Abstract Although the South African government adopted a primary health care approach to
health care service provision in order to ensure equitable access to and utilisation of health …

Background: Re-engineering of primary healthcare (PHC) was initiated nationally in 2009.
There is, however, little information on the role expected of occupational therapists (OTs) in …

Objective: In recent years, in order to provide patients with seamless and integrated
healthcare services, some models of collaboration between public hospitals and community …

Objectives: In the geriatric care provided in health centers, the healthy elderly are neglected.
This qualitative study aims to improve the quality of geriatric care for the healthy elderly …

Background Nigeria has a national policy on neglected tropical diseases (NTD) which is
coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Health and integrated into the health system at all …

Background: Integration of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency
syndrome (HIV and AIDS) services into primary healthcare (PHC) is a key public health …

HIV and tuberculosis (TB) co-infection remain the leading causes of mortality in many
developing countries. Several policies for their prevention and management exist; however …

We describe the appropriateness and potential for effectiveness of three strategic
approaches for improving HIV care in South Africa: community-based primary healthcare …

Objective: to investigate the knowledge of managers and health professionals, social
workers and education professionals regarding the principal barriers to universal health …

Printed patient health communication in South Africa is under pressure for various reasons,
one being ignorance of the level of health literacy of patients. This pilot study investigated …