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Bridging the gap between VCT and HIV/AIDS treatment uptake: perspectives from a mining-sector workplace in South Africa.

Anil Bhagwanjee, Inge Petersen, Olagoke Akintola, Gavin George
African journal of AIDS research : AJAR
2008

This qualitative study sought to understand users' perceptions of the voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and HIV-treatment services offered by a mining company in South Africa, with the… (More)

Migration of South African health workers: the extent to which financial considerations influence internal flows and external movements

Gavin George, Millicent Atujuna, Jeff Gow
BMC health services research
2013

BACKGROUND The loss of human resource capacity has had a severe impact on the health system in South Africa. This study investigates the causes of migration focussing on the role of salaries and… (More)

A review of the integration of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine into the curriculum of South African medical schools

Ethel Chitindingu, Gavin George, Jeff Gow
BMC medical education
2014

BACKGROUND Traditional, complementary and alternative (TCAM) medicine is consumed by a large majority of the South African population. In the context of increasing overall demand for healthcare this… (More)

Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Gavin George, Michael Strauss, +4 authors Kaymarlin Govender
African journal of AIDS research : AJAR
2014

Epidemiological modelling has concluded that if voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is scaled up in high HIV prevalence settings it would lead to a significant reduction in HIV incidence… (More)

An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Zambian Health Worker Retention Scheme (ZHWRS) for rural areas.

Jeff Gow, Gavin George, Sylvia Mwamba, Lutungu Ingombe, Given Mutinta
African health sciences
2013

BACKGROUND Zambian Health Workers Retention Scheme (ZHWRS) commenced in 2003. The schemes' original aim was to retain and recruit Zambian doctors in rural and remote districts. The aim of the ZHWRS… (More)

Understanding the factors influencing health-worker employment decisions in South Africa

Gavin George, Jeff Gow, Shaneel Bachoo
Human resources for health
2013

BACKGROUND The provision of health care in South Africa has been compromised by the loss of trained health workers (HWs) over the past 20 years. The public-sector workforce is overburdened. There is… (More)

Weighing up the burden of care on caregivers of orphan children: the Amajuba District Child Health and Wellbeing Project, South Africa.

Kaymarlin Govender, Susan Louise Penning, Gavin George, Tim K C Quinlan
AIDS care
2012

This paper assesses the burden on orphan caregivers relative to non-orphan caregivers in the context of high HIV/AIDS mortality in South Africa. It presents findings from the third round of a study… (More)

HIV/AIDS, growth and poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa: an integrated survey, demographic and economy-wide analysis

James T. Thurlow, Jeff Gow, Gavin George
Journal of the International AIDS Society
2009

BACKGROUND This paper estimates the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on the KwaZulu-Natal province and the rest of South Africa. METHODS We extended previous studies by employing: an integrated… (More)

A qualitative analysis of the barriers and facilitators of HIV counselling and testing perceived by adolescents in South Africa

Michael Strauss, Barton Rhodes, Gavin George
BMC health services research
2015

BACKGROUND Youth in South Africa have been identified as a high-risk group for contracting HIV. In response, the South African Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) has been developed with the aim… (More)

Children’s psychosocial wellbeing in the context of HIV/AIDS and poverty: a comparative investigation of orphaned and non-orphaned children living in South Africa

Kaymarlin Govender, Candice Reardon, Tim K C Quinlan, Gavin George
BMC public health
2014

BACKGROUND Recent studies have questioned whether orphanhood is primarily associated with key dimensions of psycho-social wellbeing in children living in circumstances of material deprivation and… (More)

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