prevalent and debilitating disease that may
affect medication adherence and thus maternal health and vertical transmission among …