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South African Maternal, Perinatal and Neonatal Health Policy

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Policies

The scope of this MPNH policy includes all activities and programme decisions concerned with improving individuals’ healthcare during the childbearing lifecycle. The policy aims to inform academic curriculum development, research priorities, advocacy messages development, civil society mandates, community initiatives and service delivery. It provides a framework for all sectors and levels of business, social services and health care delivery models.

South African Health Review (SAHR)

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Reports and Journals
The purpose of the SAHR has always been to analyze and assess progress and challenges in key areas of the health system, and to propose recommendations for improvement. The 2019 edition, which presents a unique collection of perspectives on the key challenges in implementing universal health coverage (UHC) in South Africa, as analyzed by experts in various fields. This edition includes two innovations.

South African health monitoring survey an integrated biological and behavioral survey among female sex workers South Africa 2013-2014

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Reports
The SAHMS-FSW survey represents the first attempt to conduct behavioural and HIV disease surveillance with the female sex worker populations in South Africa's largest metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban, and provide data on the epidemiology of HIV, behavioural risk factors, and targeted prevention and treatment programme coverage and uptake in this critical key affected population in nearly a decade.

South African Antimicrobial Resistance National Strategy Framework: A One Health Approach 2017 - 2024

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Strategic Documents and Plans
The  purpose of the National AMR Strategy Framework is to provide a structure for managing AMR among humans and animals to limit further increases in resistant microbial infections, and improve the health of the population. The goals of the strategy are to define the principles and short to medium term interventions needed to preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials for future generations to improve the appropriate use  of  antibiotics  in  human  and  animal  health and to improve the effective management of antibiotic resistant organisms and prevent their transmission.

Sexually Transmitted Infections Management Guidelines 2015

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Guides/Guidelines
This guide includes the current STI syndromic management algorithms. STIs are preventable and many are treatable. Early access to care helps prevent further transmission to partners and from mother-to-child, acquisition of additional STIs, and decreases the risk of STI related complications. Screening for STIs at any and all health care visits, can promote STI prevention and management and provide an opportunity for additional health promotion and education. Where possible, STI screening and prevention should become routine and integrated into all health visits.

Saving mothers 2011-2013

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Reports
The sixth edition of the report on maternal deaths includes 4,452 maternal deaths logged into the national database for the period between 2011 and 2014. The report notes a decrease in maternal deaths due mainly to a decrease in deaths due to non-pregnancy related infections such as HIV and tuberculosis. While these kinds of infections still rank among the top five causes of maternal deaths, the percentage of deaths attributed to infections like HIV has fallen by about 25 percent in the last eight years.

SA's COVID-19 Epidemic: Trends and Next Steps

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Research Articles, Reports and Journals
With the use of statistical graphs, this document provides information in the form of outlines and comparisons of the Covid-19 virus' origins and how it spread exponentially all around the world. It details the number of cases at the compilation of the document and outlines the approaches that South Africa has implemented in the fight against the epidemic.

Risk-Based COVID-19 Healthcare Facility Ventilation Guidance

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Guides/Guidelines

This guide describes how to reduce the risk of far-field airborne transmission of COVID-19 through improved ventilation. The guide is based on the most current data and scientific guidance available at the time of writing (December 2021). This guide applies to all healthcare facilities and should be used by infection, prevention, and control (IPC) and facility managers.  Ventilation is a process by which a portion of outdoor air is supplied into and extracted from an indoor space for the purposes of diluting and removing indoor contaminants. 

Report Review on Antimicrobial Resistance 2016

Type
Reports
Following 19 months of consultation and eight interim papers, each focusing on a specific aspect of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this report sets out the Review on AntimicrobialResistance's final recommendations to tackle AMR in a global way, as commissioned by our sponsors, the UK Government and the Wellcome Trust.
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