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The role played by family physicians in providing health services for the sheltered homeless populations during COVID-19 lockdown in the Tshwane district
This short report describes the role that family physicians (FPs) (and family medicine registrars) played to provide care for the …
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HIV stigma in Kenya: A family medicine led community orientated primary care approach
The Kenyan Ministry of Health envisages that family physicians should play an important role in the implementation of community orientated …
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Can a brief training intervention help improve mental health service delivery in South Africa?
BACKGROUND: South Africa faces a number of significant challenges apropos mental health service delivery, including a large treatment gap, a …
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The contribution of family physicians to surgical capacity at district hospitals in South Africa
The World Health Organization states that essential, cost-effective surgical care should be delivered at district hospitals. In South Africa significant …
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A vibrant reflection of the revised integrated school health policy with a lens on substance use
Substance use is rife amongst adolescents, including learners. Learners are easily exposed to substances with onset as early as 10 …
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The social burden experienced by families caring for members living with cancer in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Cancer is a global public health problem and it affects people in different ways. Family caregivers (FCs) play an …
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Sexual history taking: Doctors’ clinical decision-making in primary care in the North West province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Clinical reasoning is an important aspect of making a diagnosis for providing patient care. Sexual dysfunction can be as …
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Outcomes of AfroPHC, a WONCA Africa project
The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary …
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Factors influencing patients’ choice of clinic at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal
BACKGROUND: In South Africa, patients are meant to attend the clinic close to their place of residence. However, patients often …
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The contribution of family medicine to community-orientated health services in Mali: A short report
Family medicine has not received appropriate attention in the sub-Saharan African context. In particular, family medicine is rarely recognised as …
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Strengthening the Somaliland health system by integrating public and private sector family medicine
Four family physicians, who received their specialty training at Amoud University in Somaliland, organised a practice together that uses informal …
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A reflective process led by a family physician to develop a renal-protection surveillance tool for HIV patients newly started on dolutegravir
A group of Vanguard Community Health Centre doctors embarked on a Health System's Improvement (HSI) project with the aim of …
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The family physician as a primary care consultant – the Mossel Bay experience
The South African family physician (FP) is an expert generalist who has a number of roles to strengthen the district …
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Strengthening African health systems through outreach and support and values-driven leadership
Healthcare systems are complex adaptive systems, requiring a change in leadership style, from the traditional model to collaborative, values-driven leadership …
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Parental reporting of adverse drug reactions in South Africa: An online survey
BACKGROUND: The high incidence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children is of global concern. Enhancing the reporting of ADRs …
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Reliability of a clinical method in estimating foetal weight and predicting route of delivery in term parturient monitored at a voluntary agency hospital in Southwest Nigeria
BACKGROUND: The antepartum estimation of foetal weight is a major determinant of the route of delivery and this has become …
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The conceptualisation of patient-centred care: A case study of diabetes management in public facilities in southern Malawi
BACKGROUND: Patient-centred care (PCC) is one of the pillars of Malawi's quality of care policy initiatives. The role of PCC …
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Patient and health system determinants of experiences of care at primary health care clinics in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, 2018
BACKGROUND: Respect for persons includes three sub-elements: dignity, autonomy and confidentiality, whilst client orientation has four sub-elements: prompt attention, quality …
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Retail pharmacy prescription medicines’ availability, prices and affordability in Eswatini
BACKGROUND: Limited availability of medicines in public facilities and unaffordable prices in the private sector act as barriers to medicines' …
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Learning in a time of crises: The learning experiences of 5th year medical students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic led to the closure of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in March …