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What is the new normal?
The South African Family Practice is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which strives to provide primary care physicians (and their teams), …
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Opportunity for change: Undergraduate training in family medicine
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the world as we knew it, and medical education is not an …
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The primary care provider’s role in providing supportive and palliative care for patients in chronic renal failure
Primary care providers are at the core of providing supportive and palliative care to patients with chronic kidney disease in …
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Association between social support and viral load in adults on highly active antiretroviral therapy – Witbank, South Africa
BACKGROUND: There are significant number of patients who are on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) not virally suppressed, which is …
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Pharmacotherapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Therapeutic considerations with a focus on inhaled corticosteroids
International and national guidelines on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) emphasise bronchodilators as first-line therapy. However, in considering them the …
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Evaluation of household assessment data collected by community health workers in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND: South Africa has implemented ward-based outreach teams as part of re-engineering primary health care with teams of community health …
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Risky sexual behaviour amidst predicament of acceptable sexually transmitted infection partner notification modalities: A cross-sectional survey amongst minibus taxi drivers in Gauteng Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Sexually transmitted infection patient-initiated partner notification (PN) approach has been implemented over a decade in South Africa, however, use …
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Abortion reforms in South Africa: An overview of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act
Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a constitutional right and on a broader perspective is part of the universal …
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A description of events surrounding the index COVID-19 diagnosis in a staff member at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented a huge challenge to the health systems across the world. When the …
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Mastering your fellowship
The series, 'Mastering your Fellowship', provides examples of the question format encountered in the written and clinical examinations, Part A …
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Paediatric atopic eczema (atopic dermatitis) in South Africa: A practical algorithm for the management of mild-to-moderate disease in daily clinical practice
BACKGROUND: Atopic eczema (AE) is a chronic, highly pruritic, inflammatory skin condition with increasing prevalence worldwide. Atopic eczema mostly affects …
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National Health Insurance unpacked: Part 4: Remuneration of practitioners
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Revisiting the doctor’s role at the primary healthcare clinic
With the growing evidence regarding the benefit of a primary healthcare (PHC) approach to both individual patients and for a …
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Establishing family physician research networks in South Africa
Practice-based research networks have been an important strategy in many parts of the world to enable primary care research and …
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Is guideline-driven prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism common practice in the South African private hospital setting?
BACKGROUND: Prophylactic venous thromboembolism (VTE) strategies have the greatest impact on patient outcomes. Both global and local guidelines support VTE …
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A profile of traumatic brain injuries and associated cervical spine injuries at a regional hospital in the KwaZulu-Natal Province
BACKGROUND: Clearing the cervical spine in an unconscious blunt trauma patient is an elusive concept. The aim of this study …
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Acute allergic rhinitis
Allergic rhinitis is a common and troubling condition. Basic management of this condition has been well described. However, acute exacerbations …
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Not yet 90-90-90: A quality improvement approach to human immunodeficiency virus viral suppression in paediatric patients in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: A strategy implemented by the South African Department of Health to manage the high burden of human immunodeficiency virus …
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Evaluation of the quality of service delivery in private sector, primary care clinics in Kenya: A descriptive patient survey
BACKGROUND: The quality of service delivery in primary care (PC) is an important determinant of clinical outcomes. The patients' perspective …
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Access considerations for a COVID-19 vaccine for South Africa
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a defining point in human history, having far-reaching effects on all aspects of human …