Skip to section navigation
Skip to page content

RAND > Topics >

South Africa

Project

Updating the ‘Vitality Age’ Calculator

RAND Europe is updating the underlying calculations for the Vitality Age Calculator, an online tool developed by the University of Cape Town and the Sports Science Institute of South Africa that gives users a ‘snapshot’ of their overall health based on lifestyle choices, including diet and exercise habits, and clinical factors such as cholesterol and blood pressure.

Jun 1, 2016
Dissertation

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
Project

Supporting South Africa's 'Healthy Company Index' Competition

The 2014 Healthy Company Index competition in South Africa is currently running. RAND Europe will provide research and analytical support to the competition that aims to identify South Africa’s Healthiest Company.

Jun 19, 2014
Journal Article

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

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
News Release

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.

Mar 19, 2013
Journal Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

1
2
Next

RAND Topic:
South Africa

Topic Synonyms:
Republic of South Africa

Research conducted by