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Family medicine in South Africa: exploring future scenarios
Who is a CHW?
WHO Bulletin: Breaking down the barriers to universal health coverage
‘Many researchers do not use their right to make their papers freely available online’
Multiple methods in formative evaluation: reflections from a South African study
Uganda CHWs on WhatsApp
Radio, health education and public health communication
Role of Community Health Workers in attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals
‘More than 1 billion people suffer from Neglected Tropical Diseases’
“We call it the mortuary” An Eastern Cape father’s traumatic experience with local public health facilities
Gauteng health head suspended after mass deaths of patients
Finger Infection
Prevention and Treatment of High Cholesterol
10 WAYS TO DEAL WITH DUST MITES AND GET REAL ALLERGY RELIEF
A DAY NOT SEIZED? : Citizen Activism and the New Political Reality by Steven Friedman
#WoncaAfrica 06 February 2017
Who is a community health worker? a systematic review of definitions
Trip Database: Latest evidence, community rapid reviews (get involved and shape the future) and more!
WONCA E-Update Friday 3rd FEBRUARY 2017
CHWs in Liberia
Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK)
Message of Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, on World Cancer Day, 4 February 2017
White House to appeal after court blocks Trump’s travel ban
Here are the people who must pay for mental patients dying
Sweet Potatoes Help You Lose Weight & Boost Health
Does Muscle Turn To Fat With No Exercise?
Neurological Assoc (SA) Congress 2017
Diarrhoea – Treatment
9th ANNUAL PAIN SYMPOSIUM
Cancer Care course
Low Back Pain Fact Sheet
Makgoba report: Heads start to roll
Healthcare system held together by inexperienced junior doctors
The Every Woman Every Child Strategy and the role of young adolescents…
New AIDSFree Resource on Peer Education Programs to Reduce HIV Risk in Tanzania Prisons
WHO Global Learning Laboratory (GLL) for Quality Universal Health Coverage
Fungal Nail Infections
Sinusitis
#WoncaAfrica 30 January 2017
Rethinking Video Content For Your NGO
Cochrane: Beta blockers of limited use in treatment hypertension
How to bridge community and health systems
Ethics and power in north-south public health research
Community Health Assistants in Zambia
Cultural and health beliefs of pregnant women in Zambia
WONCA News February 2017
Take a Quiz on Menopause
CHWs in the US and prevention of diabetes
Lancet Commission: Essential medicines for universal health coverage
Lancet: A new Berlin Declaration for STM publishing
‘People’s Science’ – How West African Communities Fought the Ebola Epidemic and Won
Trump Prepares Orders Aiming at Global Funding and Treaties
Health Information during the 2014-2016 Ebola Outbreak: A Twitter Content Analysis
Lancet Global Health: Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
WHO Executive Board announces the names of the 3 nominees for the post of WHO Director-General
Follow 140th WHO Executive Board Meeting Watching by People’s Health Movement
Female Health Workers at the Doorstep: A Pilot of Community-Based Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Service Delivery in Northern Nigeria
Trump to pull out of the UN and WHO?
TOP 10 TIPS FOR REDUCING SALT IN YOUR DIET
Colic Relief Tips for Parents
Repealing the ACA without a Replacement — The Risks to American Health Care
What is Diabetes?
Insights of health district managers on the implementation of primary health care outreach teams in Johannesburg, South Africa: a descriptive study with focus group discussions
Coke faces deception case
ADVANCE HIV study set to save SA billions
Management of patient information Trends and challenges in Member States
#WoncaAfrica 23 January 2017
Sustainability of performance based incentivized community health worker’s model in high priority districts of Odisha, India
Who is a CHW? Liberators or Lackeys?
Effect of a Primary Care–Based Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of Common Mental Disorders in Zimbabwe A Randomized Clinical Trial
Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low- and middle-income countries? A systematic review
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): Best Cardio to Burn Fat
#WoncaAfrica 16 January 2017
App on Safe Pregnancy
Free Clinical Guide Apps from SA
#WoncaAfrica 09 January 2017
#WoncaAfrica 02 January 2017
#WoncaAfrica 26 December 2016
Soweto health club making a difference
Decree for 20% maths pass mark sets a dangerous precedent for schooling
SA’s medical scheme fees are shooting up as the package of care is sliding
Randomized controlled trial of a nationally available weight control program tailored for adults with type 2 diabetes
#WoncaAfrica 19 December 2016
WHO technical package on the management of cardiovascular disease (“HEARTS”) in low resource settings
Listen To Community Health Workers To Strengthen Health Systems
New collection of articles highlights effectiveness of health communication in HIV care continuum
WHO: World Malaria Report 2016 – Malaria control improves for vulnerable in Africa, but global progress off-track
Health For All: What’s Next for a Movement Hitting its Stride?
WHO Universal Health Coverage Data Portal
Strengthening Health Systems for the SDGs and UHC: Healthy Systems, Healthy People
Webinar: Working Together towards Integrated Primary Care, 10 January 2017 (12.30 P.M CET)
Perceptions of men in South Africa around illness and HIV
Union pinpoints the jobs for which demand will be rising in the future
Turmoil threatens Africa’s state-owned airline model
#WoncaAfrica 12 December 2016
Looming crisis for SA healthcare as specialists face 30% pay cut
WHO: Family practice: towards universal health coverage
