scholarly journals Health-service utilization by pregnant women in the greater Mafikeng- Mmabatho district

Curationis ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.F. Pretorius ◽  
M. Greeff
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Service Utilization ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Health Service Utilization ◽  
Maternity Services ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province

Since the implementation of free maternity services in South Africa from 1994, more maternity services were provided (SA, 1994: 73). These services are however inaccessible to many pregnant women in the rural areas, leading to sub-optimal antenatal health service utilization. Another problem that emerged, is deterioration in antenatal health service rendering throughout the country, as well as a lack of guidelines for the mobilization of pregnant women in order to promote optimal antenatal health service utilization (ANHSU) in the North West Province. The mentioned problems were the reasons for undertaking this research.

scholarly journals Accelerated nutrition transition in the North West Province of South Africa: results from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE-NWP-SA) cohort study, 2005 to 2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 2630-2641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen ◽  
Sarie Lee ◽  
Ria Laubscher ◽  
Hester H Vorster
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Nutrition Transition ◽  
Nutrient Intakes ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

AbstractObjectiveSouth Africa (SA) is in the midst of a health transition characterized by a quadruple burden of diseases and a nutrition transition. The existing nutrition transition in SA, accompanied by the coexistence of under- and overnutrition in the population, motivated the present study. Its objectives were to measure and report the changes in nutrient intakes of rural and urban black Africans over time to assess the impact of urbanization and modernization of lifestyles on dietary intakes and non-communicable disease (NCD) risk.DesignThe PURE-NWP-SA study recruited 2000 black South African volunteers aged 35–70 years in 2005, of which detailed nutrient intakes from 1858 participants were available. In 2010 nutrient intakes of a cohort of 1154 participants were measured.ResultsMedian energy intake increased over time. In 2010, rural participants consumed the amount of energy (men 9·7 MJ/d; women 9·1 MJ/d) that urban participants consumed in 2005 (men 9·9 MJ/d; women 9·0 MJ/d). The nutrition transition was characterized by increases in the percentage of energy from animal protein, total fat (rural men and women), saturated (not urban women) and monounsaturated fat, as well as added sugar. Despite the higher energy intake, not all the participants met total micronutrient needs in 2010.ConclusionsThe PURE nutrient intake data confirmed that the nutrition transition in the North West Province of SA is extremely rapid in rural areas. The shift towards higher energy intakes, an animal food-based diet, higher intakes of fat and lower intake of fibre, at the cost of lower plant protein and starchy food intakes, could increase the risk of NCD.

Goat farmers production objectives and trait preferences in the North West province of South Africa: An approach to identify selection criteria for community-based breeding program

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Fortunate Mtshali Thobile ◽  
Ntanganedzeni Mapholi Olivia ◽  
Tebogo Ncube Keabetswe ◽  
Farai Dzomba Edgar ◽  
C. Matelele Tlou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Breeding Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province ◽  
Trait Preferences ◽  
Production Objectives

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequences of Potentially Pathogenic Clostridium perfringens Strains from Environmental Surface Water in the North West Province of South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (32) ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Cornelius Jacobus Fourie ◽  
Tomasz J. Sanko ◽  
Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout ◽  
Charlotte Mienie ◽  
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Surface Water ◽  
Clostridium Perfringens ◽  
Draft Genome ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
North West Province

Surface water systems in South Africa are experiencing a major decline in quality due to various anthropogenic factors. This poses a possible health risk for humans. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of three Clostridium perfringens isolates obtained from a fecally polluted river system in the North West province of South Africa.

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