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This website contains the archive of the African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine from 2009 to 2012 (Volumes 1-4).

The African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM) publishes cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research in all fields of primary health care and family medicine. The journal is indispensable for primary health care practitioners, family medicine specialists and academics from both the developing and developed worlds, and offers an engaging insight into the growth of these disciplines from a distinctly African perspective.

Editor-in-Chief: Bob Mash, South African Academy of Family Physicians and the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Editor-French: Nzapfurundi O. Chabikuli, Family Health International, Nigeria.
Editor-Sexual Health:
Deidré Pretorius, School of Clinical Medicine University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.


Financial support: Flemish Interuniversity Council (Belgium).

Latest articles

 
Original Research
Communities’ views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study
Langalibalele H. Mabuza, Paula Diab, Stephen J. Reid, Busisiwe E. Ntuli, Penelope S. Flack, Ratie Mpofu, Priscilla S. Daniels, Tracy-Ann Adonis, Mandisa Cakwe, Mugambi W. Karuguti, Ngkatiseng Molefe
Vol 5, No 1 (2013), 9 pages
 
Published: 2013-06-11

 
Original Research
Reasons given by hypertensive patients for concurrently using traditional and Western medicine at Natalspruit Hospital in the Gauteng Province, South Africa
Atileombolo A. Lotika, Langalibalele H. Mabuza, Henry I. Okonta
Vol 5, No 1 (2013), 7 pages
 
Published: 2013-05-31

 
Review Articles
Faith-based organisations and HIV prevention in Africa: A review
Rachel Mash, Robert Mash
Vol 5, No 1 (2013), 6 pages
 
Published: 2013-05-30

 
Original Research
Complications of traditional circumcision amongst young Xhosa males seen at St Lucy’s Hospital, Tsolo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Ugochukwu Anike, Indiran Govender, John V. Ndimade, John Tumbo
Vol 5, No 1 (2013), 5 pages
 
Published: 2013-05-23

 
Original Research
Prevalence of low back pain and associated risk factors amongst adult patients presenting to a Nigerian family practice clinic, a hospital-based study
Adetola M. Ogunbode, Lawrence A. Adebusoye, Temitope O. Alonge
Vol 5, No 1 (2013), 8 pages
 
Published: 2013-05-15

 
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