8. The southern crossroads: Human mobility, governance, and development in south Africa

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren B. Landau ◽  
Aurelia Segatti
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Mobility

scholarly journals Modelling Representative Population Mobility for COVID-19 Spatial Transmission in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arminn Potgieter ◽  
Inger Fabris-Rotelli ◽  
Zaid Kimmie ◽  
Nontembeko Dudeni-Tlhone ◽  
Jenny Holloway ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Population Mobility ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Mobility Data ◽  
The World ◽  
Spatial Weight ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Spatial Transmission

The COVID-19 pandemic starting in the first half of 2020 has changed the lives of everyone across the world. Reduced mobility was essential due to it being the largest impact possible against the spread of the little understood SARS-CoV-2 virus. To understand the spread, a comprehension of human mobility patterns is needed. The use of mobility data in modelling is thus essential to capture the intrinsic spread through the population. It is necessary to determine to what extent mobility data convey the same message of mobility within a region. This paper compares different mobility data sources by constructing spatial weight matrices and further compares the results through hierarchical clustering. This provides insight for the user into which data provides what type of information and in what situations a particular source is most useful.

scholarly journals Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period

2021 ◽  
pp. 100215
Author(s):  
Roda Madziva ◽  
Grant Murewanhema ◽  
Tafadzwa Dzinamarira ◽  
Helena Herrera ◽  
Godfrey Musuka
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Mobility

Geographic mobility and time to seeking care among people with TB in Limpopo, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 708-715
Author(s):  
M. R. Petersen ◽  
B. A. S. Nonyane ◽  
L. Lebina ◽  
L. Mmolawa ◽  
T. Siwelana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Mobility ◽  
High Mobility ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Geographic Mobility ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Care Seeking Behavior ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
History Of

SETTING: Human mobility contributes to the spread of infectious diseases. South Africa has a long history of internal labor migration and a high burden of TB.METHODS: People newly diagnosed with TB in the Vhembe and Waterberg Districts of Limpopo answered a questionnaire regarding geographic movement over the past year. Participants were classified as ‘highly mobile’ (spending more than 30 nights at a residence other than their primary residence in the past year, or being ≥250 km from their primary residence at the time of the interview) or ‘less mobile’. We explored associations between sociodemographic characteristics and high mobility, and between mobility and time to presentation at a clinic.RESULTS: Of the 717 participants included, 185 (25.7%) were classified as ‘highly mobile’. Factors associated with high mobility included living with someone outside of Limpopo Province, HIV-positive status (men only), and current smoking (men only). Highly mobile individuals had similar care-seeking behavior as less mobile individuals (adjusted time ratio 0.9, 95% CI 0.6–1.2, P = 0.304)CONCLUSION: Highly mobile people with TB in Limpopo Province were more likely to live with people from outside the province, smoke, and have HIV. These patients had similar delays in seeking care as less mobile individuals.

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.

Combining Professional Interests and Travel: People to People Citizen Ambassador Program

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Alex Johnson ◽  
Amanda Hitchins
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Exchange Program

Abstract This article summarizes a series of trips sponsored by People to People, a professional exchange program. The trips described in this report were led by the first author of this article and include trips to South Africa, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia, and Israel. Each of these trips included delegations of 25 to 50 speech-language pathologists and audiologists who participated in professional visits to learn of the health, education, and social conditions in each country. Additionally, opportunities to meet with communication disorders professionals, students, and persons with speech, language, or hearing disabilities were included. People to People, partnered with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), provides a meaningful and interesting way to learn and travel with colleagues.

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