Maternal mental health in primary care in five low-and middle-income countries: a situational analysis

EC Baron, C Hanlon, S Mall, S Honikman… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background The integration of maternal mental health into primary health care has been
advocated to reduce the mental health treatment gap in low-and middle-income countries …

A group-based counselling intervention for depression comorbid with HIV/AIDS using a task shifting approach in South Africa: a randomized controlled pilot study

I Petersen, JH Hancock, A Bhana… - Journal of affective …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Co-morbid depression in HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral (ART) treatment
poses a public health threat. It compromises treatment adherence and accelerates disease …

Progress towards the 2020 targets for HIV diagnosis and antiretroviral treatment in South Africa

LF Johnson, RE Dorrington, H Moolla - Southern African journal of …, 2017 - journals.co.za
Background: The UNAIDS targets for 2020 are to achieve a 90% rate of diagnosis in
HIVpositive individuals, to provide antiretroviral treatment (ART) to 90% of HIV-diagnosed …

[PDF][PDF] THEMBISA version 1.0: A model for evaluating the impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

L Johnson, R Dorrington, T Rehle, S Jooste… - Centre for Infectious …, 2014 - Citeseer
This working paper provides a detailed technical description of the THEMBISA model, an
integrated demographic and epidemiological model of the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic …

Increased risk for and mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants aged< 1 year in South Africa, 2009–2013

C Von Mollendorf, A Von Gottberg… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background. High antenatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence rates (∼
30%) with low perinatal HIV transmission rates (2.5%), due to HIV prevention of mother-to …

Tuberculosis among health care workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a retrospective cohort analysis

C Tudor, M Van der Walt, B Margot, SE Dorman… - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an occupational hazard for health care workers (HCWs)
who are at greater risk of developing TB than the general population. The objective of this …

Overlapping vitamin A interventions in the United States, Guatemala, Zambia, and South Africa: case studies

SA Tanumihardjo, C Kaliwile, E Boy… - Annals of the New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin A (VA) deficiency is a serious public health problem, especially in preschool
children who are at risk of increased mortality. In order to address this problem, the World …

Cost and impact of scaling up interventions to save lives of mothers and children: taking South Africa closer to MDGs 4 and 5

L Chola, Y Pillay, P Barron, A Tugendhaft… - Global health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background South Africa has made substantial progress on child and maternal mortality, yet
many avoidable deaths of mothers and children still occur. This analysis identifies priority …

Excellent treatment outcomes in children treated for tuberculosis under routine operational conditions in Cape Town, South Africa

M Osman, K Lee, K Du Preez, R Dunbar… - Clinical Infectious …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in children globally. It is
recognized that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases the risk of …

Patients' costs associated with seeking and accessing treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

L Ramma, H Cox, L Wilkinson, N Foster… - … of tuberculosis and …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
SETTING: South Africa is one of the world's 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, with
the second highest number of notified rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) and multidrug …