Childhood asthma in low and middle-income countries: where are we now?

GB Fischer, EE Sarria, P Camargos, HT Mocelin… - Paediatric Respiratory …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pediatric asthma has been increasing in LMICs (Low Middle-Income Countries), leading to
an important burden for both children and national health systems. Implementing measures …

[HTML][HTML] Guidance we can trust? The status and quality of prehospital clinical guidance in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review

P Malherbe, P Smit, K Sharma, M McCaul - African Journal of Emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Prehospital care is integral in addressing sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) high injury
and illness burden. Consequently, robust, high-quality prehospital guidance documents are …

Physical rehabilitation needs in the BRICS nations from 1990 to 2017: cross-national analyses using data from the global burden of disease study

TS Jesus, MD Landry, H Hoenig, Y Zeng… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: This study analyzes the current and evolving physical rehabilitation needs of
BRICS nations (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa), a coalition of large …

Barriers and enablers for the development and implementation of allied health clinical practice guidelines in South African primary healthcare settings: a qualitative …

JM Dizon, K Grimmer, Q Louw, S Machingaidze… - Health Research Policy …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The South African allied health (AH) primary healthcare (PHC)
workforce is challenged with the complex rehabilitation needs of escalating patient numbers …

Primary care clinical practice guidelines in South Africa: qualitative study exploring perspectives of national stakeholders

T Kredo, A Abrams, T Young, Q Louw, J Volmink… - BMC health services …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are common tools in policy and
clinical practice informing clinical decisions at the bedside, governance of health facilities …

Building capacity in primary care rehabilitation clinical practice guidelines: a South African initiative

Q Louw, K Grimmer, JM Dizon, S Machingaidze… - Health Research Policy …, 2018 - Springer
Background The large number of South Africans with disability who cannot access good
quality rehabilitation presents a public health and human rights challenge. A cost-effective …

Extending the RIGHT statement for reporting adapted practice guidelines in healthcare: the RIGHT-Ad@ pt Checklist protocol

Y Song, A Darzi, M Ballesteros, LM García… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction The adaptation of guidelines is an increasingly used methodology for the
efficient development of contextualised recommendations. Nevertheless, there is no specific …

South African primary health care allied health clinical practice guidelines: the big picture

JM Dizon, KA Grimmer, S Machingaidze… - BMC health services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Good quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are a vehicle to implementing
evidence into allied health (AH) care. This paper reports on the current 'state of play'of CPGs …

South African clinical practice guidelines: A landscape analysis

M Wilkinson, T Wilkinson, T Kredo… - South African Medical …, 2018 - journals.co.za
Background. South Africa (SA) is in the process of implementing National Health Insurance
(NHI), which will require co-ordination of health provision across sectors and levels of care …

Global Evidence

P Tugwell, JA Knottnerus - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2017 - jclinepi.com
Clinical epidemiology has been a strong force for change in South Africa and indeed South
Africa has been a leader in establishing this discipline on the African continent. In the latest …