Cost-consequence analysis of ambulatory clinic- and home-based multidrug-resistant tuberculosis management models in Eswatini

Autor: Ernest Peresu, Diana De Graeve, J. Christo Heunis, N. Gladys Kigozi

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 4 (2024)

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/262a3bcfdefd4a16aa30d5239d0d7ae9

Yield of systematic household contact investigation for tuberculosis in a high-burden metropolitan district of South Africa

Autor: N. Gladys Kigozi, J. Christo Heunis, Michelle C. Engelbrecht

Publikováno v: BMC Public Health, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)

Abstract Background Systematic household contact investigation (SHCI) is recommended as an active-case-finding (ACF) strategy to identify individuals at high risk of tuberculosis (TB) infection, in order to enable early detection and treatment. Reluc

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/78a230cb69de4e47903a029c7a9bab31

Community-based directly observed treatment for TB patients to improve HIV services: a cross-sectional study in a South African province

Autor: Embry M. Howell, N. Gladys Kigozi, J. Christo Heunis

Publikováno v: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)

Abstract Background There is uncertainty about how directly observed treatment (DOT) support for tuberculosis (TB) can be delivered most effectively and how DOT support can simultaneously be used to strengthen human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) preve

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/8f1fcb0d7344472297eedad4043fd6f9

Impact of COVID-19 on selected essential public health services – lessons learned from a retrospective record review in the Free State, South Africa

Autor: Christo Heunis, Perpetual Chikobvu, Michel Muteba, N. Gladys Kigozi-Male, Michelle C. Engelbrecht, Providence Mushori

Background In an attempt to discern lessons to improve future pandemic responses, this study measured the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on essential public health services (EPHSs) related to primary health care (PHC) and outpatient department (OPD

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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2769024/v1

Post-Traumatic Stress and Coping Strategies of South African Nurses during the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: Michelle Engelbrecht, J Christo Heunis, N. Gladys Kigozi

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7919, p 7919 (2021)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 15

Prior to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the South African healthcare system was already under severe strain due to amongst others, a lack of human resources, poor governance and management, and an unequal distribution of resources am

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https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/15/7919