Author:Ngorima, E; Nkuna, Z; Manase, GDate:Nov 2008Women play a crucial role in providing care and support, and also in the use and management of the water resources and sanitation at the household level. In addition, voluntary community care work is done mostly by women, rather than men, ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Nov 2009In this edition of ScienceScope has chosen to focus on the CSIRs impact, and intended future impact, on health. The edition features some of the research approaches and progress in relation to the so-called diseases of poverty: malaria, ...Read more
Author:Nthambeleni, R; Moodley, N; Maharaj, VJ; Klimkait, T; Matter, A; Sewnarain, P; Naidoo, DashnieDate:01 Sep 2010HIV/AIDS is now the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa and has moved up to fourth place among all causes of death worldwide. According to estimates from the UNAIDS 2009 report (UNAIDS 2009) on the global AIDS epidemic, around 33.4 ...Read more
Author:Steyn, MaronelDate:Aug 2007Lack of access to proper water, improved sanitation and hygiene, is the main risk factor attributable to diarrhoeal-related disease in the country. Of the 48 million people in South Africa, approximately 3.3 million people still lack access ...Read more
Author:Young, TN; Busgeeth, KDate:Jul 2009Home-based care (HBC), to promote quality-of-life and limit hospital care, is used in many countries, especially where public health services are overburdened. This systematic review assessed the effects of HBC on morbidity and mortality in ...Read more
Author:MacPhail, C; Campbell, CDate:Jun 2001Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one recent survey reporting levels of 18.9% amongst 17-20 year olds and 43.1% amongst 21-25 year olds. In these groups levels of knowledge about HIV ...Read more
Author:Ramjee, G; Williams, B; Gouws, E; Van Dyck, E; De Deken, B; Karim, SADate:01 Jul 2005This study investigated the impact of prevalent and incident HSV-2 infection on the incidence of HIV-1 infection in a cohort of female commercial sex workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Prior to a vaginal microbicide trial, 416 women were ...Read more
Author:Hwabamungu, B; Williams, QDate:Oct 2010The penetration of mobile phones and mobile technologies in developing countries has led to innovative developments of various m-Health applications. These applications have proven the potential of mobile technologies for improving the quality ...Read more
Author:Gilgen, D; Williams, BG; MacPhail, C; Van Dam, CJ; Campbell, C; Ballard, RC; Taljaard, DDate:Sep 2001This paper presents the results of a cross-sectional biomedical and social survey, conducted in a major gold mining centre with a high prevalence of HIV infection. It also provides the baseline data for a comprehensive intervention programme. ...Read more
Author:Mufhandu, Hazel T; Madiga, M; Gray, E; Rotherham, L; Khoza, T; Morris, L; Khati, MDate:Jul 2009This paper present a chemically synthesised derivative of the B40 parental aptamer, called UCLA1 (Cohen et al., 2008), was used for neutralization of endemic subtype C clinical isolates of HIV-1 from adult and paediatric patients and subtype ...Read more
Author:Williams, BG; Gouws, E; Colvin, M; Sitas, F; Ramjee, G; Karim, SSADate:Jun 2000South Africa is experiencing an explosive epidemic of HIV/AIDS, with about one in four women attending ante-natal clinics nation-wide being HIV-positive. In order to understand the natural history of the epidemic, to design and target ...Read more
Author:Campbell, C; MacPhail, CDate:Jul 2002Despite the growing popularity of participatory peer education as an HIV-prevention strategy worldwide, our understandings of the processes underlying its impact on sexual norms are still in their infancy. Starting from the assumption that ...Read more
Author:MacPhail, C; Williams, BG; Campbell, CDate:May 2002The prevalence of HIV infection in Africa is substantially higher among young women than it is among young men. Biological explanations of this difference have been presented but there has been little exploration of social factors. In this ...Read more
Author:Zuma, K; Gouws, E; Williams, B; Lurie, MDate:Dec 2003The authors investigate the prevalence of, and risk factors for, HIV infection among women in an urban South African setting. A random sample of 834 women was recruited into a community-based cross-sectional study. HIV prevalence was 37.1% ...Read more
Author:Rascher, J; Ashton, P; Turton, ADate:Jun 2009In order to understand more clearly the intricate linkages between HIV/AIDS and water, this chapter reviews the demographic impacts of HIV/AIDS in Africa, examines the socio-economic impacts of the disease related to water and evaluates the ...Read more
Author:Manase, G; Nkuna, Z; Ngorima, EDate:Sep 2009South Africa is faced by a number of challenges that include low water and sanitation coverage in rural and peri-urban areas, high unemployment and increasing inequality between the rich and the poor as indicated by a Gini coefficient of 0.77; ...Read more
Author:Williams, BG; Gouws, E; Karim, SSADate:Jun 2000Demographic forecasting models of the South African population, incorporating geographical distribution and age prevalence data on HIV infection, have been used to predict future mortality due to AIDS. In year 2010, approximately 500 000 ...Read more
Author:Williams, BG; Gouws, E; Karim, SSADate:Jun 2000This article covers many aspects of the epidemic of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. They range from the development of vaccine to the behaviour of adolescents. But they also show that authors have failed so far to have a significant impact on the ...Read more