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Journal Article
Implementation of South Africa's Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution Program for HIV Treatment: A Qualitative Evaluation
Participants had highly favorable attitudes about the Chronic Care and Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) program for HIV treatment. Patient-level barriers to care included inadequate education about CCMDD and inability to get refills. Organizational-level barriers included challenges with communication and transportation, errors in medication packaging and tracking, rigid rules, and inadequate infrastructure.
Jun 23, 2022
Dissertation
Deception in Covert Nuclear Weapons Development: A Framework to Identify, Analyze, and Mitigate Future Long-Term Deception Efforts
Develops a framework to categorize observable signatures, formulate a judgement on whether long-term deception is taking place, and propose additional areas of collection that may yield evidence of in research and development.
May 18, 2016
Commentary
What Durban Can Teach Detroit: Getting Customers to Pay Their Water Bills
South Africa is proving that governments in poor cities can provide water and collect payment without turning off the water spigot. Detroit and Baltimore might consider exploring models like this that have been successfully tested in even more challenging settings.
Jul 29, 2015
Commentary
In South Africa, Bold Investments Turn Trash into Treasure
In South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, investments made over the past 20 years have created a dump with a difference. Rather than being a blight on the neighborhood of Mariannhill, the state-of-the-art Mariannhill Landfill Conservancy is an asset.
Dec 3, 2014
Commentary
How the Poor Can Take Charge to Improve Their Housing
Public housing projects have been controversial for decades in countries around the world. But an informal settlement in Cape Town, South Africa, could serve as a guide for other countries experimenting with community-driven development, an alternative approach to public housing.
Sep 19, 2014
Commentary
Could Alternatives Ease the Misery of South Africa's Housing Crisis?
The government's plan to replace cardboard shacks with cement houses may not be the only route to easing South Africa's housing woes. Increasingly, academic researchers, non-governmental organizations, and private companies are demonstrating pragmatic, low-cost, alternatives.
Jul 10, 2014
Journal Article
Impact of a Patient Incentive Program on Receipt of Preventive Care
Patient financial incentives are being promoted as a mechanism to increase receipt of preventive care, encourage healthy behavior, and improve chronic disease management. However, few empirical evaluations have assessed such incentive programs.
Jun 1, 2014
Commentary
In South Africa, Hard Choices on Housing
South Africans go to the polls today, marking 20 years since apartheid ended and the country's first democratic elections brought the African National Congress (ANC) to power. But while much has changed, many challenges remain, including the developing nation's dire need for housing.
May 7, 2014
Project
How Can Antiretroviral Therapy Prevent HIV/AIDS?
Many complex issues surround the use of antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention. RAND Europe is partnering with several organisations on Mapping Pathways, a project that is exploring potential treatment regimes and conduct research, community engagement, and policy work in the U.S., India, and South Africa.
Feb 10, 2014
Commentary
Eating Better for Less
A combination of factors could slow the U.S. obesity epidemic while also improving overall nutritional well-being: lowering prices on healthier food, initiatives to control portion sizes, and a long-term campaign to support better food quality.
May 28, 2013
Dissertation
Eating Better for Less: Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Modifying Dietary and Grocery Shopping Behavior
Examines the effectiveness of subsidies in modifying dietary and grocery shopping behavior by evaluating a nationwide price rebate program for healthy food purchases in South Africa.
May 23, 2013
Journal Article
Provincial Screening Rates for Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle, Cancers and HIV in a Health-Insured Population
Screening for asymptomatic diseases can reduce the burden of morbidity and mortality in all population groups.
Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article
Discounts on Healthy Foods Can Improve Diet Quality; First Result from a National Program
Lowering the costs of healthy foods in supermarkets increases the amount of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods that people eat, while also appearing to reduce consumption of nutritionally less-desirable foods.
Aug 3, 2012
Journal Article
Consumption Smoothing and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Two Communities in South Africa
HIV/AIDS threatens to overstretch the already frail informal safety nets in countries heavily affected by the epidemic, potentially making it difficult for households with HIV‐positive members to keep up appropriate consumption levels when experiencing shocks.
Apr 1, 2010
Report
International Comparison of Ten Medical Regulatory Systems: Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa and Spain
This study was commissioned by the UK General Medical Council (GMC) to provide an evidence base on the systems of medical regulation in place in the countries of origin of doctors seeking to enter the UK and obtain registration to practise.
May 18, 2009
Research Brief
Improving Mass Delivery of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Provides a summary of strategies for making access to antiretroviral therapy widespread, sustainable, more cost-effective, and efficient, while still providing quality care in sub-Saharan Africa.
Apr 9, 2009
Journal Article
Endorsement of a Genocidal HIV Conspiracy as a Barrier to HIV Testing in South Africa
Over 20% of South Africans aged 15-49 years are infected with HIV. Misinformation about the epidemic has arisen among black Africans, including genocidal conspiracy beliefs about the role of government and whites in causing the epidemic.
Jan 1, 2008
Journal Article
Formative Evaluation of Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
It is important for ART programs to develop effective mechanisms for coordinating and referring clients to support service organizations.
Jan 1, 2007
Report
The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy
This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the security implications of the spread of infectious diseases, including case studies of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and major public health challenges currently confronting the United States.
Jan 1, 2003
Commentary
AIDS Can Threaten National Stability
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Sep 24, 2002

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South Africa

Topic Synonyms:
Republic of South Africa

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