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    A rapid appraisal of maternal health services in South Africa
    (Centre for Health Policy - School of Public Health - University of the Witwatersrand, 2002) Penn-Kekana, Loveday; Blaauw, Duane
    This report is a rapid appraisal of maternal health services in South Africa. It reflects the first activity in a five-year research programme, funded by DFID. The research project is a multi-country project involving researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (UK) Manchester University (UK) and research institutions in Uganda, Bangladesh, Russia as well as South Africa. The programme aims to develop theoretical frameworks and methodologies to better understand health system functioning in developing countries, and to apply these insights to strengthening health system development. As part of this project maternal health has been identified as a possible probe or tracer to illuminate particular features of health system functioning and performance.
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    The Integration of HIV/AIDS Care and Support into Primary Health Care in Gauteng Province
    (Centre for Health Policy - School of Public Health - University of the Witwatersrand, 2002-07) Modiba, P; Schneider, H; Weiner, R; Blaauw, D; Gilson, L; Zondi, T; Kunene, X; Brown, K
    This study aimed to assess the integration of HIV/AIDS care and support in Gauteng’s primary health care (PHC) services. With this aim in mind, the research sought to provide answers to three main sets of questions. Firstly, are care and support services for people with HIV/AIDS being provided at PHC clinics, what is the quality of these services, and to what extent are these services being utilised? Secondly, are the inputs (e.g. staff knowledge and attitudes) and support systems (e.g. drug supplies), necessary for good quality, accessible HIV/AIDS care, present in the PHC infrastructure? Thirdly, what if any, systems changes are required to improve the access and quality of PHC services for people living with HIV/AIDS? This research was conducted in collaboration with, and partly funded by, the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health which is in the process of disseminating primary health care clinical guidelines in the Province.