Background: The progressive increase in life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) due to life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) medications is accompanied by a concerning surge …
Atypical depression is common subtype of depression which is more frequently observed in women. This study aims to assess the proportion of moderate to severe …
Abstract of “I’m Doing This Test so I Can Benefit from PrEP”: Attitudes Toward HIV Testing and Intended Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Adolescents in …
In South Africa, the epicentre of the HIV pandemic, there is a high prevalence of circular migration: within-country rural-to-urban cyclical movement, an artifact of apartheid-era …
This dissertation focuses on crises of extractive capitalism as they relate to the migrant, laboring body. Roughly spanning the first three-quarters of the 20th century, …
Amaqhawe, a collective of early- to mid-career visual artists from the KwaZulu-Natal province, represents the first cohesive unit of black creatives physically situated within Durban’s …
Abstract of Exercise as Medicine: A Physical Activity Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Facilitate Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension Self-Management Amongst Older Women in …
Background and Aims: South Africa’s Option B+ Program, an initiative to reduce vertical transmission of HIV and increase access to antiretroviral therapy for pregnant and …
CHAPTER 1: Factors associated with adherence to follow up care after burn injuries in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Abstract Introduction: In South Africa burns result in …
This dissertation uses life history data from Kisumu, Kenya and Cape Town, South Africa to investigate the influence of family instability on social and health …
Introduction: The recent WHO guidelines of “treat all” and the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target has pushed health systems to expand HIV testing and linkage to care. …
Background Health systems in sub-Saharan Africa are facing an ongoing HIV epidemic and increasing burden of non-communicable disease (NCD). They are transforming to provide more …
Introduction: South Africa has a large population of perinatally infected adolescents born to women who did not have access to HIV treatment in the early …
This thesis explores the ways in which Western Cape’s provincial government has transcended South Africa’s post-apartheid developmental failures to promote patterns of labor-intensive, inclusive economic …
This paper analyzes how state-society relations shape development policy and practice in post-apartheid South Africa through the case of the introduction, renewal and expansion of …
Populations disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic face conditions predisposing them to negative sexual health outcomes. South Africa has one of the largest populations affected …
This dissertation is centrally concerned with instability in co-residence between migrants and their families in two sub-Saharan Africa contexts. In South Africa and Kenya, migration …
Background: Every year 3-4 million cases of tuberculosis (TB) go undetected by current case finding methods. To decrease this gap, expanded contact investigation approaches will …
Background: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention method first introduced in the South African public sector in 2012 to MSM and sex …
