Health Systems Trust

Recent papers from Health Systems Trust

1. Establishing a good practices repository to support health system learning in South Africa: methods, implementation processes and lessons learntSouth African Health Review · 2026
2. Health and related indicators: assessing the data foundation of a learning health systemSouth African Health Review · 2026
3. Decoding & manipulating human intercellular signaling via scalable cell-free protein synthesis2026
4. Making birth companionship work in rural district hospitals: experiences of a health worker–led intervention in South AfricaHealth Policy and Planning · 2026
5. An exploration of multilevel factors influencing the uptake of strengthened integrated depression care as part of routine primary health care services in KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaInternational Journal of Mental Health Systems · 2026
6. Returns to investing in girls’ schooling in the context of economic and gender inequality: A case study of Eswatini, South Africa and LesothoOxford Open Economics · 2026
7. Factors Contributing to Patients Bypassing Primary Healthcare Facilities: Evidence from Mpumalanga Province, South AfricaThe Open Public Health Journal · 2026
8. Hypertension knowledge, self-management barriers, and provider counseling among women living with HIV and hypertension in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cross-sectional studyAIDS Research and Therapy · 2026
9. Understanding the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change in South Africa: Qualitative Insights From Researchers, Practitioners, Ethicists, and Funders on the Need for a Transdisciplinary ApproachHealth Science Reports · 2026
10. Improving Cancer Awareness and Knowledge in Johannesburg and iLembe Districts Through a Tailored Community-Based Educational Intervention: A Pilot StudyInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2026
11. Determinants of Unfavourable Viral Load Suppression among Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Lesotho: A Case–control StudyThe Open AIDS Journal · 2026
12. Black Experiences in Opera: Perspectives from South Africa, Europe and the USSouth African Music Studies · 2020
13. Healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in nutrition management for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Kinshasa: a cross-sectional study in Democratic Republic of the CongoBMC Health Services Research · 2026
14. Impact of the Strengthening Teamwork and Respect (STAR) intervention on organisational learning culture and person-centred maternity care in rural South Africa: an uncontrolled before-and-after implementation studyThe Lancet Regional Health - Africa · 2026
15. Barriers to Childhood Immunisation in Selected Zero-Dose Communities in Gauteng Province: A Qualitative StudyVaccines · 2026
16. How do community contexts shape relationship dynamics? A case study of young people living in informal settlements in eThekwini Municipality, South AfricaSocial Science & Medicine · 2026
17. Healthcare workers’ perspectives on patient bypassing of Primary Health Care facilities in Mpumalanga province, South AfricaAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine · 2026
18. A Human Development Framework to maximise returns of early life investments in Low-and-Middle Income CountriesOxford Open Economics · 2026
19. When low benefit-cost ratios mean we need to invest more, not less: The Social Determinants of Value in HealthHealth Policy · 2026
20. Reconceptualizing Integrated People-Centred Health Services: Towards a Mechanism-Sensitive Model Using Realist EvaluationSocial Science & Medicine · 2026