Cervical cancer prevention: perceptions of women attending Knysna primary health care clinics by Visser, Liesl

“…The current screening method is by pap-smear, but other methods of screening and primary prevention against human papillomavirus (HPV) by immunization are currently being investigated. The aim of this study was to explore the experience, knowledge, attitude and beliefs of the clinic attending women attending clinics in the Knysna sub-district regarding the current cervical screening programme and to obtain their opinion on the possible alternatives methods available. …”
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A competency-based curriculum framework to standardise genetics and genomic education for advanced midwifery

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Use of the PCR technique to diagnose meningitis in children admitted to Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital by Mteshana, Phindile

“…The introduction of the Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal vaccines into the South African Expanded Programme on immunization (EPI) markedly reduced the incidence of invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal disease in children under 5 years-of-age as in other countries where they are used. …”
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Influence of risk perceptions and social context on working for water herbicide sprayers' Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) compliance in the Western Cape of South Africa by Rivas, Federico Andrade

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Burden of congenital rubella syndrome and potential impact of rubella vaccine introduction in South Africa by Motaze, Nkengafac Villyen

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Descriptive analysis of routine childhood immunisation timelines in the Western Cape, South Africa by Blose, Ntombifuthi J

“…The health system and the Expanded Programme of Immunisation on South Africa (EPISA) should couple these interventions with effective mobile reminder systems. …”
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A biscuit fortified with iron, iodine and B-carotene as a strategy to address micronutrient deficiencies in primary school children by Van Stuijvenberg, Martha Elizabeth

“…Long-term evaluation of this programme, however, showed that improved micronutrient status is not sustained during the long summer school holidays, and it is suggested that the biscuit programme is supplemented with other strategies, such as local food production programmes and nutrition education. …”
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Impact of the parasitic helminth Schistosoma mansoni on host anti-viral vaccine responses: proof of concept from the anti-polio vaccine by Musaigwa, Fungai

“…The disease remains greatly neglected by global health control programmes thus classified as a top neglected tropical disease of humankind. …”
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Host genetic factors in susceptibility to mycobacterial disease in the African buffalo, Syncerus caffer by Le Roex, Nikki

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Changes in the BCG-Induced T cell response over the first year of life by Soares, Andreia

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Arthropod assemblages in a savanna invaded by Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

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Reasons for encounter and diagnosis in patients seen in Frances Baard District public primary care: a prospective cross sectional study by Yogolelo, Willy Bulambo

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Studies on multiply exposed but persistently HIV-1 seronegative sex workers from KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa by Malaza, Abraham Lucky

“…The women had been followed monthly for at least four years as part of HIV-1 prevention programmes (Ramjee, et al., 1998). The overall aim of this study was to identify the frequency of polymorphisms and mutations in chemokine genes, chemokine receptors and chemokine receptor promoter region which ma y be associated with HIV-1 resistance and prolonged disease progression. …”
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