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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.
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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Country Profile |
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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 |
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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 |
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Integrating mental health and non-communicable disease care: A WONCA advocacy project report | |
Stephen T. Engmann, Prince Ampofo, Christopher Dowrick | |
19 May 2025 | |
Editorial |
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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 |
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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 |
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Improving the core functions of primary care in a Ugandan rural district | |
Innocent K. Besigye, Robert J. Mash | |
13 May 2025 | |
Original Research |
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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 |
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Exploring the gastric cancer care pathway in South Africa | |
Anishka Ramadhar, Juliana Kagura, Mazvita Muchengeti, Cameron Gaskill, Natasha Khamisa | |
30 April 2025 | |
Opinion Paper |
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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 |
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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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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/ |
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Posted: 2025-02-21 | |
Book Release: Oral history in South Africa: Autoethnography, methodologies and ethics |
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Read the open-access book, Oral history in South Africa: Autoethnography, methodologies and ethics. This 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 |
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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 |
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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.
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Posted: 2024-07-23 |
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