Poor local government performance has been detrimental to South Africa's development.
The study explores the challenge (s) the Msunduzi Local Municipality is facing in ensuring …

Introduction Crowding is a significant challenge for emergency centres (ECs) globally. While
South Africa is not alone in reckoning with high patient demand and insufficient resources to …

Public primary healthcare services have been under the spotlight consistently. As the first
point of access to healthcare services for the majority of the population, it demands a high …

The emergency nursing role is incredibly challenging in Africa, and Botswana is no
exception due to the lack of qualified nursing staff, the lack of specialty training, and the …

Introduction: Emergency medicine is a critical component of quality public health service. In
fact length of stay and waiting times in the Emergency department are key indicators of …

Introduction Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionally affected by
conditions requiring emergency care but there are limited contextually appropriate studies …

Introduction Over a quarter of patients presenting to South African Emergency Centres (EC)
have concurrent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yet it is unclear how this impacts their …

Background Blood warming poses a challenge for healthcare workers in a resource-
constrained setting due to financial limitations. Various blood-warming methods have been …

In South Africa, patients experience stark differences in the health care provided by private
and public hospitals (Ward et al., 2017). Patients in public hospitals often feel neglected and …

Abstract Key Performance Indicators (KPI) regard key areas of a particular service which
needs to be evaluated. Within the health system, they represent specific and measurable …