Department of Health

Recent papers from Department of Health

1. Prevalence and outcomes of primary bedaquiline resistance in adults with rifampicin-resistant pulmonary tuberculosisOpen Forum Infectious Diseases · 2026
2. Reconsidering the second year of South African medical internship: Training value, generalist readiness and international comparisonSouth African Medical Journal · 2026
3. Digital engagement, feasibility, and acceptability of a virtual mentorship programme for midwives following antenatal ultrasound trainingSouth African Health Review · 2026
4. Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report II: ozone interactions with climate change: drivers and long-term trendsPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2026
5. End-user perceptions and stakeholder experiences of implementing a mobile health application in Ekurhuleni Health District, South AfricaSouth African Health Review · 2026
6. Practice Recommendations for Resistance Exercise in the Acute Phase After Burns: State of the ScienceEuropean Burn Journal · 2026
7. Multi-ancestry genome- and transcriptome-wide association studies expand the susceptibility landscape for breast cancer overall and across subtypesCommunications Medicine · 2026
8. Midlife and Late-Life Alzheimer Disease Blood Biomarkers and 11-Year Cognitive DeclineNeurology · 2026
9. Omega-3 fatty acids reprogram tumor-associated macrophage cytokine signaling and suppress pancreatic cancer growthProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
10. Methodological considerations for indirect treatment comparisons of HIV incidence for long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxisJournal of Comparative Effectiveness Research · 2026
11. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023The Lancet · 2025
12. From evidence to action to deliver a healthy start for the next generationThe Lancet · 2014
13. Geographical Variation in Antimalarial Drug Resistance Marker Prevalence across the Southern African Elimination Eight RegionAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2026
14. Association between socio-demographic factors and the timing of antenatal care initiation in Eersterust, South Africa: A cross-sectional study.2026
15. Implementing a programme to treat severe acute malnutrition in Indonesia: What works?2026
16. Bacteriophage Therapy in Poultry Production: Mechanisms, Applications, and Antimicrobial Stewardship—ReviewMicrobiology Research · 2026
17. Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Blended Treatment for Major Depression Compared With Treatment as Usual Within Routine Care in Europe: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled TrialInteractive Journal of Medical Research · 2026
18. One-year progression of CT emphysema subtypes predict lung function decline: SPIROMICSAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2026
19. Mortality benefit and lifetime survival gains with vericiguat in HFrEF: Bayesian and actuarial analyses of the VICTOR trialEuropean Journal of Heart Failure · 2026
20. Plasma and Brain-Derived Extracellular Vesicle Biomarkers Following a Randomized Controlled Trial of Choline for Neurodevelopment in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot AnalysisNutrients · 2026