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Health and Health Care in South Africa

Author : H. C. J. Van Rensburg

Publisher :

Page : 666 pages

File Size : 26,95 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Medical

ISBN :

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Health and healthcare in South Africa attempts to capture the essence of transformation and trends in the South African health sector. It offers, on the one hand, an overview of recent and current developments in the South African health care system, and on the other, of trends in the health status of the South African population. The book is a follow-up to the well-known Health care in South Africa - structure and dynamics (Van Rensburg, Fourie & Pretorius 1992), published just before the transition to a democratic society. The book retains a strong historical thread, but the focus is generally on the nature of the transformation process, gains made and failures encountered.



Health Care in South Africa

Author : H. C. J. Van Rensburg

Publisher :

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 29,37 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Health care reform

ISBN :

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The South African Disease

Author : Cedric De Beer

Publisher : Africa World Press

Page : 116 pages

File Size : 30,79 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Apartheid

ISBN : 9780865430396

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Collaborative capacity development to complement stroke rehabilitation in Africa

Author : Quinette Louw

Publisher : AOSIS

Page : 536 pages

File Size : 19,16 MB

Release : 2020-12-31

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1928523862

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This scholarly book focuses on stroke in Africa. Stroke is a leading cause of disability among adults of all ages, contributing significantly to health care costs related to long term implications, particularly if rehabilitation is sub-optimal. Given the burden of stroke in Africa, there is a need for a book that focuses on functioning African stroke survivors and the implications for rehabilitation within the African context. In addition, there is a need to progress with contextualised, person-centred, evidence-based guidance for the rehabilitation of people with stroke in Africa, thereby enabling them to lead socially and economically meaningful lives. The research incorporated in the book used a range of primary and secondary methodological approaches (scoping reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, descriptive studies, surveys, health economics, and clinical practice guideline methodology) to shed new insights into African-centred issues and strategies to optimise function post-stroke.



CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel

Author : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 705 pages

File Size : 18,47 MB

Release : 2017-04-17

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0190628634

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THE ESSENTIAL WORK IN TRAVEL MEDICINE -- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR 2018 As unprecedented numbers of travelers cross international borders each day, the need for up-to-date, practical information about the health challenges posed by travel has never been greater. For both international travelers and the health professionals who care for them, the CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel is the definitive guide to staying safe and healthy anywhere in the world. The fully revised and updated 2018 edition codifies the U.S. government's most current health guidelines and information for international travelers, including pretravel vaccine recommendations, destination-specific health advice, and easy-to-reference maps, tables, and charts. The 2018 Yellow Book also addresses the needs of specific types of travelers, with dedicated sections on: · Precautions for pregnant travelers, immunocompromised travelers, and travelers with disabilities · Special considerations for newly arrived adoptees, immigrants, and refugees · Practical tips for last-minute or resource-limited travelers · Advice for air crews, humanitarian workers, missionaries, and others who provide care and support overseas Authored by a team of the world's most esteemed travel medicine experts, the Yellow Book is an essential resource for travelers -- and the clinicians overseeing their care -- at home and abroad.



Health & Democracy

Author : Jonathan Berger (LLM.)

Publisher : Siber Ink

Page : 524 pages

File Size : 27,35 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Drugs

ISBN :

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This title is a must have for anyone in the health sector as it highlights the key issues that constitute and affect health law in post apartheid South Africa.



Diversity and Division in Medicine

Author : Anne Digby

Publisher : Peter Lang

Page : 510 pages

File Size : 46,31 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Medical care

ISBN : 9783039107155

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This is an innovative investigation of pluralism in health care. Using both extensive archival material and oral histories it examines relationships between indigenous healing, missionary medicine, and 'western' biomedicine. The book includes the different regions within South Africa although focusing in most detail on the Cape, the earliest area of white settlement. In a wide-ranging survey the division in medicine between 'western' and indigenous medicine is analysed through an exploration of the evolving practices of healers, missionaries, doctors and nurses. The book considers the extent to which there was a strategic crossing of boundaries in the construction of hybrid practices by these practitioners, and the extent to which patients pursued health by sampling diverse care options. Starting with missionary penetration during the early nineteenth century, the volume outlines interventions by the colonial state in medicine and public health, and the continued resilience of indigenous healing in the face of this. The book ends by relating past to present in scrutinising the legacy of historical structures - including those of the apartheid state - for current health care, and in briefly discussing the huge challenges that the HIV/Aids pandemic poses in impacting on them. The book thus provides an inclusive history of medicine for the 'New' South Africa.



Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

Author : Em Prof Len Doyal

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 20,36 MB

Release : 2013-06-28

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1472400143

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There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very little about the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Doyal brings together findings from a wide range of empirical studies spanning the social sciences to explore experiences of HIV positive people across the world. This will illustrate how the disease is physically manifested and psychologically internalised by individuals in diverse ways depending on the biological, social, cultural and economic circumstances in which they find themselves. A proper understanding of these commonalities and differences will be essential if future strategies are to be effective in mitigating the effects of HIV and AIDS. Doyal shows that such initiatives will also require a better appreciation of the needs and rights of those affected within the wider context of global inequalities and injustices. Finally, she outlines approaches to address these challenges. This book will appeal to everyone involved in struggles to improve the well-being of those with HIV and AIDS. While academically rigorous, it is written in an accessible manner that transcends specific disciplines and, through its extensive bibliography, provides diverse source material for future teaching, learning and research.



Primary Health Care in Southern Africa:

Author : Kathy Dennill

Publisher : OUP Southern Africa

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 37,64 MB

Release : 2013-01-17

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9780195997712

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Primary Health Care in Southern Africa: A comprehensive approach 3e focuses on primary health care, drawing on an Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) approach. It covers topics such as international views on primary health care, community participation in health care and communication in health care.



Healthy Partnerships

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Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 48,57 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Medical

ISBN : 0821384732

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Since the private health sector is an important, and often dominant, provider of health services in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is the job of governments as the stewards of the health system to engage with it. Increasing the contributions that the existing private health sector is making to public health is an important, but often neglected, element of meeting the daunting health-related challenges facing African nations. This Report presents newly collected data on how and how effectively each country in the Africa region is engaging the respective private health sectors; and how the engagement compares across the region. While the approach taken by governments varies greatly between countries, there is much room for improvement in the Africa region overall to engage more effectively and room for exchange of ideas and good practices on how to do so. Improved solutions on the policy/regulatory side should be supported by effective organization of the private sector itself and by adjustments in donor programs that take the dynamics of the private health sector better into account.