Levels and Determinants of DDT and DDE Exposure in the VHEMBE Cohort
Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that several intervention approaches may reduce DDT/DDE exposure in pregnant women living in IRS communities. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP353
Received: 01 May 2016
Revised: 19 December 2016
Accepted: 19 January 2017
Published: 07 July 2017
Address correspondence to B. Eskenazi, Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health. 1995 University Ave., Suite 265. Berkeley, CA 94704, USA. Email: eskenazi@berkeley.edu
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP353).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Household coverage of Swaziland's national community health worker programme: a cross ‐sectional population‐based study
ConclusionsSwaziland's national CHW programme is falling far short of its coverage goal. To improve coverage, the programme would likely need to recruit additional CHWs and/or assign more households to each CHW. Alternatively, changing the programme's ambitious coverage goal to visiting only certain types of households would likely reduce existing arbitrary differences in coverage between households and communities. This study highlights the need to evaluate and reform large long‐standing CHW programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa. (Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health)
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Bioaccessibility and risk assessment of essential and non-essential elements in vegetables commonly consumed in Swaziland.
This study applies a physiology based extraction technique (PBET) to mimic digestion of these vegetables to determine the fraction of essential (Fe and Zn) and non-essential elements (Cd, Cr and Pb) that are made available for absorption after ingestion. Prior to the application of the PBET, the vegetables were cooked adopting indigenous Swazi cooking methods. Cooking mobilized most of the metals out of the vegetable mass, and the final substrate concentrations are: raw > cooked > supernatant for all the metals, and the order of average metal leaching was: Pb (82.2%) >Cr (70.6%) >Zn (67.5%) >Fe (60.2%) >C...
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‘Worse than HIV’: The logics of cancer screening avoidance in Swaziland
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Trends in Prevalence of Advanced HIV Disease at Antiretroviral Therapy Enrollment - 10 Countries, 2004-2015.
d S, Pati R, Kaplan J, Raizes E, Spira T, Mitruka K, Couto A, Gudo ES, Mbofana F, Briggs M, Alfredo C, Xavier C, Vergara A, Hamunime N, Agolory S, Mutandi G, Shoopala NN, Sawadogo S, Baughman AL, Bashorun A, Dalhatu I, Swaminathan M, Onotu D, Odafe S, Abiri OO, Debem HH, Tomlinson H, Okello V, Preko P, Ao T, Ryan C, Bicego G, Ehrenkranz P, Kamiru H, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Kwesigabo G, Ramadhani AA, Ng'wangu K, Swai P, Mfaume M, Gongo R, Carpenter D, Mastro TD, Hamilton C, Denison J, Wabwire-Mangen F, Koole O, Torpey K, Williams SG, Colebunders R, Kalamya JN, Namale A, Adler MR, Mugisa B, Gupta S, Tsui S, van Praag E, Nguy...
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Household coverage of Swaziland's national community health worker program: A cross ‐sectional population‐based study
ConclusionsSwaziland's national CHW program is falling far short of its coverage goal. To improve coverage, the program would likely need to recruit additional CHWs and/or assign more households to each CHW. Alternatively, changing the program's ambitious coverage goal to visiting only certain types of households would likely reduce existing arbitrary differences in coverage between households and communities. This study highlights the need to evaluate and reform large long‐standing CHW programs in sub‐Saharan Africa.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. (Source: Tropical Medicine and International Health)
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Prevalence and risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women of reproductive age in Swaziland
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A normative model for integrating organisations for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation within SADC member states
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A normative model for integrating organizations for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation within SADC member states
This article investigates the set of actors and their locatio n in government that create and shape governance in DRR and CCA integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. Design/methodology/approach The study draws upon a range of data collection techniques including a comprehensive literature review relating to DRR an d CCA in general and in the SADC member states, face-to-face interviews and an online survey. A mixed method research design was applied to the study with a total of 35 respondents from Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia an...
Source: Disaster Prevention and Management - April 7, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
A normative model for integrating organisations for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation within SADC member states
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal,Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 361-376, June 2017. Purpose Research has demonstrated that governance of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) have evolved largely in isolation from each other – through different conceptual and institutional frameworks, response strategies and plans, at both international, national and subnational levels. As a result, the management of disaster risk through DRR and CCA is highly fragmented. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the set of actors a nd their location in government that create and shape...
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Registered nurses' perceptions regarding nurse ‐led antiretroviral therapy initiation in Hhohho region, Swaziland
ConclusionsThe study findings have generated insights into this program which is useful for the provision of care to people living with HIV/AIDS in Swaziland. But nurses need support to ensure effective implementation.
Implication for nursing and health policyThe study findings have implications for both the practice of the NARTIS programme and health policy development. The development of a health policy that alleviates the barriers to the NARTIS programme can enhance nurses' role and make care provision to people living with HIV/AIDS more effective. (Source: International Nursing Review)
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