Five decades of research on urban poverty: Main research communities, core knowledge producers, and emerging thematic areas

A Panori, L Mora, A Reid - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Urban poverty represents one of the greatest and most urgent challenges that modern
society is facing. The criticality of this global issue is represented by a rapidly growing body …

Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: A systematic review

R Schenck, D Blaauw, K Viljoen - Social Work, 2016 - scielo.org.za
The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling
factors for waste pickers to operate in the informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight …

Politicising the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe: Implications for public health and governance

K Shumba, P Nyamaruze, VP Nyambuya… - African Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
As it spread its tentacles beyond national frontiers, its devastating effects, both as a public …

Migration status, work conditions and health utilization of female sex workers in three South African cities

M Richter, MF Chersich, J Vearey, B Sartorius… - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2014 - Springer
Intersections between migration and sex work are underexplored in southern Africa, a
region with high internal and cross-border population mobility, and HIV prevalence. Sex …

Alcohol use and sexual risk behaviour among men and women in inner-city Johannesburg, South Africa

B Bello, H Moultrie, A Somji, MF Chersich, C Watts… - BMC Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Background Alcohol misuse is a key factor underlying the remarkable vulnerability to HIV
infection among men and women in sub-Saharan Africa, especially within urban settings. Its …

[PDF][PDF] Contested spaces: Exploring the intersections of migration, sex work and trafficking in South Africa

R Walker, E Oliveira - Graduate Journal of Social Science, 2015 - academia.edu
This paper considers the discourses, practices and conditions that contribute to the multiple
vulnerabilities faced by female migrants who sell sex in South Africa and, in turn questions …

Migration and primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: A sco** review

CL Lokotola, R Mash, V Sethlare, J Shabani… - African journal of …, 2024 - scielo.org.za
LOKOTOLA, Christian Lueme et al. Migration and primary healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa:
A sco** review. Afr. j. prim. health care fam. med.(Online)[online]. 2024, vol. 16, n. 1, pp. 1 …

Provision of HIV prevention and care services to farmworkers in sub‐Saharan African countries

N Mlangeni, O Adetokunboh, M Lembani… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To summarise data on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) services available to
farmworkers in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods We conducted a systematic review to …

Men and women waste pickers on landfills in Johannesburg, South Africa: divergence in health, and socioeconomic status

KS Wilson, T Kootbodien, F Made, S Mdleleni… - International archives of …, 2022 - Springer
Objective To investigate gender differences in health in informal waste pickers affected by
poverty and multiple environmental and work hazards. Methods A cross-sectional …

Barriers and opportunities for refugee entrepreneurship in Africa: a social capital perspective

T Luseno, O Kolade - The Palgrave Handbook of African Entrepreneurship, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) reports that there are
25.9 million refugees and 70.8 million forcibly displaced people in the world today, and only …