Abstract Background Faculty-development programmes for health professions educators focus on capacity building, which may not recognise the pre-existing skills and knowledge of participants. A shift to capacity development that recognises the individual and collective skills and knowledge of faculty is needed.
Objectives To explore the contribution an African faculty-development programme made to the professional and personal development of faculty and teaching in the programme. Also, to investigate the contribution the programme made to the...

Abstract Introduction Postoperative infections represent a significant burden of disease, demanding antibiotic prescriptions, and are contributing to antimicrobial resistance. The burden of infection as a surgical complication is greater in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We report the protocol of a pilot study for the co-design, implementation and evaluation of two infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions across the surgical pathway in a teaching hospital in India. Methods and analysis The...

Abstract Background Faculty-development programmes for health professions educators focus on capacity building, which may not recognise the pre-existing skills and knowledge of participants. A shift to capacity development that recognises the individual and collective skills and knowledge of faculty is needed.
Objectives To explore the contribution an African faculty-development programme made to the professional and personal development of faculty and teaching in the programme. Also, to investigate the contribution the programme made to the...

Abstract Introduction Postoperative infections represent a significant burden of disease, demanding antibiotic prescriptions, and are contributing to antimicrobial resistance. The burden of infection as a surgical complication is greater in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We report the protocol of a pilot study for the co-design, implementation and evaluation of two infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions across the surgical pathway in a teaching hospital in India. Methods and analysis The...

Abstract Background Faculty-development programmes for health professions educators focus on capacity building, which may not recognise the pre-existing skills and knowledge of participants. A shift to capacity development that recognises the individual and collective skills and knowledge of faculty is needed.
Objectives To explore the contribution an African faculty-development programme made to the professional and personal development of faculty and teaching in the programme. Also, to investigate the contribution the programme made to the...

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Abstract Background The occurrence and timing of mycobacterial culture conversion is used as a proxy for tuberculosis treatment response. When researchers serially sample sputum during tuberculosis studies, contamination or missed visits leads to missing data points. Traditionally, this is managed by ignoring missing data or simple carry-forward techniques. Statistically advanced multiple imputation methods potentially decrease bias and retain sample size and statistical power. Methods We analyzed data from 261 participants who provided weekly sputa for...

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had a global impact on health systems and the delivery of health services, including for chronic conditions such as HIV. In South Africa, impacts on HIV services have widely been quantitatively described. Across different health settings, patients have also qualitatively described numerous negative impacts to their HIV care. However, patient perspectives on COVID-19 impacts to HIV care in South Africa, the largest HIV care system in the world, have been little explored...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare clinical severity of Omicron BA.4/BA.5 infection with BA.1 and earlier variant infections among laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Western Cape, South Africa, using timing of infection to infer the lineage/variant causing infection. METHODS: We included public sector patients aged ≥20 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 between 1-21 May 2022 (BA.4/BA.5 wave) and equivalent prior wave periods. We compared the risk between waves of (i) death and (ii) severe hospitalization/death (all within...

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Abstract Background The occurrence and timing of mycobacterial culture conversion is used as a proxy for tuberculosis treatment response. When researchers serially sample sputum during tuberculosis studies, contamination or missed visits leads to missing data points. Traditionally, this is managed by ignoring missing data or simple carry-forward techniques. Statistically advanced multiple imputation methods potentially decrease bias and retain sample size and statistical power. Methods We analyzed data from 261 participants who provided weekly sputa for...

Supplemental Material for Patient and stakeholder perspectives on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV and mental health care delivery in South Africa by Alexandra L Rose, Yvonne A Ochieng, Helen E Jack, Anu Sangraula, Nonceba Ciya, Yuche Jacobs, Sibabalwe Ndamase, Kristen S Regenauer, Imani Brown, Abigail C Hines, Kim Johnson, Ingrid V Bassett, John A Joska, Jessica F Magidson and Bronwyn Myers in International Journal of STD & AIDS

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had a global impact on health systems and the delivery of health services, including for chronic conditions such as HIV. In South Africa, impacts on HIV services have widely been quantitatively described. Across different health settings, patients have also qualitatively described numerous negative impacts to their HIV care. However, patient perspectives on COVID-19 impacts to HIV care in South Africa, the largest HIV care system in the world, have been little explored...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to compare clinical severity of Omicron BA.4/BA.5 infection with BA.1 and earlier variant infections among laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases in the Western Cape, South Africa, using timing of infection to infer the lineage/variant causing infection. METHODS: We included public sector patients aged ≥20 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 between 1-21 May 2022 (BA.4/BA.5 wave) and equivalent prior wave periods. We compared the risk between waves of (i) death and (ii) severe hospitalization/death (all within...

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Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Implementation science: basic concepts and definitions. Appendix 2. Summary of characteristics of studies meeting final (stage 2) inclusion criteria. Appendix 3. The search strategy for the Medline/EMBASE database. Appendix 4. Eight gold-standard implementation outcomes as defined by the implementation science evidence-base [19] and adopted by the WHO [16]. Appendix 5. Definitions of implementation strategies, ERIC framework [17].

Additional file 1: Appendix 1. Implementation science: basic concepts and definitions. Appendix 2. Summary of characteristics of studies meeting final (stage 2) inclusion criteria. Appendix 3. The search strategy for the Medline/EMBASE database. Appendix 4. Eight gold-standard implementation outcomes as defined by the implementation science evidence-base [19] and adopted by the WHO [16]. Appendix 5. Definitions of implementation strategies, ERIC framework [17].

Supplemental Material for Patient and stakeholder perspectives on impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV and mental health care delivery in South Africa by Alexandra L Rose, Yvonne A Ochieng, Helen E Jack, Anu Sangraula, Nonceba Ciya, Yuche Jacobs, Sibabalwe Ndamase, Kristen S Regenauer, Imani Brown, Abigail C Hines, Kim Johnson, Ingrid V Bassett, John A Joska, Jessica F Magidson and Bronwyn Myers in International Journal of STD & AIDS