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MHealth4CBS in South Africa, a review of the role of mobile phone technology for monitoring and evaluation of community based health services

Against a background of growing access to, and increasing enthusiasm for the use of mobile phone technology in health services (mHealth) in low and middle income countries (LMICs), we reviewed the potential usefulness of mHealth for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the planned integration of  community based health services (mHealth4CBS) in South Africa. It forms part of a portfolio of support for the development of M&E systems for community based PHC outreach teams currently being implemented as part of the PHC re-engineering process.

Effectiveness of the National Prevention of Mother-to- Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme in South Africa

Primary study question

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of national PMTCT programme to reduce perinatal transmission of HIV from mothers to infants.

Survey design

  • National survey of infants aged 4-8 weeks sampled at 580 facilities across all provinces annually since 2010.

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School-based health clinics for adolescent sexual, reproductive and mental health

Access to health care, especially for adolescents, is a high priority policy objective in many countries and particularly for sexual and reproductive health and mental health care [1] . In 2009 young people aged 15-19 years accounted for 41% of all new HIV infections  globally and more than half of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) [2]. It has also been estimated worldwide that 11% of those who give birth each year are adolescents [3].

A Formative Evaluation of Intergrated Community-based treatment and adherence support models for TB and HIV clients

Health authorities in the Western Cape are supporting different models of integrating community-based services to clients co-infected with TB and HIV. There is some evidence that such models may lead to favourable treatment outcomes. However, there is less evidence on how these models are being implemented across different settings. This report details the findings of such a formative evaluation this was conducted during 2010.

Best Practices in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a key intervention to improving maternal and child health and meeting the 4th and 5th Millennium Development Goals. Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV should be an integral part of routine maternal and child health services so that:  

Sexual risk behaviour among men with multiple, concurrent female sexual partners in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Cape Town

South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV in the world with over 5.5 million people infected with the virus (Shisana et al., 2005). However, heterogeneity in HIV prevalence among sub-groups within the South African population (Shaikh et al., 2006) indicates that certain groups of people are  more vulnerable to HIV infection than others.

How is research knowledge translated into policies? Findings from studies of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia treatment and malaria control in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face scarcity of resources and high disease burdens. Research has identified effective and affordable interventions for many of the health problems in these countries (WHO, 2002). Decisions made on the basis of research evidence may not be only cost saving  (Garner et al., 1998) but also life saving (Volmink et al., 2004). Often, however, effective interventions are not translated into national policy or are not implemented.

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