Background This is the ninth paper in our series,“Community Health Workers at the Dawn of
a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermediary position between the …

Purpose In resource-limited contexts in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), a
considerable proportion of individuals seeking care for mental disorders consult traditional …

Background HIV counselling and testing are essential to control the HIV epidemic. However,
HIV testing uptake is low in sub-Saharan Africa, where many people use informal health …

Objectives The Three Delays Model has been commonly used to understand and prevent
maternal mortality but has not been systematically applied to emergency medical conditions …

Introduction Medical pluralism, or concurrent utilisation of multiple therapeutic modalities, is
common in various international contexts, and has been characterised as a factor …

Background Neuropsychiatric disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide,
accounting for 22.7% of all years lived with disability. Despite this global burden, fewer than …

Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) substantially contributes to the burden of
disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a …

Background Traditional healers are acceptable and highly accessible health practitioners
throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Patients in South Africa often seek concurrent traditional and …

Religion and spirituality are powerful social forces in contemporary South Africa. Traditional
Health Practitioners (THPs) are commonly consulted for both spiritual and medical ailments …

Objective: Delays in HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy are common even
among symptomatic individuals in Africa. We hypothesized that antiretroviral therapy delays …