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Photo: Prof. Gboyega Ogunbanjo
Welcome to the African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine.The African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM) serves as a repository for cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research in all fields of primary health care and family medicine in a uniquely African context. |
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. We welcome you to submit your article to this journal.
Vol 1, No 1 (2009)
Table of Contents
Editorials
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The birth of an African journal: PHCFM |
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Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo |
1 page |
Original Research
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Prevalence of HIV among victims of sexual assault who were mentally impaired children (5 to 18 years) in the Mthatha area of South Africa |
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Banwari L. Meel |
3 pages |
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Determinants of adherence to antiretroviral drugs among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Ife-Ijesa zone of Osun state, Nigeria |
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Muhammed O. Afolabi, Kayode T. Ijadunola, Adesegun O. Fatusi, Olayinka A. Olasode |
6 pages |
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Chronic patient care at North West Province clinics |
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Claire van Deventer, Ian Couper, Nontsikelelo Sondzaba |
5 pages |
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Medical practitioners’ reactions towards family medicine as a speciality in South Africa |
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Cyril Naidoo, Tonya M. Esterhuizen, Prem Gathiram |
5 pages |
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Profile of acute poisoning in three health districts of Botswana |
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Mary Kasule, Ntambwe Malangu |
6 pages |
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Factors influencing HAART adherence among private health care sector patients in a suburb of the Ethekwini Metro |
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Panjasaram Naidoo |
4 pages |
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Post-dispensing stability surveillance: Stavudine |
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Kamsaladevi K. Naidoo, Thavendran Govender, Rellissa A. Deonunan, Terusha Govender, Calveni Naidoo, Ramona Moodley, Melissa Govender, Khahliso P. Miya |
6 pages |
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Child feeding practices in a rural Western Kenya community |
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Grace M. Mbagaya |
4 pages |
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Premenstrual symptoms and remedies practiced by Malaysian women attending a rural primary care clinic |
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Khairani Omar, Siti S. Mohsin, Leelavathi Muthupalaniappen, Idayu B. Idris, Rahmah M. Amin, Khadijah Shamsudin |
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Analysis of possible drug-drug interactions between ritonavir and other antiretrovirals in a section of the private health care sector in South Africa |
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Norah L. Katende-Kyenda, Martie S. Lubbe, Jan H.P. Serfontein, Ilse Truter |
6 pages |
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Sickle cell knowledge, premarital screening and marital decisions among local government workers in Ile-Ife, Nigeria |
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Emmanuel A. Abioye-Kuteyi, Olanrewaju Oyegbade, Ibrahim Bello, Chiddude Osakwe |
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Economic activities, illness pattern and utilisation of health care facilities in the rural population of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
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Monjurul Hoque |
5 pages |
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Health care for under-fives in Ile-Ife, South-West Nigeria: Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy on growth and development of under-fives |
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Olufunke M. Ebuehi |
8 pages |
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Incidence of suicide among teenagers and young adults in Transkei, South Africa |
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Banwari L. Meel |
5 pages |
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Impact of demographic and psychosocial factors on hysterosalpingography pain and discomfort |
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Anthony C. Ugwu, Augustine O. Imo, Okey F. Erondu |
3 pages |
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The impact of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1996 (Act 92 of 1996) on criminal abortions in the Mthatha area of South Africa |
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Banwari L. Meel, Ram P. Kaswa |
3 pages |
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Best practice workplace HIV/AIDS programmes in South Africa: A review of case studies and lessons learned |
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Geoffrey K.G. Setswe |
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Utilisation of the National Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines among health care professionals working in Abuja treatment centres, Nigeria |
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Lindiwe I. Zungu, Ugbede O. Abu, Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo, Geoffrey K. Setswe |
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Co-morbidity of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis, among victims of sexual assaults in Transkei region, South Africa |
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Banwari L. Meel |
4 pages |
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Stress among general practitioners of Kwa-Dukuza, Kwa-Zulu Natal |
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Indiran Govender, Gina Joubert, Stefanus D.W. Oosthuizen |
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Patients’ perception of care during special radiological examinations |
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Anthony C. Ugwu, Samuel L. Shem, Felix Erondu |
3 pages |
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ICPC-2 defined pattern of illnesses in a practice-based research network in an urban city in West Africa |
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Olayinka O. Ayankogbe, Muriel A. Oyediran, David A. Oke, Surajudeen O. Arigbabu, Akin A. Osibogun |
4 pages |
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Reasons for non-compliance among patients with hypertension at Vanga Hospital, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: A qualitative study |
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Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Langalibalele Mabuza, Nomsa Malete, Patrick Maduna, John V. Ndimande |
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Pneumonia in rural Malawians under five years old: Treatment outcomes and clinical predictors of death on admission |
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Prosper M. Lutala, Suzgo Mzumara, Maurice Mlenga, Raphael Talipu, Eric Kasagila |
6 pages |
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Statistical analysis of the maternal death rate at the Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, for the year ending 31 December 2007 |
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Uchechukwu M. Okeh |
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The treatment outcomes of tuberculosis among health care workers in a general hospital in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa |
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Idongesit S. Ukpe, Julia Blitz, Jannie Hugo, Ralph Nkosi, Thembi Mpangane, Sharon McLaren |
4 pages |
Scientific Letters
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Trends in fatalities due to poisoning at Umtata General Hospital, Mthatha (1993–2005) |
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Banwari L. Meel |
3 pages |
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Mobile surgical services in primary care in a rural and remote setting: Experience and evidence from Yala, Cross River State, Nigeria |
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Emmanuel Monjok, Ekere J. Essien |
4 pages |
Review Articles
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Primary health care in Africa: Now more than ever! |
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Jan De Maeseneer |
3 pages |
Case studies
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Shark attacks on the Transkei Coast of South Africa: A case report |
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Banwari L. Meel |
2 pages |
Reviewer Acknowledgement
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PHCFM Volume 1, Issue 1 |
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Editorial Office |
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