Essays about: "South African Health"

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  1. 1. Perceived Barriers and facilitators for Physical activity in South African patients with axial spondyloarthritis : An explanatory sequential mixed methods approach with the transtheoretical model as a conceptual framework

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Anna Tina Grob-Österman; Lauren Angelil; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: Physical activity (PA) for individuals with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is highly recommended for the management of the disease. However, maintaining physical activity is challenging for individuals with axSpA. READ MORE

  3. 2. Challenges and Opportunities for Culturally Sensitive Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the African Context

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Amigues; [2022]
    Keywords : Mental Health and Psychosocial Support MHPSS ; Cultural and faith sensitivity; Faith-related coping mechanisms; Faith-based and traditional actors; Stigmatization;

    Abstract : Mental Health and Psychosocial Support is a growing field of intervention in humanitarian assistance worldwide. The influence of culture and faith in individual and collective coping mechanisms and recovery processes has brought scholars to emphasize the need for MHPSS programming to adopt a cultural and faith sensitive approach to increase the cultural relevance and efficacity of interventions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Population Pharmacokinetics of Linezolid for Optimization of the Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för farmaci

    Author : Viktor Hansen; [2022]
    Keywords : tuberculosis; drug resistance; pharmacometrics; pharmacokinetics; pop-pk; south africa; non linear mixed effects modelling; nlme;

    Abstract : Tuberculosis is one the leading causes of death globally and was before the COVID-19 pandemic the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Developing active tuberculosis is life threatening and therefore is the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis alarming as this risk causing current treatments to become ineffective. READ MORE

  5. 4. Smile and Waive? A critical case study of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 products using World-Systems Theory and Realism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : David Alexanderson; [2022]
    Keywords : World-Systems Theory; Marxist-Realism; COVID-19; Health Equity; TRIPS waiver; Intellectual Property; Core-periphery division; World Trade Organization; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the deadliest health crises in modern history. Increasing production of all relevant medical goods and ensuring their equitable distribution has been argued as a necessity to contain the pandemic, which led to the South African and Indian delegation in the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization to propose the implementation of a TRIPS waiver to ensure that intellectual property does not pose a barrier to increased production. READ MORE

  6. 5. Delegitimizing COVAX? A study of Sub-Saharan’s African leaders’ public statements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alicia Skantze; [2022]
    Keywords : COVAX; public statements; de legitimization; sub-Sharan Africa; public-private partnership; global inequalities; Covid-19 vaccines; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating across the globe, not the least for countries already struggling with insufficient health systems and a lack of medical resources. As soon as the crisis hit vaccines started being developed and seen as a way to get out on the other side, and with new techniques multiple vaccines quickly became effective. READ MORE