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Prof Steve Reid of UCT shares on his visit to Chiawelo Community Practice in March 2017
Annual Stakeholder Workshop for Chiawelo Community Practice 10th May 2017
Wonca Talks: Enrique Barros Interview on Wonca Working Party on Environment
Wonca Talks: Val Wass Interview on the Wonca Working Party on Education
Wonca Talks: Roger Strasser on “Addressing rural needs: A case study of an innovative education strategy from Canada”
Wonca Talks: Michael Kidd on “Family Medicine, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Health of the People of Africa”
PATIENT EDUCATION: What is Osteoporosis and What Causes It?
Gauteng Health assets offered to settle mounting negligence claims
The Community Guide
Community Tool Box
#WoncaAfrica 10 April 2017
Five simple tests to predict heart disease risk
PATIENT EDUCATION: What Are Gallstones?
Using a human resource management approach to support community health workers: experiences from five African countries
Metrics for Assessing Improvements in Primary Health Care
The contribution of Physician Assistants in primary care: a systematic review
ANNUAL PAIN SYMPOSIUM
Exploratory Study of Rural Physicians’ Self-Directed Learning Experiences in a Digital Age.
Committee hears of NHI pilot problems
The Dr Atai Anne Deborah Omoruto Scholarship Award
Risk scoring for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
Architects designed this skyscraper attached to an asteroid to get around building restrictions
Monitoring vital signs with artificial intelligence
Houses to be grown using plant-robot hybrids
How to Write Easy-to-Read Health Materials
Diagnosis and management of dementia in LMICs
MedBox: Free Resources
PATIENT EDUCATION: Warts: Overview
Jobs in Malawi
PATIENT EDUCATION: Understanding Varicose Veins — the Basics
Knowledge and practice regarding Dengue and Chikungunya in Tanzania
“Medspeak” can shut down effective communication with patients
WHO: Monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions A practical guide to conducting research and assessment
‘Gauteng as a village of 100 people’
New loo is water-wise and flush with praise
#WoncaAfrica 27 March 2017
‘Grain of sand’ cameras born out of chance and creative freedom
PATIENT EDUCATION: What causes mouth ulcers? 25 possible conditions
Community Health Worker Programmes in the WHO African Region: evidence and options – policy brief
#WoncaAfrica 20 March 2017
PATIENT EDUCATION: 10 Ways to Manage Low Back Pain at Home
37-yr-old doctor entrepreneur brings private care to townships
#WoncaAfrica 13 March 2017
Understanding Diabetes
High Blood Pressure Treatment
Corruption ‘deeply entrenched’ in ANC, party’s policy papers show
Diabetes deaths echo AIDS epidemic
SA scores new medicine worth millions – for free
Understanding High Blood Pressure — the Basics
Studies find worrying over- and underuse of medicine worldwide
10 Tips to Ease Flu Symptoms
The evidence is clear: people with Medicaid are better off than those without
#WoncaAfrica 06 March 2017
Youth get paid to sit at home
A qualitative study of young Nigerian family physicians’ views of their specialty
Community Health Workers’ symposium statement
Red Cross SA launches ‘First Aid’ App
Five Investments Countries Can Make for Healthier People and Economies
COHRED Africa: Optimizing Health, Equity and Development in Research and Innovation
What differentiates authors who publish in low- and high-impact journals
Cochrane and Wikipedia: working together to improve access to health evidence
WHO publishes list of bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed
WHO issues first viral hepatitis testing guidelines
The Role of Nurses and CHWs in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
WHO Bulletin: Treating depression where there are no mental health professionals
Strengthening health systems to provide rehabilitation services
Task Shifting: The Key to Increasing Access to Essential Maternal Health Services
Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
First NHI fund to start operating this year
Traditional dance & football keep grannies fit
Big increase in diabetes deaths
Stats SA reveals 3% decline in mortality rate
SE works on market for micro businesses
How to Use Your Asthma Inhaler
#WoncaAfrica is out! Edition of 27 February 2017
Land reform is ‘captured’
ACNE: OVERVIEW
Nigerian doctors reduced to surgery by candlelight
Esidimeni victims found in pile of unclaimed bodies
New Report Outlines Actions to Leverage Islamic Finance for Development
Budget in a nutshell: tax hikes hit South Africans’ pockets hard
#WoncaAfrica 20 February 2017
HIV Basics
EXPOSED: The Guptas and the ‘box of gems’
Trump’s Alt-Right coming to SA
‘The status quo in Joburg is not good enough’
Who is a CHW?
The Neglected Tropical Disease NGDO Network
The odd meaning of ‘radical economic transformation’ in South Africa
Young family doctor: Join Afriwon Pre-Conference Pretoria August 2017
Diagnosis and management of Type 2 Diabetes
Productive, Livable Cities Will Open Africa’s Doors to the World
#WoncaAfrica 13 February 2017
Moral march on Raleigh
