This review looks at the pharmacological blood pressure lowering agent for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.





Keywords: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Prevention

This review looks at the different cessation aids utilized by South African adult smokers who have attempted quitting smoking.





Keywords: Smoking. Quitting, Cessation aids

World Cancer Day takes place on the fourth of February. In Africa, cancer and its varied diagnostic and intervention options are still under-researched and under-resourced. This article gives an overview of 10 types of cancer of the five African regions from collated data spanning from 2002-2018. K…

This activity focusses on research aimed to establish an adequate concept of vulnerability in order to enable one to understand its significance for both the dependent individual and the care provider.





Keywords:


Vulnerability, Healthcare Ethics, Philosophy

This CEU studies a review of literature that measures the economic impacts of health shocks on households.


Keywords: Measuring of economic impact; Health care spending; Low- and middle-income countries; Health shocks.

Given the need for comprehensive primary health care teams in Africa, which include family physicians, this activity focuses on research that explored African leaders views on critical issues relating to the implementation of primary health care in Africa. Keywords: Primary health care; Family med…

Timely, secure and confidential sharing of electronic health records across providers is crucial to facilitate proper patient care. This activity focuses on a systemic review of literature aiming to examine the motivations, advantages, and limitations, as well as barriers and future challenges face…

Failure to include the costs of relaxing constraints during cost-estimations of different intensified case-finding strategies for TB in South Africa, may provide misleading estimates of costs, and therefore limiting cost-effectiveness. Keywords: Healthcare Cost Estimation, Mathematical modelling,…