Opening decision spaces: A case study on the opportunities and constraints in the public health sector of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.

Autor: Sophie Witter, Maria van der Merwe, Rhian Twine, Denny Mabetha, Jennifer Hove, Stephen M Tollman, Lucia D'Ambruoso

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 19, Iss 7, p e0304775 (2024)

BackgroundDecentralised and evidence-informed health systems rely on managers and practitioners at all levels having sufficient 'decision space' to make timely locally informed and relevant decisions. Our objectives were to understand decision spaces

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Executive function and pre-academic skills in preschoolers from South Africa

Autor: Caylee J. Cook, Steven Howard, Gaia Scerif, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Shane Norris, Catherine Draper

Publikováno v: South African Journal of Childhood Education, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp e1-e11 (2023)

Background: While there is now considerable evidence in support of a relationship between executive function (EF) and academic success, these findings almost uniformly derive from Western and high-income countries. Yet, recent findings from low- to -

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Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study

Autor: Gabriel Davis Jones, MD, Symon M Kariuki, PhD, Anthony K Ngugi, PhD, Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, PhD, Honorati Masanja, PhD, Seth Owusu-Agyei, ProfPhD, Ryan Wagner, PhD, J Helen Cross, ProfMD, Josemir W Sander, ProfPhD, Charles R Newton, ProfMD, Arjune Sen, ProfPhD, Hanna Abban, Patrick Adjei, Ken Ae-Ngibise, Francis Agbokey, Lisa Aissaoui, Albert Akpalu, Bright Akpalu, Sabina Asiamah, Gershim Asiki, Mercy Atieno, Evasius Bauni, Dan Bhwana, Mary Bitta, Christian Bottomley, Martin Chabi, Eddie Chengo, Neerja Chowdhary, Myles Connor, Helen Cross, Mark Collinson, Emmanuel Darkwa, Timothy Denison, Victor Doku, Tarun Dua, Isaac Egesa, Tony Godi, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Simone Grassi, Samuel Iddi, Daniel Nana Yaw Abankwah Junior, Kathleen Kahn, Angelina Kakooza, Symon Kariuki, Gathoni Kamuyu, Clarah Khalayi, Henrika Kimambo, Immo Kleinschmidt, Thomas Kwasa, Sloan Mahone, Gergana Manolova, Honorati Masanja, Alexander Mathew, William Matuja, David McDaid, Bruno Mmbando, Daniel Mtai Mwanga, Dorcas Muli, Victor Mung'ala Odera, Frederick Murunga Wekesah, Vivian Mushi, Anthony Ngugi, Peter Odermatt, Rachael Odhiambo, James O Mageto, Peter Otieno, Seth Owusu-Agyei, George Pariyo, Stefan Peterson, Josemir Sander, Arjune Sen, Cynthia Sottie, Isolide Sylvester, Stephen Tollman, Yvonne Thoya, Rhian Twine, Sonia Vallentin, Ryan Wagner, Richard Walker, Stella Waruingi

Publikováno v: The Lancet: Digital Health, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp e185-e193 (2023)

Summary: Background: Identification of convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa relies on access to resources that are often unavailable. Infrastructure and resource requirements can further complicate case verification. Using machine-learning techn

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Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

Autor: Fiona B. Tamburini, Dylan Maghini, Ovokeraye H. Oduaran, Ryan Brewster, Michaella R. Hulley, Venesa Sahibdeen, Shane A. Norris, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Ryan G. Wagner, Alisha N. Wade, Floidy Wafawanaka, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Rhian Twine, Zané Lombard, H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre, Scott Hazelhurst, Ami S. Bhatt

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2022)

In this study, Wits and Stanford researchers use short- and long-read DNA sequencing to profile the gut microbiome of women living in rural and urban South Africa and identify transitional composition, high inter-individual diversity, and many undesc

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Associations between WASH-related violence and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls and young women in South Africa (HPTN 068): a cross-sectional analysis

Autor: Ruvani T Jayaweera, Kathleen Kahn, Sheri A Lippman, Torsten B Neilands, Rhian Twine, Jennifer Ahern, Ryan G Wagner, Audrey Pettifor, Dana Goin

Publikováno v: BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 7 (2022)

Objective There is a lack of research on experiences of WASH-related violence. This study aims to quantify the association between experience or worry of violence when using the toilet or collecting water and depressive symptoms among a cohort of you

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