The roots of a dysfunctional health system and the collision of the epidemics of
communicable and non-communicable diseases in South Africa can be found in policies …

Scholars have begun to investigate the mechanisms that link ethnic diversity to low levels of
public goods provision but have paid only minimal attention to the role of preferences for …

The aim of this paper was to explain why poverty and material deprivation in South Africa
are significantly higher among those of African descent than among whites. To do so, we …

This paper presents a spatial analysis of multiple deprivation in South Africa and
demonstrates that the most deprived areas in the country are located in the rural former …

Objective: To model the effect of health systems performance on rates of mother-to-child HIV
transmission. Methods: We modeled the effect of variation in performance of the multiple …

Background Poverty undermines adherence to tuberculosis treatment. Economic support
may both encourage and enable patients to complete treatment. In South Africa, which …

Abstract Purpose of the Study This article evaluates the influence of local district conditions
on subjective quality of life of older South African adults. Policymakers increasingly …

Background Like many low-and middle-income countries, South Africa established a
dedicated HIV monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system to track the national response to …

Background Pregnant women living with HIV (WLH) face daily challenges maintaining their
own and their babies' health and mental health. Standard Prevention of Maternal to Child …

Background Despite the availability of a dual therapy treatment protocol and infant feeding
guidelines designed to prevent mother to child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, of the over 1 …