We describe a number of pitfalls that may occur with the push to rapidly expand access to
antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa. These include undesirable opportunity costs, the …

Page 2 of 2 Country Profile http://www. phcfm. org Open Access and leadership. Quality
improvement initiatives led by the Ministry of Health, albeit top-down, have the potential for …

Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity (GNU), established on Feb 13, 2009, faced immense
challenges: a collapsed economy with 94% of the population without a job1 and almost …

Background Depression and anxiety symptoms are reported to be common among university
students in many regions of the world and impact on quality of life and academic attainment…

Background:In May 2020, the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
invited submissions on lessons learnt from responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from …

Although family physicians (FPs) are community-oriented primary care generalists and
should be the entry point for the population’s interaction with the health system, they are …

Sexual health is defined in terms of well-being, but is challenged by the social, cultural and
economic realities faced by women and men with HIV. A sexual rights approach puts women …

Primary healthcare (PHC) can be seen as a set of values and principles that guide the health
system in its policy, leadership and governance, commitment to universal health coverage …

Background Africa’s health systems rely on services provided by mid-level health workers (MLWs).
Investment in their training is worthwhile since they are more likely to be retained in …

Introduction Community-orientated primary care (COPC) is an approach to primary healthcare
(PHC) that originated in South Africa and contributed to the formulation of the Declaration …