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A modelling study finds South Africa's selective birth-dose policy is efficient per infection averted, but giving every newborn a dose would prevent the most disease and be the most cost-effective overall.
Adult TB incidence and mortality are projected to fall 46% and 54% by 2030, short of the 80% and 90% goals. Wider symptom-driven testing matters most to closing the gap, the analysis suggests.
Nigerian adults scored well below US and Norwegian comparison samples on a six-dimension sleep health measure. In South Africa, students with backup power were far less likely to report worse sleep during outages.
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index global score is the field's default outcome. Tested in a large South African cohort, its single-factor structure fit poorly and internal consistency was modest.
A scoping review found 36 studies on heat and health, only 13 with Gauteng data. Rather than wait for more, the authors borrowed designs from Victoria, Maharashtra and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In a 774-person randomised trial, community health workers delivering medication at home nearly doubled the share of patients whose blood pressure was controlled at six months.