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:Viljoen, NMDate:Sep 2012Home-based care (HBC) is an effective service model to reduce the burden on a country's health and welfare systems. In South Africa, the orphaned and vulnerable children crisis has become the focus of HBC programmes. These programmes are ...Read more
Author:Mashiri, M; Nkuna, Z; Chakwizira, J; Maponya, GDate:Jul 2008This paper presents a case for factoring in gender perspectives in initiatives intended to strengthen informal rural healthcare delivery systems by way of improved access with a view to entrenching rural livelihoods. Given that increasingly, ...Read more