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The African Journal of Primary Health & Family Medicine welcomes submissions that encourage scholarly exchange between family medicine and primary health care researchers and practitioners across Africa and the developing world, whilst providing a contextual and holistic view of family medicine as practiced across the continent. View our Editorial Team.


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 LATEST ARTICLES

Country Profile

 
Thirty-five years of family medicine training and development in Uganda  
Innocent K. Besigye, Brenda Tusubira, Michael Mulowooza, Fred Ndoboli
22 May 2025

Original Research

 
Comparison of patient reported dry eye symptoms as evaluated by the ocular surface disease index and symptom assessment  
Solani D. Mathebula, Percy R. Khosa, Mmathabo M. Maleswene
21 May 2025

Short Report

 
Integrating mental health and non-communicable disease care: A WONCA advocacy project report  
Stephen T. Engmann, Prince Ampofo, Christopher Dowrick
19 May 2025

Editorial

 
Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us  
Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Marion Birch, Inga Blum, Peter Doherty, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Kati Juva, Jose F. Lapena Jr., Robert Mash, Olga Mironova, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N. Naumova, David Onazi, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Carlos Umaña, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski
14 May 2025

Review Article

 
Iron supplementation in children to prevent deficiency and anaemia: A qualitative synthesis  
Denny Mabetha, Idriss I. Kallon, Marianne Visser, Celeste Naude, Willem Odendaal, Amanda S. Brand, Sara Cooper
14 May 2025

Original Research

 
Improving the core functions of primary care in a Ugandan rural district  
Innocent K. Besigye, Robert J. Mash
13 May 2025

Original Research

 
Experiences of nurses in patient adherence to antiretoroviral therapy in Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Kabelo Moroko, Zelda Janse van Rensburg, Wanda Jacobs
30 April 2025

Original Research

 
Exploring the gastric cancer care pathway in South Africa  
Anishka Ramadhar, Juliana Kagura, Mazvita Muchengeti, Cameron Gaskill, Natasha Khamisa
30 April 2025

Opinion Paper

 
Promoting health and safety in public transportation: A call to action for sub-Saharan Africa  
Gugu G. Mchunu, Dudu G. Sokhela, Yugan Pillay, Ivan Niranjan, Celenkosini T. Nxumalo
30 April 2025

Original Research: Maternal and Neonatal Health

 
Lived experiences of motherhood among students in a university in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa  
Lungisile Shange, Pranitha Maharaj
30 April 2025
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 Presentation: Peer reviewing and critical appraisal

 

The insights from PRIMAFAMED second e-workshop, held on 01 April 2021, remain relevant today! Hosted by Prof. Klaus von Pressentin (SAFPJ Editor-in-Chief, UCT) and Dr. Innocent Besigye (PHCFM Assistant Editor, Makerere University), this session equips you to critically assess research and contribute to high-quality publications. Watch the session here: https://fb.watch/4I4jMiMn1i/

 
Posted: 2025-02-21

Book Release: Oral history in South Africa: Autoethnography, methodologies and ethics

 
Read the open-access book, Oral history in South Africa: Autoethnography, methodologies and ethicsThis book reimagines South African historical scholarship by elevating oral testimonies and advocating for Afrocentric, ethical approaches to oral history as vital tools for inclusive and transformative narratives.  
Posted: 2025-05-22

Book Release: Digital inequality in a developing context: A multifaceted approach

 
Read the open-access book, Towards the sustainable well-being of communities: Africa, the modern empire and Christianity. This book examines South Africa’s persistent digital divide across sectors like education, healthcare, and agriculture, highlighting how socio-economic, technical, and geographical factors—especially the urban–rural split—contribute to unequal digital access and outcomes.  
Posted: 2025-05-22

Call for Papers: The ‘African Journal of Psychological Assessment’ (AJOPA) invites you to submit

 

The open-access African Journal of Psychological Assessment (AJOPA) focusses on original research studies, theoretical papers, test reviews and methods papers in the areas of psychometrics and psychological assessment.

 

Manuscript submissions that demonstrate a clear contribution to the field and which are relevant to the African context are invited.

 

Visit the AJOPA journal.

 
Posted: 2024-07-23
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