The role of artificial intelligence and machine learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic: What lessons are we learning on 4IR and the sustainable development goals

D Mhlanga - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic came with disruptions in every aspect of human existence, with all
the sectors of the economies of the world affected greatly. In the health sector, the pandemic …

A comparative cross-sectional study of the prevalence and determinants of health insurance coverage in Nigeria and South Africa: a multi-country analysis of …

ME Akokuwebe, ES Idemudia - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The core Universal Health Coverage (UHC) objectives are to ensure universal
access to healthcare services by reducing all forms of inequalities. However, financial …

Obstetric violence within students' rite of passage: The reproduction of the obstetric subject and its racialised (m) other

R Van der Waal, V Mitchell, I van Nistelrooij, V Bozalek - Agenda, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Building on the work of Mbembe (2019) and Silva (2007), we theorise how the
obstetric institution can still be considered fundamentally modern, that is, entangled with …

Preventive Audiology: An African Perspective

K Khoza-Shangase, B Sebothoma, S Govender… - 2022 - library.oapen.org
This book is an original scholarly book that introduces the concept of preventive audiology,
with a specific focus on the African context, which is in line with the South African re …

[HTML][HTML] Spatio-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of basic public service levels in the Yangtze River Delta region, China

T Li, Y Zhao, X Kong - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Basic public services are essential to ensure regional social equity and promote regional
integrated development. As the Yangtze River Delta region (YRDR) is an example of …

The intersection of age, sex, race and socioeconomic status in COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths in South Africa

W Jassat, L Ozougwu, S Munshi, C Mudara… - South African Journal …, 2022 - scielo.org.za
Older age, male sex, and non-white race have been reported to be risk factors for COVID-19
mortality. Few studies have explored how these intersecting factors contribute to COVID-19 …

Linking African ancestral substructure to prostate cancer health disparities

K Gheybi, N Mmekwa, MT Lebelo, SM Patrick… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) is a significant health burden in Sub-Saharan Africa, with mortality
rates loosely linked to African ancestry. Yet studies aimed at identifying contributing risk …

The curriculum ideologies underlying the AfriMEDS curriculum framework for undergraduate medical and dental education in South Africa

L Mnguni - International Medical Education, 2024 - mdpi.com
South Africa faces healthcare challenges due to inefficiencies, resource constraints, and
disease burden. The AfriMEDS curriculum framework was adopted as part of curriculum …

Profile and outcome of multiple myeloma with and without HIV treated at a tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

LH Chili, I Mackraj, N Rapiti - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To profile the outcome of multiple myeloma (MM) patients treated at a South
African tertiary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and to compare MM in HIV-negative patients …

Engendering a sense of belonging to support student well-being during COVID-19: A focus on sustainable development goals 3 and 4

S Blignaut, G Pheiffer, L Le Grange, S Maistry… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a plethora of inequalities in South Africa. These
inequalities have had a direct impact on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development …