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Assessing the handling and processing of specimen in the medical laboratory services in Tanzania

Kalolella, Admirabilis (2009-08-25)

In Tanzania laboratory services were observed to be not providing the quality of services required. It is assumed that the perceived discrepancy between malaria diagnosis and confirming laboratory result might be attributed ...
Determinants of adherence to anti-retroviraltherapy (ART): protocols in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tefera Tezera Negera (2020-12)

In Ethiopia, Antiretroviral Therapy is given free of charge. Lifelong adherence to ART is crucial to upgrade the patients’ health condition and to safeguard the growth of mutated strains of the human immunity deficiency ...
An empowerment model for nurse leaders' participation in health policy development

Shariff, Nilufa Reyaz (2011-03)

The aim of this study was to develop an empowerment model that could be used to enhance nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development. The study explored the extent of nurse leaders’ participation in health ...
Experiences of HIV positive women who utilised the PMTCT programme in one of the central hospitals in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Moyo, Idah (2016-02)

This qualitative descriptive phenomenological study explored the experiences of HIV positive women utilising PMTCT services at a central hospital in Zimbabwe. Data was collected using in-depth interviews of fifteen ...
Factors influencing disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners in Botswana

Masupe, Tiny Kelebogile (2011-06)

The study aimed to explore and describe the factors influencing disclosure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status to sexual partners by people infected with HIV in Botswana, by undertaking an exploratory and descriptive ...
Financial management of public hospitals

Van der Heever, Hendry (2009-03)

The study investigated and described public hospitals in terms of management processes with reference to financial planning, organizing, leading and control in order to identify deficiencies in the financial management of ...
Financial protection through community-based health insurance in Rwanda

Muhongerwa, Diane (2013-11)

Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in Rwanda was promulgated as the best alternative to address the financial barriers for accessibility to health care services for the poor population and the informal sector. The ...
An investigation into the current practice of the private nurse working in the community in South Africa

Smith, Jemima Elizabeth (1996-11)

Little is known about the current practice of the nurse practising as an independent private practitioner in South Africa. There is also limited information available about his/her needs for establishing and maintaining a ...
An investigation into the risk behaviour regarding HIV transmission among youth in Bulawayo

Banana, Catrine (2009-08-25)

The study sought to explore and describe the risk behaviour regarding HIV transmission among youth in Bulawayo, their knowledge of HIV transmission and the sources of information on HIV transmission accessible to them. A ...
A model for the integration of provincial and local authority nurses rendering primary health care services in a district

Mashazi, Maboikanyo Imogen (2002-02)

Prior to 1994, the South African Health Department was characterised by a fragmented health care system, which was largely curative and hospital based, with services planned and managed without community involvement and ...
A phenomenological study of ageing amongst the older persons in Zambia

Namakando-Phiri, Anne (2009-08-25)

A study entitled `Phenomenological study of ageing amongst the older persons in Zambia' was undertaken with the purpose of gaining an understanding of the ageing phenomenon within the Zambian context and provide frameworks ...
Public health implications of medical diagnostic radiation exposure

Gerstenmaier, Jan Frank (2012-02)

Radiation from Computed Tomography (CT) is now the major contributor to population radiation dose. Despite controversy around the dose-effect relationship of radiation from CT, the linear non-threshold (LNT) theory is ...
Quantitative determinants of need and demand for primary care in the district of Columbia

Andoh, Jacob Yankson (2015-02)

This study, quantitative determinants of need and demand for primary health care in the District of Columbia (DCPC), analysed data over a twenty-year period from 1985 to 2004, on need and demand for primary care using ...
Retrospective investigation of equity in health care within Ekurhuleni for the period 2003 to 2005, utilising the district health information software system

Andrews, Anthony Donald (2008-02)

It was perceived that an imbalance exists between resource allocations for health care within the Ekurhuleni Health District (EHD). This study consequently used a retrospective, quantitative methodology to investigate ...
Strategies for curbing strike action by nurses in public institutions, South Africa

Nala, Ntombifuthi Patience (2014-11)

The healthcare strike action that rocked South Africa in 2007 and 2010 highlighted the trend of professional nurses towards exercising their rights as employees to embark on strike actions, often also in solidarity with ...
Tuberculosis treatment interruption

Tshabalala, Duduzile Lina (2007-11)

This quantitative, descriptive study investigated factors that contributed to TB patients registered in four Tembisa clinics in 2001, defaulting treatment. An interview schedule with closed and open-ended questions was ...

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