Global Health
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Department of Global Health

Publication highlights​​​

  • Kahonde, C.K., 2023, ‘A call to give a voice to people with intellectual disabilities in Africa through inclusive research’, African Journal of Disability 12(0), a1127. https://doi. org/10.4102/ajod.v12i0.1127. Read more

  • ZA Bhutta et al. Adverse childhood experiences and  lifelong health, Nature Medicine, Volume 29 | July 2023 | 1639–1648​.​​ Read More​​

  • LD Hlophe et al (2023), Barriers and facilitators to antiretroviral therapy adherence among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: A mixed-methods systematic review and meta-analysis, PLoSONE18(5):e0276411. Read ​More
  • ​XG Mbhenyane et all. (2023), Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices of mothers exposed to the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Limpopo Province​, SAJCH, July 2023, Vol. 17, No. 2​, 78-84. Read More
  • N Elmi et al. COVID-19, lockdown effect on health care utilization and in-hospital mortality in children under 5 years in Cape Town, South Africa: across-sectional study, Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2023, 69(6), fmad035. Read More.
  • Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Machekano RN, et al. Assessment of Clinical Outcomes Among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 6 Sub-Saharan African Countries. JAMA Pediatr. Published online January 19, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.6436. ​Read more

  • Van Wyk SS, Medley N, Young T, Oliver S. Repairing boundaries along pathways to tuberculosis case detection: a qualitative synthesis of intervention designs. Health Res Policy Syst. 2 022 Jan 10;20(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00811-0. PMID: 35012561; PMCID: PMC8751340.​​ Read more

  • Jessani NS, Ling B, Babcock C, Valmeekanathan A, Holtgrave DR (2022) Advocacy, activism, and lobbying: How variations in interpretation affects ability for academia to engage with public policy. PLOS Glob Public Heal​​​​th 2(3): e0000034. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000034​. Read more​

  • Dunn, J.A., Medhin, G., Dewey, M., Alem, A., Worku, B., Paksarian, D., Newton, C., Tomlinson, M., Prince, M., Hanlon, C. (2022). Common perinatal mental disorders and post-infancy child development in rural Ethiopia: a population-based cohort study. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 27, 251-61.​​ ​Read more​

  • Tomlinson, M., Skeen, S., Melendez-Torres, G.J., Hunt, X., Desmond, C., Morgan, B., Murray, L., Cooper, P.J., Rathod, S.D., Marlow, M., & Fearon, P. (2022). First 1000 days: enough for mothers but not for children? Long term outcomes of an early intervention on maternal depressed mood and child cognitive development: Follow up ​of a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63, 261-272. Read more​

  • Christodoulou J, Jane Rotheram-Borus M, Hayati Rezvan P, Weiss RE, & Tomlinson M. (2022). Association of Early Migration with Child Growth, Cognition and Behavior in South Africa. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 27, 218-25. Read more​​​​​​



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