Using a combination of documentary analysis, a household survey, and in-depth interviews,
we examine instances when people access healthcare outside of the standard, government …

Geographies of health have neglected relevant consideration of health human resources.
Five developments in the sub-discipline are examined to demonstrate how health labour …

Healthcare access and utilization remain key challenges in the Global South. South Africa
represents this given that more than twenty years after the advent of democratic elections …

Despite the WHO providing a framework for the integration of traditional medicines into the
health systems with pandemics like HIV/AIDS and the COVID-19, most countries are yet to …

Practitioners of traditional African medicine (traditional healers) are an important part of the
health care system in South Africa, yet their voices are often absent from discussions about …

Empirical work related to African spirituality in the social sciences, particularly within the
social work context, is sparse. It is crucial that practitioners have a deeper understanding of …

Background Accurate data on care-seeking for child illness are needed to improve public
health programs and reduce child mortality. The accuracy of maternal report of care-seeking …

This paper explores the relational constitution and performance of environments for holistic
medicine. Informed by actor-network theory and the idea of 'affect', the findings of a …

Achieving equitable access to health care is an important policy goal, with access influenced
by affordability, availability, and acceptability of specific services. We explore patient …

Speech and Song at the Margins of Global Health tells the story of a unique Zulu gospel
choir comprised of people living with HIV in South Africa, and how they maintained healthy …