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Lessons learnt during the implementation of WISN for comprehensive primary health care in India, South Africa and Peru
(MDPI, 2021)
Introduction: The World Health Organization introduced the workload indicators of staffing needs (WISN) in 1998 to improve country-level health workforce planning. This study presents the primary care health workforce ...
‘Q-Storming’ to identify challenges and opportunities for integrating health and climate adaptation measures in Africa
(Elsevier, 2023)
Introduction: Climate factors influence the state of human health and wellbeing. Climate-related threats are particularly being experienced by vulnerable populations in Africa. A Question (Q)-Storming session was convened ...
The diffusion of pay for performance in health system reforms in sub-Saharan Africa and the depoliticization of health interventionThe diffusion of pay for performance in health system reforms in sub-Saharan Africa and the depoliticization of health intervention
(Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2018)
Chapter 12 Parasite Lost: Remembering Modern Times with Kenyan Government Medical Scientists : the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa
Medical research has been central to biomedicine in Africa for over a century, and Africa, along with other tropical areas, has been crucial to the development of medical science. At present, study populations in Africa ...
More than just talk: The framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Background: 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional ...
A research agenda for helminth diseases of humans: Towards control and elimination
(Public Library of Science, 2012)
Human helminthiases are of considerable public health importance in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The acknowledgement of the disease burden due to helminth infections, the availability of donated or affordable ...
Covid-19 pandemic research opportunity: Is the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) missing out?
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has caused fear and panic worldwide, forcing healthcare
systems to disregard conventional practices and adopt innovation to contain the infection and
death. Globally, there has been a ...