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Issues and potential solutions when capturing health data in rural clinics in South Africa

This paper highlights the data and information required by various International bodies, including WHO, PEPFAR, World Bank and the South African Government regarding HIV and its associated programmes and comorbidities. It explores the current collection of data in South African rural clinics and reports ...

Body fat percentage of urban South African children: implications for health and fitness

West Indian med. j; 62 (7), 2013
OBJECTIVE: To explore gender and racial profiling of percentage body fat of 1136 urban South African children attending public schools in Pretoria Central. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional survey of 1136 randomly selected children (548 boys and 588 girls) aged 9-13 years in urban (Pretoria Central) Sou...

Entrevista com Maja Daruwala (CHRI) e Susan Wilding (CIVICUS) a política externa das democracias emergentes: qual o lugar dos direitos humanos? Um olhar sobre a Índia e a África do Sul
Interview with Maja Daruwala (CHRI) and Susan Wilding (CIVICUS) on the foreign policy of emerging democracies: what is the place of human rights? A look at India and South Africa

Experience and views of academic psychiatrists on the role of spirituality in South African specialist psychiatry

BACKGROUND: The importance of having to consider the role of spirituality in health, mental health and psychiatry in South Africa has in particular been emphasized by recent legislation on African traditional health practice. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to explore the views and experience of...