Background: Ear pathologies such as middle ear infections are most common in children (Einhorn, 2017) and if remain untreated they can result in hearing loss which is the most common sensory deficit in the human population ...
Background: Many studies have investigated patient-level causes of poor treatment
outcomes, data on the effect of health systems on ART outcomes are scarce.
Globally, ascending access to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) ...
Introduction: Women in South Africa have access to abortion services on demand thanks to the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA) 92 of 1996. The right to conscientious objection is one of the principal barriers ...
Background: Gestational Hypertension and Pre-Eclampsia are the most prevalent
conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa leading to undesirable perinatal and maternal
outcomes. In South Africa, a high rate of maternal death was ...
Moila, Dimakatso Ophilia(University of Limpopo, 2023)
Background:
Graduate professional nurses from universities continuously face intellectual scrutiny
from nurses who graduated from college, because of the nature of the training
programme within the University of Limpopo. ...
Background: Pharmacological pain relief management is one of the effective methods
of relieving pain during the intrapartum period. The ideal pharmacological pain relief
methods must be safe, and effective and should ...
Background: Medical equipment is an important tool in a Labour Unit to assess,
monitor, diagnose and prevention of complications during labour. The purpose of
the study was to investigate how equipment is a potential ...
Introduction and background: Disclosure of HIV status remains low in South Africa
and globally. Care givers commonly delay the HIV disclosure process until the child is
over 10 years of age. The World Health Organization ...
Background: Raising a child with a severe intellectual disability is a challenge for most mothers, as most mothers experience a lack of support from their partners. This lack of partner support causes high stress and marital ...
Background: Anaemia is a very common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients
with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on chronic haemodialysis7. The main aetiology of
anaemia in CKD among patients on chronic haemodialysis ...
Background: Employee Wellness Programmes (EWPs) is a comprehensive health
initiative which is a strategy to maintain and improve the well-being of employees. EWPs
are profoundly helpful in ensuring that the wellbeing ...
The study was conducted in Polokwane sub-district targeting all the employees at
Polokwane One-stop Centre. The specific focus was drawn to all permanent Social
workers, Community Development workers and Social Auxiliary ...
Introduction: Nutritional knowledge is essential for selecting healthy and nutritious
meals. However, access to consistent, adequate and nutritious food was unattainable
for university students, despite the fact that ...
The purpose of this study was to develop a training programme to facilitate
the implementation of the 6 Ministerial Priorities by Professional Nurses in
the Health Care facilities in Limpopo Province. The purpose of ...
Obesity has been associated with dyslipidaemia (increased levels of triglycerides,
total cholesterol and low levels of HDL-C together with small dense lipoprotein
particles) in the absence of metabolic disorders such ...
The aim of the study was to determine the utilization of simulation by nurse educators
and learner nurses at LCN. The objectives of the study were to describe the utilization
of simulation by nurse educators and learner ...
BACKGROUND: In Botswana, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. According to the UNAIDS in 2009, 170 000 of the estimated 300000 adults living with HIV or one quarter of the population aged ...
Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive following one year of unprotected sexual intercourse, respectively affects 25% of couples globally. Oxidative stress (OS) has been greatly related to the idiopathic cause ...
Background: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome still remains the leading cause of
death globally. Understanding students’ views about the risk of Human Immunodeficiency
Virus infection by exploring and describing their ...
Background
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has recently resulted to be in an
emergence state globally and this of constitute a big challenge for TB control and the
goals of the World Health Organization’s ...