Challenges and strategies to implement exclusive breastfeeding in the selected Districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa: professional nurses´ perspectives.

Introduction: despite the efforts of professional nurses, exclusive breastfeeding rate is very low in South Africa. Per statistic South Africa, EBF rate is 32% with Limpopo Province being rated 8% as one of the lowest in South Africa. Implementation of exclusive breastfeeding required professional nurses´ efforts, lactating mothers, families, and community need information and support from the health care system.

Health service providers' perspectives on the influence of modern health systems on adolescents' sexual health practices in Umguza and Mberengwa districts of Zimbabwe.

Background: Health service providers play a significant role in crafting and implementing health policies and programs that manage adolescent sexual health-related issues at different health system levels. These influence adolescent sexual behaviours and practices.

Aim: This study explored the roles of health service providers in managing adolescent sexual issues and how this impacts their sexual behaviours and practices.

Knowledge, Beliefs, and Perceptions of TB and Its Treatment amongst TB Patients in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Despite the implementation of global plans to end tuberculosis (TB), this disease remains a major cause of ill-health and is the second leading cause of death. In 2019, globally, an estimated 10.0 million people fell ill and about 1.

Developing Strategies for Integrating Indigenous Health and Modern Health Systems for Improved Adolescent Sexual Health Outcomes in Umguza and Mberengwa Districts in Zimbabwe.

Background: Strategies to improve sexual health outcomes have evolved over the years due to technology's evolution to ensure that they are relevant. Challenges have been noticed in different systems that run parallel, particularly in Low-Income Countries where the majority utilise Indigenous Health Systems. Optimisation of resources and minimisation of conflicts could be realised through integrated health systems in the management of adolescents' sexual health issues.

Indigenous Health Systems and Adolescent Sexual Health in Umguza and Mberengwa Districts of Zimbabwe: Community Key Stakeholders' Perspectives.

Different stakeholders play varying roles in shaping up adolescent sexual behaviours that, in turn, influence their sexual experiences. In Zimbabwe, it has been reported that adolescents from cultural districts exhibit poor sexual health outcomes as compared to other districts. Therefore, this study sought to explore the role of different key community stakeholders in the indigenous health system and how it impacts on adolescent sexual health issues.

A quantitative assessment of the level of knowledge, attitude and practices of farmworkers regarding schistosomiasis in a rural community in South Africa.

Background: Schistosomiasis is associated with agriculture and water development schemes, and farmworkers are particularly vulnerable to this disease because of their regular contact with water.

Aim: To determine the level of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of farmworkers regarding schistosomiasis.

Setting: This study was conducted in Vuvha, a rural community under Makhado municipality, Vhembe district, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Strategies to facilitate safe sexual practices in adolescents through integrated health systems in selected districts of Zimbabwe: a mixed method study protocol.

Background: Zimbabwe has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Sub Saharan Africa. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevalence in adolescents that are from tribes that perform cultural initiations and subscribe to certain norms are higher than the national prevalence which is estimated at 12% (18 and 13.6% respectively) in Zimbabwe.

Workplace Violence Against Nurses: Vhembe District Hospitals, South Africa.

Introduction: Work-related violence is a common problem worldwide. In South Africa, the Medical Research Council conducted a study on workplace violence in the health care industry and reported that most respondents had experienced it in different forms.

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the types and causes of workplace violence toward nurses in Thulamela hospitals, Vhembe district.

Needs assessment for adapting TB directly observed treatment intervention programme in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A community-based participatory research approach.

Background: Limpopo Province is one of the hardest hit by tuberculosis and human immune virus infections in the country. The province has been implementing directly observed treatment strategy since 1996. However, the cure rate was 64% in 2015 and remains far from the set target by the World Health Organization of 85%.