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Public health system challenges in the Free State, South Africa: a situation appraisal to inform health system strengthening by Malakoane, B, Heunis, J C, Chikobvu, P, Kigozi, N G, Kruger, W H

“…Since the advent of democracy, the South African government has been putting charters, policies, strategies and plans in place in an effort to strengthen…”
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Predictors of uptake of human immunodeficiency virus testing by tuberculosis patients in Free State Province, South Africa by KIGOZI, N. G, HEUNIS, J. C, CHIKOBVU, P, VAN DEN BERG, H, VAN RENSBURG, H. C. J, WOUTERS, E

“…SETTING: Two districts of the Free State Province in South Africa.OBJECTIVE: To determine the predictors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test uptake by…”
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Social research as an intervention tool in tuberculosis control by VAN RENSBURG, H. C. J, MEULEMANS, H, PORTAELS, F, GRYSEELS, B, VAN HOUTTE, J, RIGOUTS, L, HEUNIS, J. C, VAN RENSBURG, E. Janse, MATEBESI, S. Z, VAN DER SPOEL, A, TIMMERMAN, C, DE GRAEVE, D, PAUWELS, L

“…Our multidisciplinary project on TB control in the Free State, South Africa, is targeting two dimensions for intervention: firstly, patients, to facilitate…”
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Short-Term Physical and Emotional Health Outcomes of Public Sector ART in the Free State Province of South Africa by Wouters, Edwin, Meulemans, Herman, Van Rensburg, H. C. J., Heunis, J. C., Mortelmans, Dimitri

“…Introduction In order to assess the health outcomes of the South African public sector antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme, it is important to gain a…”
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Short-term relationships between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town by HEUNIS, J. C, OLIVIER, J, BOURNE, D. E

“…The short-term relationship between winter temperatures and cardiac disease mortality in Cape Town was investigated for the period 1978-1985. The mortality…”
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Assessment of the implementation of the primary health care package at selected sites in South Africa by Heunis, J C, van Rensburg, H C J, Claassens, D L

“…A major objective of public health policy in South Africa is to develop a district-based health service focused on the delivery of primary health care. The…”
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SANTA vs. public tuberculosis hospitals: the patient experience in the Free State, 2001/2002 by Heunis, J C, van Rensburg, H C J, Meulemans, H

“…This paper reflects on the appropriateness of the decision to close down a non-governmental organisation (NGO), state-aided tuberculosis (TB) hospital in the…”
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Sex-related trends in non-conversion of new smear-positive tuberculosis patients in the Free State, South Africa by Heunis, J. C., Kigozi, N. G., van der Merwe, S., Chikobvu, P., Beyers, N.

“…Setting: Free State Province, South Africa. Objective: To examine sex-specific trends in 2-month sputum smear non-conversion in new sputum smearpositive…”
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