How South Africa can improve community-based HIV services: A community health worker interacting with children in a village South Africa's Limpopo province. Anova Health InstituteSouth Africa introduced a community-based primary health care programme in 2012. The aim of the programme, which includes a large HIV component, is to improve access to health care. Under the … [Read more...] about How South Africa can improve community-based HIV services | The Conversation
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How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe: People across Africa don't have access to mental health professionals. A new community-based approach in Zimbabwe is proving effective. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko In Africa, epidemics are associated with outbreaks like cholera and measles or HIV and tuberculosis. Mental health would possibly be the … [Read more...] about How a community-based approach to mental health is making strides in Zimbabwe | The Conversation
Why lending through community-based organisations makes sense | The Conversation
Small business owners, such as this vendor in Cape Town, need access to affordable micro loans. Reuters/Mike HutchingsThis is part of a series of articles The Conversation Africa is running on financial inclusion and micro credit and their role in economic development. Over the past half a century lending to the poor has taken on many different forms. The microfinance movement … [Read more...] about Why lending through community-based organisations makes sense | The Conversation
