Associations between psychosocial wellbeing and experience of gender-based violence at community, household, and intimate-partner levels among a cross-sectional cohort of young people living with and without HIV during COVID-19 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Background: Growing evidence indicates that gender-based violence (GBV) increased during COVID-19. We investigated self-reported impact of the pandemic on GBV at community, household and intimate partner (IPV) levels among young people and its associations with psychosocial wellbeing, i.e.

Access to sexual and reproductive health services among South African young people living with and without HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To examine sexual and reproductive health (SRH) service access among South African young people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study Design: We utilized cross-sectional data collected from February to October 2021 in Cape Town among young people 13-24 years of age living with and without HIV.

Results: Two hundred and fifteen young people living with HIV (YPLWH) and 320 young people living without HIV were included.

Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in children: South African Thoracic Society guidelines.

Background: Pneumonia remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality amongst South African children. More comprehensive immunisation regimens, strengthening of HIV programmes, improvement in socioeconomic conditions and new preventive strategies have impacted on the epidemiology of pneumonia. Furthermore, sensitive diagnostic tests and better sampling methods in young children improve aetiological diagnosis.