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Autor:
Naseem Cassim, Lindi-Marie Coetzee, Manuel P. da Silva, Deborah K. Glencross, Wendy S. Stevens
Publikováno v:
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp e1-e8 (2023)
Background: South Africa has the largest HIV epidemic globally, with ~7.5 million people living with HIV in 2021. Adolescent girls (AG) and young women (YW), aged 15–19 years and 20–24 years, are twice as likely to be living with HIV as their mal
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ea2ce91500ad4be1b82ef01fa5ff0202
Autor:
Ozayr Mahomed, Naseem Cassim
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp e1-e8 (2023)
Background: Primary health care (PHC) services have been prioritised from a cost-containment perspective. To manage expenditure, facility managers use the Laboratory Handbook that indicates the Essential Laboratory List (ELL) tests. Aim: The aim of
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/99efee9e76bc4c80ac142af316b293a5
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp e1-e7 (2023)
Background: The National Health Laboratory Service is mandated to deliver cost-effective and efficient diagnostic services across South Africa. Their mandate is achieved by a network of laboratories ranging from centralised national laboratories to d
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/1d5a64a5ddbf4c8dac839716c528f078
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Health in Africa, Vol 14, Iss 4 (2023)
Background: Historically, paper-based laboratory reports were delivered by couriers to health facilities resulting in post-analytical delays. As a result, short message service (SMS) printers were deployed to fill this gap, with the global data servi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/9b09c16ca8d94d99aaa3fef5c2726508
Autor:
Manuel Pedro da Silva, Naseem Cassim, Silence Ndlovu, Puleng Shiela Marokane, Mbuti Radebe, Anne Shapiro, Lesley Erica Scott, Wendy Susan Stevens
Publikováno v:
Diagnostics, Vol 13, Iss 20, p 3253 (2023)
This study seeks to describe the rollout and current state of South Africa’s GeneXpert molecular diagnostic program for tuberculosis (TB). Xpert MTB/RIF was introduced in 2011 with a subsequent expansion to include extra-pulmonary and paediatric te
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/526114ef8adf40ae87870517eeeb7af8
Autor:
Lucia Hans, Naseem Cassim, Somayya Sarang, Diana Hardie, Silence Ndlovu, W.D. Francois Venter, Pedro Da Silva, Wendy Stevens
Publikováno v:
Diagnostics, Vol 13, Iss 17, p 2731 (2023)
HIV viral load (VL) testing plays a key role in the clinical management of HIV as a marker of adherence and antiretroviral efficacy. To date, national and international antiretroviral treatment recommendations have evolved to endorse routine VL testi
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/98e894e1bdf2470da9f6c13702eb50cb
Autor:
Naseem Cassim, Lindi Marie Coetzee, Manuel Pedro da Silva, Wendy Susan Stevens, Deborah Kim Glencross
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 9, p e0292062 (2023)
BackgroundCoronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in Wuhan, China. Due to the rapid spread globally, it was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Social distancing an
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/3fcfa72668784a9fb8f7b818e42948c9
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 8 (2023)
Objective This study aimed at evaluating diabetic control and compliance with testing guidelines, across healthcare facilities of Gauteng Province, South Africa, as well as factors associated with time to achieve control. South Africa’s estimated t
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/d97f2e55a31f4220a68b76d09f99e4c0
Autor:
Naseem Cassim, Michael Mapundu, Victor Olago, Turgay Celik, Jaya Anna George, Deborah Kim Glencross
Publikováno v:
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is the leading male neoplasm in South Africa with an age-standardised incidence rate of 68.0 per 100,000 population in 2018. The Gleason score (GS) is the strongest predictive factor for PCa treatment and is
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/e5c0a2466a1d4101804a3a3151c4cc73
Autor:
Sarah J. Girdwood, Thomas Crompton, Naseem Cassim, Floyd Olsen, Portia Sejake, Karidia Diallo, Leigh Berrie, Dorman Chimhamhiwa, Wendy Stevens, Brooke Nichols
Publikováno v:
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2022)
Background: South Africa uses a courier network for transporting specimens to public laboratories. After the daily collection of specimens from the facility by the courier, patients not yet attended to are unlikely to receive same-day blood draws, po
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/cd1847d2a4a440bc92bcd0b10aa5ec2d