scholarly journals Equitable access to cell and gene therapies in South Africa: opportunities and hurdles

Gene Therapy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Laverne Hendricks ◽  
Marco Alessandrini ◽  
Michael Sean Pepper
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
Gene Therapies

Expanding Roles and Services of Academic Libraries in Achieving Sustainable Development in South Africa

Mousaion ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maredi Samuel Mojapelo ◽  
Mashilo T. Modiba
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
National Development ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Target Date ◽  
Support Students

Education, which is addressed by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 of the United Nations (UN), is a driving force of nations world-wide. Quality education remains a powerful tool that can be used internationally to entrench socio-economic development. SDGs are particularly significant in enabling poor and developing African countries to work towards achieving these goals by the 2030 target date. In South Africa, the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP) should also be achieved by the same date as SDGs. To achieve the SDGs and chapters of the NDP, equitable access to information is critical. Universities have a fundamental role to play in producing knowledgeable and professional PhD graduates of a high standard, who will work productively to boost weak and slow-performing economies in their respective countries. Academic libraries are mandated to support students in completing their studies. They also need to support researchers in producing impact-based research that is crucial in solving the persistent socio-economic challenges that citizens face daily. Based on the literature review, this study was aimed at highlighting the expanding roles and services that academic libraries can embark on in South Africa in achieving SDG 4 and Chapter 9 of the NDP. The key recommendation is that universities need to provide academic libraries with an increased budget to enable them to expand their roles and services to ensure that SDG 4 and Chapter 9 of the NDP are achieved.

Learning and equitable access in the Western Cape, South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gilmour ◽  
Crain Soudien
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Equitable Access

scholarly journals Cell and gene therapies at the forefront of innovative medical care: Implications for South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
M S Pepper ◽  
M Alessandrini ◽  
A Pope ◽  
W Van Staden ◽  
R J Green
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Gene Therapies

scholarly journals Library and Information Services in Marginalised and Under-Resourced Communities in South Africa: Ecosystem Services and Their Implications

Libri ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Mojapelo ◽  
Luyanda Dube
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Democratic Elections

AbstractDaunting backlogs in terms of the library and information resource-provision in communities remain a stumbling block for all people, particularly youths, to have equitable access to information as a commodity to satisfy their dynamic and diverse ever-evolving information needs. In South Africa, the system of ruling called apartheid, also known as separate development, was officially nullified by the first democratic elections in 1994. All people including those in under-served rural communities need equitable access to information in varied formats for personal growth and development however, in the library and information services (LIS) sector, existing divisions, barriers or boundaries impede diverse users with wide-ranging information needs to fulfil them. User groups of libraries are currently divided along the still-prevailing historical divisions, an example being how university libraries are traditionally intended to cater for the information needs of their students, academics and administrative staff. Despite fulfilling their teaching needs, university libraries are also expected to cater for the research needs of students and academics to fulfil research projects, presenting university libraries as existing solely for teaching and research purposes. The key findings of the study are that most LIS are still distinctly divided with regard to their user-groups and ecosystems, with collaborations and partnerships very minimal in the LIS sector in South Africa. The study concludes that these distinct divisions deny multiple users the opportunity to equitably access information resources to meet their information needs daily. The study recommends that, based on the literature review, a holistic interconnected complex network of libraries working and existing as an ecosystem can be a viable solution to provision of LIS in resource-poor rural South African communities where there is inadequate resource-provision. The study also recommends borderless and seamless access to all libraries to enable multiple and diverse users to satisfy their dynamic and ever-changing information needs.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal modelling and mapping of cervical cancer incidence among HIV positive women in South Africa: A nationwide study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhokotera Tafadzwa ◽  
Riou Julien ◽  
Bartels Lina ◽  
Rohner Eliane ◽  
Chammartin Frederique ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Cervical Cancer ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Equitable Access ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Hiv Positive Women ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Physical Barriers

AbstractDisparities in invasive cervical cancer (ICC) incidence exist globally, particularly in HIV positive women who are at elevated risk compared to HIV negative women. We aimed to determine the spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal incidence of ICC and the associated factors among HIV positive women in South Africa. We included ICC cases in women diagnosed with HIV from the South African HIV cancer match study during 2004-2014. We used the Thembisa model to estimate women diagnosed with HIV per municipality, age group and calendar year. We fitted Bayesian hierarchical models to estimate the spatiotemporal distribution of ICC incidence among women diagnosed with HIV. We also examined the association of deprivation, access to health (using the number of health facilities per municipality) and urbanicity with ICC incidence. We included 17,821 ICC cases and demonstrated a decreasing trend in ICC incidence, from 306 to 312 in 2004 and from 160 to 191 in 2014 per 100,000 person-years across all corrections. The spatial relative rate (RR) ranged from 0.27 to 4.43. In the model adjusting for covariates, the most affluent municipalities had a RR of 3.18 (95% Credible Interval 1.82, 5.57) compared to the least affluent ones, and municipalities with better access to health care had a RR of 1.52 (1.03, 2.27) compared to municipalities with worse access to health. More efforts should be made to ensure equitable access to health services, including mitigating physical barriers, such as transportation to health centres and strengthening of screening programmes.Novelty and ImpactThis is the first nationwide study in South Africa to evaluate spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of cervical cancer in women diagnosed with HIV. The results show an increased incidence of cervical cancer in affluent municipalities and in those with better access to health care. This is likely driven by better access to health care in more affluent areas. More efforts should be made to ensure equitable access to health services, including mitigating physical barriers.

scholarly journals Setting the research and implementation agenda for equitable access to surgical care in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. e000170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Rayne ◽  
Sule Burger ◽  
Stephanie Van Straten ◽  
Bruce Biccard ◽  
Mathume Joseph Phaahla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Surgical Care ◽  
Equitable Access

Time and Latitude in South Africa

1972 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
J. Hers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Astronomical Observations ◽  
Royal Observatory ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Astronomical Determination ◽  
Limited Accuracy ◽  
Better Than

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

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