Health in South Africa: Changes and challenges since 2009

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9858, 2012, Pages 2029-2043

  Mayosi, Bongani M ^a   Lawn, Joy E ^b   Van Niekerk, Ashley ^c,d   Bradshaw, Debbie ^c   Abdool Karim, Salim S ^e,g   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^f,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84870555298     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61814-5     Document Type: Review

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