Western Cape Department of Health

Recent papers from Western Cape Department of Health

1. Infectious disease outbreaks among hospitalised neonates in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.2026
2. Exploring the Links Between NITAGs and Academic Institutions: A Landscape AnalysisVaccines · 2026
3. Fostering a learning health system: emerging insights from the Western Cape, South AfricaSouth African Health Review · 2026
4. Short-term outcomes after major lower limb amputation: meta-analysisBJS Open · 2026
5. Prehospital Administration of Antibiotics by Emergency Medical Services (EMS): A Scoping Review ProtocolF1000Research · 2026
6. Dizziness in Clinical Practice: Insights From a Multidisciplinary Patient CohortJournal of Audiology & Otology · 2026
7. Expanded characterization of the valproic acid zebrafish larval model of autism spectrum disorder: Insights into dysregulation in the gutAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine · 2026
8. Improved Pregnancy Viral Load Monitoring but Persistent Postpartum Gaps After Guideline Changes: A Population-Based Analysis in the Western Cape, South Africa (2018–2024)JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes · 2026
9. Post-COVID-19 Patterns of Respiratory Viruses in South African Children With Acute Respiratory IllnessThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2026
10. Ecological Adverse Selection Theory: A Structural Framework for Understanding Health System InequityDeveloping World Bioethics · 2026
11. Intersectional insights into racism and health: not just a question of identityThe Lancet · 2022
12. Neurosurgery Research in Africa: Current landscape, Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Prospects.WFNS Journal · 2026
13. Evidence of lower back pain, lumbosacral, sacroiliac joint, and pelvic asymmetries relevant to the posterior triangle effect: A systematic review protocolF1000Research · 2026
14. Intentions to abstain from alcohol during the Buddhist Lent campaign in Thailand: AUDIT-C risk profiles and independent sociodemographic correlatesBMC Public Health · 2026
15. Factors Associated with Employment, Household Income and Income Satisfaction Following Spinal Cord Injury in South AfricaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2026
16. Prenatal monitoring with wearable devices to investigate associations between gestational diabetes, fetal sleep, and autonomic regulationScientific Reports · 2026
17. Induction failure and early death in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia in Uganda: a developing country experienceBMC Cancer · 2026
18. The Effect of Tuberculosis and HIV on the Epidemiological, Clinical, Virological, and Immunological Trajectory of COVID-19: Protocol for a Prospective Case-Ascertained and Surveillance Study.2026
19. Classifying seizures in practice: Testing the 2025 ILAE framework among clinicians in South AfricaEpilepsia · 2026
20. Growth Outcomes After 48 Weeks of Dolutegravir in Children and Adolescents with HIV-1 in IMPAACT P1093 and IMPAACT 2019Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2026