The New Apartheid by Masilo Lepuru

“…A trenchant contestation and rejection of Apartheid as the fundamental antagonism in the history of the struggle for national liberation is the defining trait of a liberation movement and liberation intellectual production.Having written a book entitled Democracy & Delusion: 10 Myths (2019), in which he debunks what he considers to be myths about the so-called post-Apartheid South Africa, Sizwe is back again only this time he is reinventing two myths.In the book under review, entitled The New Apartheid (2021), Sizwe promotes the delusion and first myth of Apartheid as the problem and the second myth of the ANC as a liberation movement. This review is about these two myths. …”
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We Can Fix Ourselves by Masilo Lepuru

“…Another reason is the “success” of the Congress tradition as epitomized by the ANC through its so-called negotiations to usher in an era that is compatible with its political vision of a non-racial constitutional new South Africa. …”
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Time to dietary diversity of complementary feeding improvements and its associated factors among infants aged 6–12 months in Ethiopia: evidence from performance monitoring for acti... by Feyisa Shasho Bayisa, Teshome Demis Nimani, Samuel Demissie Darcho, Abainash Tekola

“…Marital status, educational status, wealth index, PNC, and ANC visits were identified as statistically significant factors associated with dietary diversity improvements. …”
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造血干细胞移植治疗儿童白血病的临床研究 by 周敦华, 黄绍良, 方建培, 黎　阳, 陈　纯, 吴燕峰, 包　蓉

“…2 例allo-PBSCT 患儿外周血ANC ≥0.5 ×109/L 的 中位时间分别为+10 d 和+12 d, PLT≥20×109/L 的中位时间为+11 d 和+14 d。…”
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Improving coverage of antenatal iron and folic acid supplementation and malaria prophylaxis through targeted information and home deliveries in Côte d’Ivoire: a cluster randomised... by Günther Fink, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Jürg Utzinger, Siaka Koné, Daouda Dao

“…No improvements in antenatal care (ANC) coverage (aPR=1.05, 95% CI 0.81 to 1.36, p=0.692), IFA (aPR=2.00, 95% CI 0.89 to 4.46, p=0.093) and IPTp (aPR=1.03, 95% CI 0.87 to 1.21, p=0.728) compliance were found for INFO. …”
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Newborn birth weight and its associated risk factors in Somalia using Somalia health and demographic survey by Denekew Bitew Belay, Nigussie Adam Birhan, Mahad Ibrahim Ali, Ding-Geng Chen

“…Conclusion: The results of this study showed that birth weight is significantly associated with mother age, ANC visit, mother educational level, wealth index, residence, and gestational age at birth. …”
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Under-five mortality and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys data based on Bayesian approach by Atalay Liknaw Birhanie, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Bekalu Endalew, Koku Sisay Tamirat

“…Policymakers and other stakeholders should enhance maternal education, lengthen birth interval, ANC visit, improved toilet facilities and, giving special attention to small size child and cesarean section delivery to reduce under-five mortality.…”
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Dynamising Liberation Movements in Southern Africa by Chidochashe Nyere

“…The main thesis of the book is that prior to ascending to national government, these liberation movements seemed to have the relevant ideological muscle that reflected the axiology of their times, especially South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). …”
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Images of a nation in crisis by Rodwell Makombe

“…This article critically analyses Zapiro’s Rape of Lady Justice cartoons in the context of South African politics under Zuma’s presidency. The ANC-led government under Jacob Zuma was perceived as corrupt and gravitating away from the ideals of a democratic state. …”
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Enterococcus gallinarum Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in an HCV Cirrhotic by Hussein Abidali, Maheen Sheikh, Moustapha Abidali, Ali Abidali, Hamoudi S. Farraji, Andrew C. Berry

“…We present the case of a 60-year-old Caucasian male with history of hepatitis C viral cirrhosis with portosystemic encephalopathy and ascites with evidence of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) with absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of 944 cells/µL blood. Despite adequate treatment, the abdominal pain and elevated creatinine continued to persist. …”
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NON-SMOOTH BIFURCATION OF A PLASTIC IMPАCTING OSCILLATOR by WEI DongMei, LÜ XiaoHong, WANG Xin, JIN Hua

“…The non-smooth bifurcations such as Crossing-sliding. Switching-sliding anc codimension-2 sliding bifurcations as well as the discontinuous bifureations such as grazing bifureation and uous boundary crisis were revealed. …”
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Study of Severe Preeclampsia: Epidemiological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Prognostic Aspects over One Year at SMGS Hospital, Jammu: A Retrospective Study by Deepika Sharma

“…Conclusion: Increasing awareness among pregnant women during antenatal care (ANC) about the dangers of pre-eclampsia, providing additional training for healthcare workers, closely and promptly monitoring women at high risk, and managing the condition in a multidisciplinary environment may improve the prognosis for both the mother and the fetus.…”
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Treatment outcomes and its associated factors among neonates admitted with sepsis in Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia by Betelhem Gezahegn, Ahmed Abdella, Fentahun Meseret, Ahmed Mohammed, Mulualem Keneni, Tesfaye Asfaw, Diribsa Tizazu, Assefa Desalew

“…The significant prognostic factors for sepsis were found to be low WBC count, desaturation, lack of ANC visits, and chorioamnionitis. Implementing targeted therapeutic interventions and addressing these prognostic factors could improve treatment outcomes.…”
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Peripheral blood cell counts as predictors of immune-related adverse events in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyu Zhang, Bei Zhang, Danfei Li, Yunchao Yang, Sen Lin, Ruiqi Zhao, Yijia Li, Lisheng Peng

“…Compared to patients without irAEs, those experiencing irAEs had significantly higher baseline continuous ALC (SMD = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.01-0.24), while ANC (SMD = -0.18, 95% CI = -0.28 to -0.07) and PLR (SMD = -0.32, 95% CI = -0.60 to -0.04) were significantly lower. …”
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The Fundamental Element of Social Contract In a Developmental State by Mbulaheni Mulaudzi

“…As such the article arises from the argument that although the ANC led government has declared South Africa a “Developmental state”, such a state is still faced with numerous challenges that deter it to fulfill the requirements of a “Developmental state”. …”
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Over a decade of HIV infection prevalence and incidence among Mozambican pregnant women: a secondary analysis of prospectively collected data by Anete Mendes-Muxlhanga, Arsénio Nhacolo, Antia Figueroa-Romero, Maura Mazuze, Alfredo Mayor, Anifa Vala, Esperança Sevene, Aleny Couto, Namita Eliseu, Llorenç Quintó, Gloria Matabisso, Eusebio Macete, Paula Vaz, Pedro Alonso, Clara Menendez, Raquel González, Tacilta Nhampossa

“…This study describes the trends of HIV infection over eleven years in women attending selected antenatal care (ANC) clinics from southern Mozambique. Methods We performed a secondary analysis of data registered at the ANC clinic of the Manhiça District Hospital and from the Ministry of Health's HIV National Program Registry between 2010 and 2021. …”
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Assessment of Types, Factors Contributing to Violence Against Women and its Effects on the Health Seeking Behaviour of Women in Rubanda Town Council Rubanda District. by Byumvuhore, Stephen

“…Of the 407 respondents, VAW adversely affected most of the health-seeking behaviour, particularly attending ANC alone without husbands (84.5%) and delay to seek health care due to disagreements with the husband (82.6%). …”
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STUDY ON ENERGY ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF CIRCULAR TUBE WITH RECTANGULAR GROOVE BASED ON REGRESSION ANALYSIS by LEI Cheng, LI FuSheng, MIAO DeXiang, ZHU Tao

“…Then. the mult tiple linear anc nonlinear regression analysis methods were used to solve the calculation model parameters, and the empirical formulas of peak force and energy absorption were obtained by comparing the two fitting results. …”
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A blended learning approach for capacity strengthening to improve the quality of integrated HIV, TB, and malaria services during antenatal and postnatal care in LMICs: a feasibilit... by Alice Norah Ladur, Uzochukwu Egere, Marion Ravit, Florence Mgawadere, Christopher Murray, Sarah Ann White, Mohammed Hauwa, Rael Mutai, Lucy Nyaga, Shikuku Duncan, Issak Bashir, Olubunmi Olufunmilola Ayinde, Rukia Bakar, Leonard Katalambula, Carlo Federici, Aleksandra Torbica, Nicholas Furtado, Elizabeth Adjoa Kumah, Charles Ameh

“…Conclusion The blended learning approach to ANC-PNC in-service training was found to be acceptable, feasible and cost less to implement compared to face-to-face training approach in the study settings. …”
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Effectiveness of a technical support program with women’s self-help groups in catalyzing health and nutrition behaviors in Bihar—a multicomponent analysis by Sudipta Mondal, Indu Bisht, Santosh Akhauri, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Narottam Pradhan, Sweta Kumari, Shuchi Sree Akhouri, Rakesh Kumar Jha, Manoj Kumar Singh, Suman Das, Apollo Purty, Arko Mukherjee, Tanmay Mahapatra

“…Substantial increase was observed in ≥3ANC visit (9% points), institutional delivery (10%), skin-to-skin-care (17%), dry cord-care (23%), early initiation of breastfeeding (19%) & complementary feeding (9%). …”
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