Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Aeromonas Species Isolated from Wastewater Treatment Plant by Isoken H. Igbinosa, Anthony I. Okoh

“…This study assessed the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Aeromonas species isolated from Alice and Fort Beaufort wastewater treatment plant in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined using the disc diffusion method, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was employed for the detection of antibiotics resistance genes. …”
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Strengthening community actions to improve diabetes mellitus care optimising public health facilitators by Okuhle Nxedlana, Mbuyiselo Douglas, Emmanuel Manu

“…Ngangelizwe is one of the townships located about 2 km east of Mthatha Town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The thematic analysis method was used to analyse data with the assistance of Atlas ti, version 23 software. …”
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Modeling the Impact of Air Pollution and Meteorological Variables on COVID-19 Transmission in Western Cape, South Africa by John Kamwele Mutinda, Amos Kipkorir Langat

“…This study focuses on modeling the impact of air pollution and meteorological parameters on the risk of COVID-19 transmission in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The data used in this study consist of air pollution parameters, meteorological variables, and COVID-19 incidence observed for 262 days from April 26, 2020, to January 12, 2021. …”
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Towards developing new private sector obstetric care and contracting models in South Africa: Insights from public hospitals using private general practitioners to provide caesarean... by G C Solanki, T Doherty, V Brijlal, E Daviaud, S Fawcus

“…Drawing on insights from research we carried out on the care and contracting models used by five rural district hospitals in the Western Cape Province to contract private general practitioners to provide caesarean delivery services, this article outlines a potential alternative private sector obstetric care model with the aim of stimulating discussion by all relevant stakeholders on the development of new obstetric models for improving obstetric care in the country. …”
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Thirsting for solutions: Unpacking inadequate water provision in rural communities by Sinazo Sixolisiwe Tshona, Sithenkosi Lungisa, Luluto Mgweba

“…Setting: This study focused on the rural areas of the Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Methods: A qualitative research approach was employed, with a case study design and an interpretivism paradigm. …”
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Detecting Subtle Shifts: Comparing SME Performance Drivers Pre and During the Covid-19 Pandemic by Soza Sydney Simango, Helper Zhou

“…Despite being home to the popular Garden Route, the Western Cape province suffered more negative effects than other provinces. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: An Assessment of the Prevalence and the Agreement between Diagnostic Criteria by Kim Anh Nguyen, Nasheeta Peer, Anniza de Villiers, Barbara Mukasa, Tandi E. Matsha, Edward J. Mills, Andre Pascal Kengne

“…A random sample included 748 HIV-infected adult patients (79% women) across 17 HIV healthcare facilities in the Western Cape Province. MetS was defined using the Joint Interim Statement (JIS 2009), International Diabetes Federation (IDF 2005), and Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII 2005) criteria. …”
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The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis by L Bush, C Hendrikse, C Van Koningsbruggen, K Evans

“…Firearm injuries represent a substantial proportion of the trauma burden at district emergency centres in the Western Cape Province. Managing patients with firearm injuries is resource intensive, as evident by their high acuity, the need for operative care, the long length of stay, the high burden on emergency medical services with interfacility transfers and the high demand for tertiary care. …”
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Global prevalence, treatment and outcome of tuberculosis and COVID-19 coinfection: a systematic review and meta-analysis (from November 2019 to March 2021) by Qiang Sun, Hui Li, Jie Zhao, Xiaolin Wei, Quan Wang, Shasha Guo, Quanfang Dong, Ning Xu

“…The only study revealing prevalence rate came from West Cape Province, South Africa (people aged above 20 years, 0.04% until 1 June 2020 and 0.06% until 9 June 2020). …”
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Early onset neonatal bloodstream infections in South African hospitals by Genevieve Theron, Adrie Bekker, Larisse Bolton, Andrew Whitelaw, Arnoldus Engelbrecht, Louisa Erasmus, Aaqilah Fataar, Chandre Geldenhuys, Marlize Kunneke, Dave Le Roux, Natasha O’Connell, Kessendri Reddy, Natasha Rhoda, Lloyd Tooke, Mark Wates, Thandi Wessels, Angela Dramowski

“…Methods We retrospectively analysed blood culture-confirmed EO-BSI episodes at nine neonatal units from three central and six peripheral hospitals in the Western Cape Province, South Africa between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2018. …”
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Cohort profile: the Western Cape Pregnancy Exposure Registry (WCPER) by Landon Myer, Amy L Slogrove, Ushma Mehta, Mary-Ann Davies, Max Kroon, Greg Petro, Alexa Heekes, Andrew Boulle, Karen Fieggen, Chantal Stewart, Ayesha Osman, Natasha Rhoda, Emma Kalk, Florence Phelanyane, Jonathan Euvrard, Stefan Gebhardt, Kim Anderson

“…Purpose The Western Cape Pregnancy Exposure Registry (PER) was established at two public sector healthcare sentinel sites in the Western Cape province, South Africa, to provide ongoing surveillance of drug exposures in pregnancy and associations with pregnancy outcomes.Participants Established in 2016, all women attending their first antenatal visit at primary care obstetric facilities were enrolled and followed to pregnancy outcome regardless of the site (ie, primary, secondary, tertiary facility). …”
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