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Research data: HEALTH
2009 Socio-economic, health and nutrition survey in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project areas: annotated bibliography
Based on a population-based survey among affected households, this comprehensive report assesses how communities have adapted to the changes...
2008 Traditional circumcision during manhood initiation rituals in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a pre-post intervention evaluation
Circumcisions undertaken in non-clinical settings can have significant risks of serious adverse events, including death. The aim of this stu...
Download this report2008 Health psychology
In this chapter the following is addressed: 1. Clarify the rationale for the existence of health psychology as a discipline and all it a...
2008 Household survey on the pattern of utilization of medicines in selected communities in South Africa
The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of drug use, and how morbidity, use of health services, self-evaluated health, demograph...