Tariro J Basera1,5, Simbarashe Takuva2,3, Keith Muloongo4, Ndumiso Tshuma4 and Peter S Nyasulu1,5* 1School of Health Sciences, Monash University, 144 Peter Road, Ruimsig, Johannesburg, South Africa 2Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 3Centre for HIV and...

purpose:  the paper aims to focus on south africa’s poor economic performance and the regular downgrades of the country’s economic and financial rating by international rating agencies. it attempts to show that these continuous downgrades are a recipe for economic and financial disaster in the long – run; that the continuance of this phenomenon will stymie the implementation of the national dev...

South Africa has a population of 51.8 million people of which 7.5% over the age of five has a disability according to the latest census data (Statistics South Africa 2014). This statistic on the national prevalence of disability should be interpreted with caution since psychosocial and neurological disabilities are not accounted for (Statistics South Africa 2014). The most recent data on disabi...

This paper analyzes the effects of real exchange rate volatility on United States’ exports to BRICS. It focuses top 20 export products (defined by 2-digit Harmonized System codes) from States Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, uses quarterly data for period 1993Q1 2021Q2. The specified panel regression model was first estimated using three estimation methods, namely, Panel Least Sq...

M. Klipin1; I. Mare2; S. Hazelhurst3; B. Kramer4 1 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa; 2 Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa; 3 School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, ...

Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (M. Venter, S. Human, D. Zaayman, J. Williams, J. Steyl, C. Donnellan); National Health Laboratory Services, Pretoria (M. Venter); Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, Pretoria (G.H. Gerdes); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (P. Leman, J.T. Paweska, R. Swanepoel); Chartwell Equine...

Cost of admission for paediatric pneumonia in a setting of human immunodeficiency virus infection Omolemo P Kitchin,1 Cert. Pulm(SA) Paed, Francois Wessels, 2 Ph.D, Refiloe Masekela, 1 Cert. Pulm(SA) Paed, Piet Becker, 3 Ph.D, Robin J Green.1 Ph.D [1]. Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Pretoria, South Africa [2]. Outcomes Consultants cc. Pretoria, South A...

1 SoftFrog cc, PO Box 67, Kei Mouth, 5260, South Africa. Email: [email protected] 2 Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa 3 Marine and Coastal Management, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Private Bag X2, Rogge Bay 8012, South Africa 4 Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology & Entomology, Un...

M. Nolte, A. Kotzé*, F.H. van der Bank and J.P. Grobler 1 Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa 2 ARC Animal Improvement Institute, P. Bag X2, Irene 0062, South Africa 3 Department of Plant Sciences: Genetics, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 4 Department of Biodiversity, School of Molecular a...

OBJECTIVE The growth of the older adult population in Africa demands more knowledge about their chronic health problems, such as depression. The aim of this paper is to estimate depression prevalence and identify correlates of depression among older adults in Ghana and South Africa. METHOD The WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE study) was conducted in Ghana and South Africa fro...