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African female physicians and nurses in the global care chain: qualitative explorations from five destination countries
(Public Library Science//https://www.plos.org/, 2015-06-12)
Migration of health professionals is an important policy issue for both source and destination countries around the world. The majority of migrant care workers in industrialized countries today are women. However, the ...
Human resources for health in Botswana: the results of in-country database and reports analysis
(AOSIS//http://www.aosis.co.za/publishing, 2014)
Botswana is a large middle-income country in Southern Africa with a population of just over two million. Shortage of human resources for health is blamed for the inability to provide high quality accessible health services. ...
Multiple oncogenic viruses identified in Ocular surface squamous neoplasia in HIV-1 patients
(BioMed Central Ltd. www.infectagentscancer.com/content/5/1/6, 2010)
Background: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) is a rare cancer that has increased in incidence with the
HIV pandemic in Africa. The underlying cause of this cancer in HIV-infected patients from Botswana is not ...
Emotional violence among women in intimate relationships in Botswana
(Informa Healthcare, http://informahealthcare.com/journal/mhn, 2010)
A Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to investigate the lived experience of women in Botswana
who had experienced emotional abuse in intimate relationships.
Hermeneutic phenomenologyis concerned ...
Interprofessional fellowship training for emerging global health leaders in Africa to improve HIV prevention and care: the Afya Bora consortium
(Elsevier//https://www.elsevier.com/, 2016)
HIV continues to challenge health systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa. A qualified workforce of transformational leaders is required to strengthen health
systems and introduce ...
Training tomorrow’s global health leaders: applying a transtheoretical model to identify behavior change stages within an intervention for health leadership development
(Sage publications//www.sage.com/, 2014)
Training health professionals in leadership and management skills is a key component of health systems strengthening in low-resource settings. The importance of evaluating the effectiveness of these programs has received ...
Fetus-in-fetu in Botswana
(Elsevier, www.elsevier.com, 2017-09)
Fetus-in-fetu is a medical term that describes a fetus implanted within its twin, on whom it is entirely dependent for its survival through a vascular connection. It occurs in about 1 in 500,000 live births. So far, there ...
Diagnostic profiles and predictors of treatment outcome among children and adolescents attending a national psychiatric hospital in Botswana
(BioMed Central, www.biomedcentral.com, 2017)
Background: Attention is currently being drawn to child psychiatric care, most especially in the developed countries. This type of care is still rudimentary in the developing countries. Botswana is one of the African ...
Predictors of smoking among primary and secondary school students in Botswana
(Public Library of Science, www.plos.org/, 2017-04-17)
This study seeks to determine the prevalence and risk factors for smoking among students aged 12±18 years in two cities in Botswana. Using a sample of 2554 students we adapted the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) methodology ...
The prevalence and factors associated with overweight and obesity among University of Botswana students
(Cogent OA, www.cogentoa.com, 2017-07-20)
Overweight and Obesity are diseases with multiple causes that increase chances for developing health risks. Botswana is not an exemption from these conditions. This study was carried at the University of Botswana to find ...