these models have a number of potential advantages for our context, but have not been sufficiently reviewed in the literature.In this chapter, we describe the findings of a pilot project in which community interpreters were introduced to hospitals in the Western Cape to address the language barrier...
The study was conducted in the context of three urban public sector hospitals in Cape Town (Western Cape province) and Soweto (Gauteng province), South Africa, which are classified as secondary (Level 2) and tertiary (Level 3). The secondary hospital is a regional hospital, which provides hea...
Vatech's global CSR campaign selects countries/regions that are located in the blind spots of medical care and have difficulty receiving even basic medical treatment, and continues to interact with local hospitals and medical organizations to provide necessary resources. In addition to providing ...
Her analysis comes from a 21-year journey in the public health sector, where she worked as a health worker at the Groote Schuur and Red Cross Children's Hospitals in the Western Cape. "I know what it feels like to be at the bottom of the health hierarchy, in a racially segregated and...
Yet, health professions students in the US continue to receive most of their training in urban hospitals. To assess the extent to which national and state government programs in the US that fund health professions education provide financial resources for community-based and interdisciplinary education...
Early onset neonatal bloodstream infections in South African hospitals Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of death in low- and middle- income countries (LMIC). Increasing antibiotic resistance in early onset (<72h of life) blo... Genevieve Theron,Adrie Bekker,Larisse Bolton,... - BMC Infectious...
The responsibilities of district hospitals and PHC clinics are interrelated since the hospitals receive upward referrals from clinics and downward refer back to them. The same format of data gathering was followed as used by the unit managers in their presentations. The main purpose of the group ...
The Daraja intervention enrolled participants from 20 hospitals offering HIV inpatient care in six districts in the Mwanza region. The region is the second most populous, located on the southern shores of Lake Victoria in northwest Tanzania. The qualitative study was conducted in a subsample of site...
The total working hours in public hospitals were similar for both those who did and did not engage in dual practice; however, dual practice reduced public working hours in some specialties. Conclusion Economic factors followed by family variables are significant elements influencing dual practice. ...
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