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Commentary

Sep 19, 2014

Community-Driven Development: 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.
Commentary

Jul 10, 2014

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.
Project

Jun 19, 2014

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.
Research

Jun 1, 2014

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.
Commentary

May 7, 2014

In South Africa, Hard Choices on Housing

While much has changed in South Africa since the end of apartheid 20 years ago, many challenges remain, including the developing nation's dire need for housing.
Project

Feb 10, 2014

Mapping Pathways Reveals Importance of Localised Strategies for Using ARVs to Prevent HIV/AIDS

Many complex issues surround the use of antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention. RAND Europe partnered with several organisations on Mapping Pathways, a project that explored potential treatment regimes and conducted research, community engagement, and policy work in the U.S., India, and South Africa.
Commentary

May 28, 2013

Eating Better for Less

A combination of things might well slow the obesity epidemic while also improving the American people's overall nutritional well-being: lowering prices on healthier food, initiatives to control portion sizes, and a long-term campaign to support better food quality.
Research

May 23, 2013

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.
Press

Mar 19, 2013

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.
Research

Jan 1, 2013

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.
Research

Aug 3, 2012

Eating Better for Less: A National Discount Program for Healthy Food Purchases in South Africa

Examines whether reducing prices for healthy food purchases leads to changes in self-reported measures of food consumption and weight status.
Research

Apr 1, 2010

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.

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Community-Driven Development: How the Poor Can Take Charge to Improve Their Housing

Could Alternatives Ease the Misery of South Africa's Housing Crisis?

Supporting South Africa's 'Healthy Company Index' Competition

Impact of a Patient Incentive Program on Receipt of Preventive Care

In South Africa, Hard Choices on Housing

Mapping Pathways Reveals Importance of Localised Strategies for Using ARVs to Prevent HIV/AIDS

Eating Better for Less

Eating Better for Less: Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Modifying Dietary and Grocery Shopping Behavior

Discounts on Healthy Foods Can Improve Diet Quality; First Result from a National Program

Provincial Screening Rates for Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle, Cancers and HIV in a Health-Insured Population

Eating Better for Less: A National Discount Program for Healthy Food Purchases in South Africa

Consumption Smoothing and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Two Communities in South Africa

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Community-Driven Development: How the Poor Can Take Charge to Improve Their Housing

Could Alternatives Ease the Misery of South Africa's Housing Crisis?

Supporting South Africa's 'Healthy Company Index' Competition

Impact of a Patient Incentive Program on Receipt of Preventive Care

In South Africa, Hard Choices on Housing

Mapping Pathways Reveals Importance of Localised Strategies for Using ARVs to Prevent HIV/AIDS

Eating Better for Less

Eating Better for Less: Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Modifying Dietary and Grocery Shopping Behavior

Discounts on Healthy Foods Can Improve Diet Quality; First Result from a National Program

Provincial Screening Rates for Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle, Cancers and HIV in a Health-Insured Population

Eating Better for Less: A National Discount Program for Healthy Food Purchases in South Africa

Consumption Smoothing and HIV/AIDS: The Case of Two Communities in South Africa

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