"South Africa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
| Descriptor ID |
D013019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.735
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| Concept/Terms |
South Africa- South Africa
- Union of South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "South Africa" by people in this website by year, and whether "South Africa" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1996 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1997 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1998 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 1999 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2000 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2001 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2002 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2003 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2004 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2005 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2006 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
| 2007 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2008 | 0 | 92 | 92 |
| 2009 | 0 | 100 | 100 |
| 2010 | 0 | 102 | 102 |
| 2011 | 0 | 152 | 152 |
| 2012 | 0 | 142 | 142 |
| 2013 | 0 | 183 | 183 |
| 2014 | 0 | 218 | 218 |
| 2015 | 0 | 213 | 213 |
| 2016 | 0 | 190 | 190 |
| 2017 | 0 | 247 | 247 |
| 2018 | 0 | 252 | 252 |
| 2019 | 0 | 312 | 312 |
| 2020 | 0 | 323 | 323 |
| 2021 | 0 | 348 | 348 |
| 2022 | 0 | 251 | 251 |
| 2023 | 0 | 254 | 254 |
| 2024 | 0 | 138 | 138 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "South Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Long-term effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease incidence among people of all ages from national, active, laboratory-based surveillance in South Africa, 2005-19: a cohort observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Sep; 12(9):e1470-e1484.
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"Killing two birds with one stone" - a qualitative study on women's perspectives on the dual prevention pill in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Aug 22; 24(1):462.
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Evaluating the impact of the global evidence, local adaptation (GELA) project for enhancing evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three African countries: a mixed-methods protocol. Health Res Policy Syst. 2024 Aug 19; 22(1):114.
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Women's health and well-being in five birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries: Domains and their associations with early-life conditions. J Glob Health. 2024 Aug 16; 14:04137.
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Identifying pregnant and postpartum women's priorities for enhancing nutrition support through social needs programmes in a resource-constrained urban community in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2024 Aug 16; 24(1):2231.
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Results From South Africa's 2022 Healthy Active Kids' Report Card on Physical Activity, Body Composition Proxies, and Nutritional Status in Children and Adolescents. J Phys Act Health. 2024 Sep 01; 21(9):861-871.
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Protocol of a cost-effectiveness analysis of a combined intervention for depression and parenting compared with enhanced standard of care for perinatally depressed, HIV-positive women and their infants in rural South Africa. BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 03; 14(8):e082977.
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Estimating the Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions on Self-reported Antiretroviral Therapy Use and Late Refill Visits Among People Living With HIV in Rural South Africa. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 08 01; 96(4):318-325.
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The HIV Care Cascade for Older Adults in Rural South Africa: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2014-2019). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024 08 01; 96(4):334-340.
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Temporal changes in cause of death among adolescents and adults in six countries in eastern and southern Africa in 1995-2019: a multi-country surveillance study of verbal autopsy data. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Aug; 12(8):e1278-e1287.