Assessing food safety and hygiene practices in old age homes in Mangaung and Lejweleputswa regions, free state by Tshegofatso Nhabe, Ntsoaki J. Malebo

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Couple-Based Intervention to Improve HIV Care Engagement for Women and their Partners in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Outcomes of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer M. Belus PhD, Alastair van Heerden PhD, Abigail C. Hines MPH, Thembelihle P. Pita MCom, Yvonne Mdakane MSS, Jessica F. Magidson PhD, Heidi van Rooyen PhD, Ruanne V. Barnabas MBChB, PhD

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Development and validation of a clinical prediction model of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients at a rural tertiary teaching hospital in South Africa: a study prot... by Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Constance Sewani-Rusike, Busisiwe Mrara, Fathima Paruk

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Hollow Fibre-Supported Liquid Membrane for the Determination of Sulfonamide Residues in Egg Samples by Eskinder Teklu Bekele, S. Dube, M. M. Nindi

“…The applicability of the proposed method was also evaluated by analysing egg samples, which were randomly collected from local supermarkets located in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The results obtained revealed that the developed method has the potential to be used as an alternative method for the determination of sulfonamide residues in egg and related complex samples.…”
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The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper by H Finlayson, V Chibabhai, P Jeena, S Kolman, W Lowman, T C Manzini, T Nana, J Nuttall, A Parker, P Skosana, V Ueckermann, A Wise

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Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: a protocol for a pre-interventional and post-interventional study by Mina C Hosseinipour, Mitch M Matoga, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela

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Knowledge, attitudes, motivations and expectations regarding antimicrobial use among community members seeking care at the primary healthcare level: a scoping review protocol by Stephen M Campbell, Brian Godman, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Nishana Ramdas, Johanna C Meyer, Natalie Schellack

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Epidemiology and Control of diabetes - tuberculosis comorbidity in Eswatini: protocol for the prospective study of tuberculosis patients on predictive factors, treatment outcomes a... by Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kennedy Otwombe, Victor Williams, Alinda Vos

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The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of diabetic foot ulcers in the South African public healthcare sector by M J Turner, S Leigh-de Rapper, T P Mokoena, S van Vuuren

“…To determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of DFUs isolated from patients visiting selected Gauteng provincial public hospitals in order to determine a clinically effective treatment protocol for the management of these infections. …”
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Navigating DR-TB Treatment care: a qualitative exploration of barriers and facilitators to retention in care among people with history of early disengagement from drug-resistant tu... by Ndiviwe Mphothulo, Sindisiwe Hlangu, Jennifer Furin, Mosa Moshabela, Marian Loveday

“…We recruited 16 people with DR-TB and 8 family members from five health facilities in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. All DR-TB patients disengaged from DR-TB care for ≥ 45 days. …”
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Intergenerational spillover effects of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review and future directions for research by Till Bärnighausen, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Janet Seeley, Jan-Walter De Neve, Harsha Thirumurthy, Henning Schröder, H. Manisha Yapa

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Climate change and the sustainable use of medicinal plants: a call for “new” research strategies by Olha Mykhailenko, Olha Mykhailenko, Banaz Jalil, Lyndy J. McGaw, Javier Echeverría, Marce Takubessi, Marce Takubessi, Michael Heinrich, Michael Heinrich

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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) colonisation as a predictor for subsequent CRE infection: A retrospective surveillance study by Courtney M. Tubb, Marco Tubb, Jonathan Hooijer, Rispah Chomba, Jeremy Nel

“…Method: We retrospectively reviewed hospital records from 686 patients admitted to a medical high-care ward at a tertiary hospital in Gauteng, South Africa, between October 2019 and May 2022. …”
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An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa by S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

“…Unit volumes were achieved consistently in Gauteng Province, but only for some years in KwaZulu-Natal Province; surgeon volumes were achieved across all units. …”
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Hybrid versus vaccine immunity of mRNA-1273 among people living with HIV in East and Southern Africa: a prospective cohort analysis from the multicentre CoVPN 3008 (Ubuntu) studyRe... by Nigel Garrett, Asa Tapley, Aaron Hudson, Sufia Dadabhai, Bo Zhang, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, Jessica Andriesen, Azwidihwi Takalani, Leigh H. Fisher, Jia Jin Kee, Craig A. Magaret, Manuel Villaran, John Hural, Erica Andersen-Nissen, Guido Ferarri, Maurine D. Miner, Bert Le Roux, Eduan Wilkinson, Richard Lessells, Tulio de Oliveira, Jackline Odhiambo, Parth Shah, Laura Polakowski, Margaret Yacovone, Taraz Samandari, Zvavahera Chirenje, Peter James Elyanu, Joseph Makhema, Ethel Kamuti, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, William Brumskine, Soritha Coetzer, Rodney Dawson, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe, Andreas Henri Diacon, Samantha Fry, Katherine Margaret Gill, Zaheer Ahmed Ebrahim Hoosain, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Mubiana Inambao, Craig Innes, Steve Innes, Dishiki Kalonji, Margaret Kasaro, Priya Kassim, Noel Kayange, William Kilembe, Fatima Laher, Moelo Malahleha, Vongane Louisa Maluleke, Grace Mboya, Kirsten McHarry, Essack Mitha, Kathryn Mngadi, Pamela Mda, Tumelo Moloantoa, Cissy Kityo Mutuluuza, Nivashnee Naicker, Vimla Naicker, Anusha Nana, Annet Nanvubya, Maphoshane Nchabeleng, Walter Otieno, Elsje Louise Potgieter, Disebo Potloane, Zelda Punt, Jamil Said, Yashna Singh, Mohammed Siddique Tayob, Yacoob Vahed, Deo Ogema Wabwire, M. Juliana McElrath, James G. Kublin, Linda-Gail Bekker, Peter B. Gilbert, Lawrence Corey, Glenda E. Gray, Yunda Huang, Philip Kotze, Sharlaa Badal-Faesen, Kagisho Baepanye, Veronique Bailey, Katekani Baloyi-Oseh, Mumtaz Booley, Johannes Louis Botha, Yolande Brown, Valerie Brown, Lisa Bunts, Soritha Coetzer, Myron Cohen, Shirley Collie, Rodney Dawson, Pallabi Deb, Hana El Sahly, Jill El-Khorazaty, Andries Engelbrecht, Marianne Gildea, Dhevium Govender, Jen Hanke, Jayla Harris, Simone Hendricks, Nick Hopkinson, Haley Howell, Nzeera Ketter, Kentse Khuto, Faatima Laher Omar, Leolin Katsidzira, Kim Linton, James Ludwig, Bongile Mabilane, Matshidiso Malefo, Ndiitwani Mamushiana, Daciana Margineantu, Jeanine May, Fatima Mayat, Cindy Molitor, Yeshnee Naidoo, Michelle Nebergall, Alan Nguyen, Sarah Nikles, Bianca Noronha, Melissa Peda, Tamara Phiri, Shanthie Pillay, Sureshnee Pillay, Lori Proulx-Burns, Laurie Rinn, Lisa Sanders, Carrie Sopher, Smitha Sripathy, Michael Stirewalt, Houriiyah Tegally, Sara Thiebaud, Alicia Toledano, Stephanie Van Wyk, Shamaya Whitby, Stephany Wilcox, Eduan Wilkinson, Haven Wilvich, Charles Wiysonge, Nelisiwe Xaba, Ntokozo Xulu

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