Cochlear implantation in South Africa

Bhamjee, Aaqilah

doi:10.7196/samj.2021.v112i1.16019

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“…In the long run, both indicators have beneficial effect on health outcomes, reducing the mortality rate among infants. The beneficial benefit of immunization corroborates the argument that immunization programs reduce mortality among children by offering protection against diseases (Barnighausen et al, 2008). The health advantage effect of adolescent pregnancy contradicts argument that early childbearing in teenagers is associated with a higher risk of child health odds (Le Roux et al, 2020).…”

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“…The health effects of urbanization are established in the literature (Brueckner, 2019;Jemiluyi, 2021) and the rate of urbanization has been rising in South Africa, with about twothird of the population residing in urban centers in 2021 (UN-Habitat, 2023). For the child health model, in addition to income and literacy level, we adopted two other significant drivers of child health in the country, namely immunization (IMMU) and adolescent pregnancy (ADOL) (Barnighausen, Bloom, Canning, & O'Brien, 2008;Noori, Proctor, Efevbera, & Oron, 2022).…”

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Time-series analysis of the health outcomes-financial development nexus: Evidence from South Africa

Jemiluyi,

Jeke

2024

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This study contributes to the literature by investigating the health and financial development nexus in South Africa. The ‘health is wealth’ debate was again exemplified by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, thereby raising awareness of the inescapable links between poor health and diverse threats to global socioeconomic prosperity. Thus, the influencing factors of health have continued to be studied. Accounting for structural breaks, the study estimates annual time series data sourced from the World Development Indicators within the autoregressive distributed lag error correction model (ARDL-ECM). The regression outcomes show that financial development has differential impacts on health outcomes. In particular, financial development proxied by domestic credit to the private sector has a negative effect on life expectancy at birth while reducing child mortality, thereby fostering better child health outcomes. This research engages health policy strategists on the right policy mix to achieve better health outcomes. While the financial development drive is ongoing, efforts should be intensified to improve socioeconomic determinants of health, and policy strategies aimed at solving national priority health challenges should be logically pursued.

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