010 About a decade ago, I went wandering around Cairo’s City of the Dead. This might sound like a grim bit of tourism, but my connection to that vast necropolis runs deep—quite literally, as my family is buried there. After visiting their grave, I rambled through the city’s dusty alleyways, past hundreds of years of history. Yet what I remember most about that day was not one of the many magnif...

This paper combines information from two nationwide household surveys in Morocco, spanning eight years, to evaluate the impact of the Social Priorities Program (BAJ) on access to social services. The empirical analysis is based on refinements of the basic differences-in-differences approach, the most important of which allows for heterogeneous program impacts at the province level. The main fin...

For a long time, the only acceptable treatment for a white phosphorous burn was to keep it covered with water until a physician extracted the phosphorous. When the water dried up or ran-off, contact with air caused the burn to re-ignite. This is a serious problem, especially under battle conditions where water may by scarce or non-existent, and the ability to remove the victim quickly to a trea...

BACKGROUND Treatment-seeking for childhood fever among caretakers in most rural parts of African region is still a major challenge. The aim of this study was to determine the treatment seeking behaviour for fever in under-5 children of Magoye and Chivuna rural areas of Mazabuka district in Zambia. METHODS Treatment-seeking behaviour was explored longitudinally among caretakers of 362 children...

Delivering in health facility under the supervision of skilled birth attendant is an important way of mitigating impacts of delivery complications. Empirical evidence suggests that decision-making autonomy is aligned with holistic wellbeing especially in the aspect of maternal and child health. The objective of this paper was to examine the relationship between women's health decision-making au...

The purpose of this correspondence is to describe how the positive-deviance approach can be used to translate evidence into practice, based on successive studies conducted in Ethiopia. In earlier studies, it was identified that retention in antiretroviral treatment care was variable across health facilities; and, seeking compliance across facilities, a framework was developed based on the pract...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether potential exists to increase vaccination coverage in Swaziland by reducing missed opportunities. DESIGN The standard World Health Organisation Expanded Programme on Immunisation (WHO EPI) protocol for assessing missed opportunities for vaccination was used to conduct this study. It involved client exit interviews and review of health cards. SETTING Selected v...

The total good of the patient, which includes his higher spiritual as well as his bodily welfare, is the primary concern of those entrusted with the management of a Catholic health facility. So important is this, in fact, that if an institution could not fulfill its basic mission in this regard, it would have no justification for continuing its existence as a Catholic health facility. Trustees ...

How to cite this article: Mlambo, M.G., Peltzer, K. & Koivu, A., 2014, ‘Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV data completeness and accuracy assessment in health facilities of the Nkangala District’, Health SA Gesondheid 19(1), Art. #774, 8 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/hsag. v19i1.774 Background: Even though significant progress has been made in the roll-out and quality of the ...