BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a global health burden affecting developed and developing countries, including South Africa. Moreover, the high prevalence of hypertension worldwide contributes to the present and anticipated ...

Cervicalcancer is the third most common canceramong women worldwide, andthe second most common cancer among women in developing countries. The nutritional status of cervical cancers patients therefore became important ...

Attaining the global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target to reduce the maternal mortality rate to 70 per 100000 live births by 2030 needs improvingnot only the coverage but also the quality of obstetric and newborn ...

Background: Open distance learning (ODL) institutions provide educational challenges with specific reference to the training of nurses. They have adopted online technologies to facilitate teaching and learning. However ...

Caring behaviour is central to all health care organizations and their employees. Nurses spend considerable time with patients and they are ethically bound to provide quality nursing care, regardless of their patients’ ...

Measures have been taken to reduce the mortality rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virusinfected clients. The use of isoniazid preventive therapy was one of those measures. Irrespective of using isoniazid preventive therapy ...

Qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive research was conducted to explore and describe the perceptions of holistic caring practice in a private hospital in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. The study population included a ...

Abstract Background Palliative care is among the standards of care in cancer treatment that should be provided to those in need within the existing healthcare system. In ...

This paper presents the Vatsonga cultural practices regarding widowhood and how those practices impact personal health. The purpose of the study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how the Vatsonga manages widowhood ...