This book is an original scholarly book that introduces the concept of preventive audiology,
with a specific focus on the African context, which is in line with the South African re …

Despite the substantial efforts at ensuring universal access to routine immunisation services
among children in South Africa, major gaps in immunisation coverage remain. This study …

Background Socioeconomic and health inequalities remain a huge problem in post-
apartheid South Africa. Despite substantial efforts at ensuring universal access to vaccines …

Missed opportunities for vaccination (MOV) may be among the factors responsible for
suboptimal vaccination coverage in South Africa. However, the magnitude and determinants …

Despite South Africa's substantial investments in and efforts at ensuring universal access to
immunisation services, progress has stalled and remains suboptimal across provinces and …

This study aimed to explore the contextual factors that may be associated with missed
opportunities for vaccination (MOV) from the perspectives of healthcare providers and …

Background Children born to adolescent mothers are more vulnerable to infant mortality and
morbidity than those born to adult mothers. HIV-exposed children have lower antibody …

To the Editor: On 8 March 2019, the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, launched the
new e-Road-to-health-booklet (RTHB) and South Africa (SA)'s first national vaccination …

With most vaccine hesitancy research being performed in high income countries, little is
understood about the phenomenon in low-and middle-income regions, including South …

Background South Africa (SA) experiences vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks despite
officially reporting high administrative fully immunised under-1-year-old coverage (FIC) …