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Peer-review journal articles

  1. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection: denominator-based disease burden studies in Indonesia, Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa.
    Robertson SP, Wright A, Roca P, Alonso E, Somoes C, Kartasasmita D, Olaleye G, Odaibo M, Collinson M, Venter M, Zhu Y.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (in press)
     

  2. Refining a probabilistic model for interpreting verbal autopsy data.
    Byass P, Fottrell E, Huong DL, Berhane Y, Corrah T, Kahn K, Muhe L, and Van DD.
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2005.
     

  3. Towards a Unified Timestamp with explicit precision.
    Benzler J, Clark S.
    Demographic Research 2005;12:108-137
     

  4. When popular participation won’t improve service provision: Primary health care in Uganda.
    Golooba-Mutebi F.
    Development and Policy Review 2005; 23 (2): 165-182
     

  5. Establishing long-term research partnerships: Aligning rhetoric and reality
    Tollman SM.
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2004;32 : 1-3.
     

  6. Undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis deaths in rural South Africa.
    Pronyk P, Kahn K, Hargreave J, Tollman S, Collinson M, Hausler HP, Porter JDH.
    International Journal of Tuberculosis and  Lung Disease 2004; 8 (6): 796-799
     

  7. Continuity and Change
    Madhavan S. Fosterage Patterns in the Age of AIDS:
    Social Science and Medicine 2004;58(7):1443-1454
     

  8. Reassessing popular participation in Uganda
    Golooba-Mutebi F.
    Public Administration and Development 2004; 289-304
     

  9. Survival to livelihood strategies for Mozambican refugees in South Africa.
    Golooba-Mutebi F, Tollman S.
    Forced Migration Review 2004; 20: 28-29

     

  10. Childhood mortality among former Mozambican refugees and their hosts in rural South Africa.
    Hargreaves J, Collinson MA, Kahn K, Clark SJ, Tollman SM.
    International Journal of Epidemiology 2004;2571-2580

     

  11. The Prevalence of Stroke Survivors in Rural South Africa: results from the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) Agincourt field site.
    The SASPI Team.
    Stroke
    2004;627-632.
     

  12. Secondary prevention of stroke – Results from the Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI), Agincourt field site.
    The SASPI Team.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2004; 82 (7): 503-508
     

  13. The prevention and management of congenital syphilis
    Saloojee H, Velaphi S, Goga Y, Afadapa Y, Steen R, Lincetto O.
    WHO Bulletin 2004; 82: 424-430
     

  14. The Social Diagnostics of Stroke - Like Symptoms: Healers, Doctors and Prophets in Agincourt, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
    The SASPI Team.
    Journal of Biosocial Sciences 2004; 36: 433-443.

     

  15. Implementation of WHO guidelines on management of severe malnutrition in hospitals in Africa.
    Deen JL, Funk M, Guevara VC, Saloojee H, Doe JY, Palmer A, Weber MW.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2003; 81: 237-243
     

  16. The introduction of voluntary counselling and rapid testing for HIV in South Africa – from theory to practice.
    Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Hargreaves JR, Makhubele MB, Mohlala R, Hausler HP. AIDS Care 2002; 14 (6), 859-865.
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  17. Molecular epidemiological analysis of community circulating respiratory syncytial virus in rural South Africa: comparison of viruses and genotypes causing different disease manifestations.
    Venter M, Collinson M, Schoub B.
    Journal of Clinical Virology
    2002; 68 (3): 452-61.
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  18. “Roots, shoots, but too little fruit: Assessing the contribution of COPC in South Africa”. Tollman SM, Pick W. 
    American Journal of Public Health
    2002 (Nov); 92(11)1725-1728.
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  19. Children’s residence patterns and educational attainment in rural South Africa. Townsend N, Madhavan S, Tollman S, Garenne M, Kahn K. 
     Population Studies 2002;56(2):215-225.
     

  20. How Community Rehabilitation Workers see their work. Petrick M, Sichangwa K, Pickford K, Collinson M. 
    South African Journal of Physiotherapy
    2002;58(2).

     

  21. The Helsinki Revision and after: Fair Partnerships Support Ethical Research. Tollman SM. 
    BMJ 2001;323:1417-1420
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  22. A Regular review: HIV infection in children.  
    Saloojee H, Violari A.
    BMJ
    2001;323:670-674.

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  23. Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in South Africa.
    Kaufman CE, de Wet T, Stadler J.
    Studies in Family Planning
    2001;32(2):147-160.
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  24. Active case finding - understanding the burden of tuberculosis in rural South Africa.  Pronyk PM, Joshi B, Hargreaves JR, Madonsela T, Collinson MA, Mokoena O, Tollman SM, Hausler HP. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001;5(7):611-618.
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  25. Assessing health seeking behaviour among tuberculosis patients in rural South Africa.
    Pronyk PM, Makhubele MB, Hargreaves JR, Tollman SM, Hausler HP.
    International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2001;5(7):619-627. 

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  26. Understanding marital and premarital fertility in rural South Africa. Garenne M, Tollman S, Kahn K, Collins T, Ngwenya S.  Journal of Southern African Studies 2001;27(2):277-290.
     

  27. Supervision of Qualified Community Rehabilitation Workers.  Petrick M, Sichangwa K, Collinson M, Pickford K. South African Journal of Physiotherapy 2001;57(1):13-19.
     

  28. Validation and application of verbal autopsies in a rural area of South Africa. Kahn K, Tollman SM, Garenne M, Gear JSS. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2000;5(11):824-31.
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  29. A challenge to existing population policy. Garenne M, Tollman S, Kahn K. Premarital fertility in rural South Africa:  Studies in Family Planning 2000;31(1):47-54.
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  30. Causes of death in a rural area of South Africa: an international perspective. Garenne M, Tollman S, Kahn K, Gear J.  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2000;46(3):183-190.
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  31. Health system reform and the role of field sites based upon demographic and health surveillance. Tollman SM, Zwi AB.  Bulletin of the World Health Organisation 2000;78(1):125-134.
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  32. Stroke therapy clinical guidelines. South African Medical Association – Neurological Association of South Africa Stroke Working Group. South African Medical Journal 2000;90(3) (supplement). [Substantial development and drafting contribution by M. Connor.]
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  33. Priority setting for health research: Lessons from developing countries.
    The Working Group on Priority Setting*, Council on Health Research for Development.
    Health Policy and Planning
    2000;15(2): 130-136. * Lansang MA (Chair, Philippines), Neufeld V (Canada), Nuyens Y (Switzerland), Baris E (Canada), Diallo B (Guinea), Figueroa P (Jamaica), Shrestha M (Nepal), Paulino R (Philippines), Raymundo C (Philippines), Tan-Torres T (Philippines), Freij L (Sweden), Tollman S (South Africa), Janjaroen W (Thailand), Sitthi-Amorn C (Thailand), Picou D (Trinidad), Okello D (Uganda).

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  34. Passion and Play: Sexual meaning among youth in the Northern Province of South Africa. Collins T, Stadler J. Love,  Journal des Anthropologues 2000;82-82:325-338.
     

  35. Reversal in mortality trends: Evidence from the Agincourt field site, South Africa. Tollman SM, Kahn K, Garenne M, Gear JSS. 1992-1995. AIDS 1999;13:1091-1097.
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  36. “Who dies from what”: determining cause of death in South Africa’s rural northeast. Kahn K, Tollman SM, Garenne M, Gear JSS. Tropical Medicine and International Health 1999;4:433-441.
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  37. The Agincourt field site: Evolution and current status. Tollman SM. South African Medical Journal 1999;89(8):853-858.
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  38. The Agincourt Demographic and Health Study: Site description, baseline findings and implications. Tollman SM, Herbst K, Garenne M, Gear JSS, Kahn K.  S Afr Med J 1999;89(8):858-864.
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  39. Stroke in rural South Africa: Contributing to the little known about a big problem.Kahn K, Tollman SM.  S Afr Med J 1999;89:63-65.
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  40. The Dikgale Field site. Alberts M, Burger S, Tollman SM. S Afr Med J 1999;89(8):851-852.
     

  41. Health centres as part of a learning system.Tollman S.  World Health Forum  1999;19:357-360.
     

  42. Evaluating computerized health information systems: hard, soft and human ware. Experiences from the Northern Province, South Africa. Herbst K, Littlejohns P, Rawlinson J, Collinson M, Wyatt J.  Journal of Public Health Medicine 1999; 21(3): 305-310.
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  43. Pursuing equity without getting beat.Tollman SM, Hsiao WC.  Social Science and Medicine 1998;47:1901-1902.
     

  44. Its implications in the development of a community-based mental health programme.  Masilela TC, Macleod C. Social support: SA Journal of Occupational Therapy 1998;27(2):11-16.
     

  45. Feedback of research results: reflections from the community-based mental health programme. Macleod C, Masilela TC, Malomane E. S Afr J Psychol 1998;28(4):215-221.
     

  46. Screening for sexually transmitted diseases in rural South African women. Schneider H, Coetzee DJ, Fehler HG, Bellingan A, Dangor Y, Radebe F, Ballard RC. Sexually Transmitted Infections 1998;74(Suppl 1), S147-S152.
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  47. A support group for mentally ill people. Lustig S, Malomane E, Tollman S. World Health Forum 1997; 18:319-322.
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  48. The links between legal status and environmental health: A case study of Mozambican refugees and their hosts in the Mpumalanga (eastern Transvaal) Lowveld, South Africa. Dolan C, Tollman S, Nkuna V, Gear J.  International Journal of Health and Human Rights, 1997; 2(2): 62-84.
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  49. Failure to thrive: a prevalence audit to aid monitoring. McIntyre C, Collinson MA. Health Visitor, 1997;70(7):254-256.
     

  50. “Strengthening ties: The Agincourt field site in its African context”. Tollman S, Kahn K. Meeting report. Journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health 1997;2(9):920-923.
     

  51. The Pholela Health Centre: the origins of community oriented primary care (COPC). An appreciation of the work of Sidney and Emily Kark. Tollman SM.   S Afr Med J 1994;84:653-658.
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  52. Developing district health systems in the rural Transvaal: Issues based on the Tintswalo/Bushbuckridge experience. Tollman SM, Mkhabela S, Pienaar J.  S Afr Med J 1993;83:565-568.
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  53. Public health initiatives in South Africa in the 1940's and 1950's: Lessons for restructuring health care in a post-apartheid era. Yach D, Tollman SM.   Am J Public Health 1993;83:1043-1050.
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  54. The setting of health research priorities in a new South Africa. Parry CDH, Yach D, Tollman SM.  S Afr Med J 1992;82:306-308.
     

  55. Vaccination coverage in Mhala and Elim: a health systems approach. Collinson MA, Tollman SM, Maluleke FRS.   S Afr Med J 1992;82:420-423.
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  56. Community oriented primary care: origins, evolution, applications. Tollman SM.  Soc Sci Med 1991; 32(6):633-642.
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Editorials, Commentaries, Letters, Conference Proceedings

  1. Saloojee H, Pettifor JM. Iron deficiency and impaired child development [editorial]. British Medical Journal 2001;323:1377-8.

  2. Hoffman M, Berger J, Nath A, Connor MD, Lammie A, Bell JE, Warlow CP, Simmonds P, Brettle RD. HIV-associated stroke – Response. Stroke 2001;32:580-583.

  3.  Connor MD, Warlow CP. HIV and stroke in the young. (letter) South African Medical Journal 2001;92(4):273-274.

  4.  Connor MD, Warlow CP, Fritz VU. Stoke in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. Stroke 2000;31:2793 (abstract).

  5. Connor MD, Warlow CP, Fritz VU. Stroke in Africa: a systematic review. Proceedings of the Neurological Association of  South Africa Congress. March 2000.

  6. Gray G, Saloojee H. A safe infant feeding policy for South Africa? (editorial) South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999; 12(2):(iii).

  7. Ross MH, Moorman J. Role of the peripheral laboratory in managing tropical diseases. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996;90(5):477.

  8. Tollman S. A sentinel surveillance site in the north-eastern Transvaal. (letter) S Afr Med J 1994;84:512-513.

  9. Tollman S, Friedman, I. Community-oriented primary health care - South African legacy (editorial).  S Afr Med  J 1994;84:646.

  10. Zwarenstein M, Barron P, Tollman S, Crisp N, Frankish J, Toms I, Harrison D, Solarsh G.  Primary health care depends on the district health system (editorial). S Afr Med J 1993;83:558.

  11. Parry CDH, Yach D, Tollman SM.  Towards an essential national health research strategy for South Africa. (opinion)  S Afr Med J 1992;82:299-300.

  12. McKenzie A, Kahn K, McKenzie J, Tollman S. Do we need medical auxiliaries? (letter) S Afr Med J 1992;81:279-280.

Books

  1. Sankoh O, Kahn K, Kiwanuka N, Mwageni E, Ngom P, Nyarko P, Simba D (eds). Population and, Health in Developing Countries. Volume 1: Population, Health, and Survival at INDEPTH sites. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, 2002.

Chapters in books

  1. Madhavan S, Collinson M, Townsend N, Kahn K, Tollman S. The implications of long-term community involvement for the production and circulation of knowledge: a case study of the Agincourt Health and Population Programme. In: Carter A, Watkins S (eds). The producation and circulation of population knowledge. New York, Oxford University Press (in press).

  2. Gilbert L, Tollman S. Epidemiological, social and cultural aspects of illness – A case study of brain injuries, stroke and HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In: Uzzell BP, Ponton M, Ardila A eds. International Handbook of Cross Cultural Neuropsychology. Laurence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey, USA (in press).

  3.  Dolan C. Repatriation from South Africa to Mozambique: undermining durable solutions? In: Black R, Khoser K (eds). The end of the refugee cycle? Refugee repatriation and reconstruction. Berghahn (in press).

  4. Collinson M, Garenne M, Tollman SM, Kahn K, Mokoena O. Moving to Mkhulu: Emerging patterns of migration in the new South Africa. In: Zuberi T, ed. African Census Analysis Project: output of workshop 2001 (forthcoming).

  5. Nyarko P, Binka F, Collinson M. Assessing the quality of data. Chapter 5. In: Sankoh et al (eds). Population and, Health in Developing Countries. Volume 1: Population, Health, and Survival at INDEPTH sites. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, 2002.

  6. Collinson MA, Mokoena O, Mgiba N, Kahn K, Tollman SM, Garenne M, Shackleton S, Malomane E. Agincourt Demographic Surveillance System (Agincourt DSS). In: Sankoh et al (eds). Population, Health and Survival in INDEPTH sites. INDEPTH Series Volume 1, Part C. IDRC, Ottawa, Canada, 2002.

  7. Townsend N. Cultural contexts of father involvement. In: Tamis-Le Monda CS, Cabrena N (eds). Handbook of father involvement. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2002.

  8. Golooba-Mutebi F. Local councils as political and service delivery organs: Limits to transformation. In: Musisi NB, Dodge NB (eds). Transformations in Uganda. Washington & Kampala: CURNY Centre and Makerere Institute of Social Research 2001.

  9.  Saloojee H. Diarrhoeal disease. In: Kibel MA, Wagstaff LA, editors. Child Health for All: a Manual for Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 334-348.

  10. Saloojee H, Pettifor JM. Malnutrition. In: Kibel MA, Wagstaff LA, editors. Child Health for All: a Manual for Southern Africa. 3rd edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2001. p 117-137.

  11.  Pettifor JM, Saloojee H, D Labadarios, Mare H, Pentz M. Infant and child nutrition. In: Kibel MA, Wagstaff LA, editors. Child Health for All: a Manual for Southern Africa. 3rd edition. Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 100-116.

  12. Tollman SM, Kark SL, Kark E. The Pholela Health Centre: Understanding health and disease in South Africa through community-oriented primary care. In: Das Gupta M, Aaby P, Pison G, Garenne M eds. Prospective community studies in developing countries. Oxford University Press-IUSSP Series, 1997:213-232..

  13. Katzenellenbogen J, Gear J, Tollman S. Contextualising epidemiology - Introduction. In: Katzenellenbogen JM, Joubert G, Abdool Karim SS, eds. Epidemiology: A manual for South Africa. Oxford University Press, Southern Africa, 1997:3-9. Tollman SM, Rispel L. Organisation, planning and management. In: South African Health Review 1995. Health Systems Trust and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Durban, 1995:75-88.

  14. Saloojee H, Pettifor JM. Malnutrition. In: Kibel MA, Wagstaff LA, eds. Child Health for All. Manual for Southern Africa. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1995.

  15. Pettifor JM, Saloojee H. Infant and Child Nutrition. In: Kibel MA, Wagstaff LA, eds. Child Health for All. Manual for Southern Africa. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1995.

  16. Parry C, Yach D, Tollman SM. Essential National Health Research. In: Sinclair MR, Place JL, eds. Changing Health in South Africa: Towards new perspectives in research. Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, California, 1991:55-86.

Technical reports and monographs

  1. WHO RSV Study Group. Respiratory syncytial virus infection: lessons learned from denominator-based disease burden studies in five countries. WHO, Geneva (in press).

  2. Masilela TC, Macleod C, Malomane EL, Homer S, Tollman S. An assessment of the mental health needs of communities in the Agincourt subdistrict of Bushbuckridge, South Africa. Health Systems Trust, Durban and Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (in press).

  3. Hargreaves J, Collinson M, Kahn K, Tollman S, Clark S. Socio economic status and child mortality in Agincourt, a rural sub-district of South Africa. Report to INDEPTH Inc., 2002.

  4. Schoub B, Collinson M, Tollman S, Venter M, Madonsela T, Ntlemo E, Hlatswayo R. Agincourt, South Africa, RSV Surveillance Study 01/01/99-31/03/2001. Technical report for the WHO Department of Vaccines and Biologicals (V&B), and the Vaccine Assessment and Monitoring (VAM) Group 2002.

  5. Kim JC. Rape and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: The relevance and the reality in South Africa. WHO Discussion Paper. WHO: Geneva 2002.

  6. Kahn K, Tollman SM. INDEPTH Scientific and General Meeting. Report on meeting 26-30 June 2000, Johannesburg. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 2001.

  7. Saloojee H, Meyers T, Lala S, Zwi K. Guidelines for the management of HIV infection in children. Gauteng Health Department, Johannesburg 2001.

  8. Hargreaves J. Adolescent Health Programme: Analysis of Adolescent Friendly Clinic tick sheet registers. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, February 2001.

  9. Hargreaves J. Adolescent Health Programme: Family Study analysis. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, February 2001.

  10. Kaufman C, de Wet T, Stadler J. Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood in South Africa. Policy Research Division Working Paper No. 136. New York, Population Council, 2000.

  11. Lansang M, Tollman S, Kasonde J, Butler P (drafters). Health Research for Development: the continuing challenge. A discussion paper prepared for the International Conference on Health Research for Development, Bangkok 2000. International Organising Committee/COHRED, Geneva, 2000.

  12. Ngwenya S, van Middelkoop A, Hargreaves J. Interim evaluation of adolescent sexual health initiatives in the Northern Province. Report on quantitative research data. Adolescent Health Programme, Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Itusheng Community Association and Hlathlolanang Health and Nutrition Education Centre. December 2000.

  13. Tollman S. Butajira Health Project. An evaluation of a demographic surveillance site. Sida Evaluation 00/11. Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC, Stockholm, 2000. ISBN 91 586 8946-X.

  14. Stadler J. An interim evaluation of adolescent health initiatives in the Northern Province: Report on qualitative research findings. Adolescent Health Programme, Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Itusheng Community Association and Hlathlolanang Health and Nutrition Education Centre. November 1999.

  15. Muirhead D, Goudge J, Wadee H. A cost analysis of adolescent health programmes in Northern Province: A comparison of HSDU and PPASA programme sites. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand. October 1999.

  16. Okello D, Tollman S, Neufeld V. Evaluation of Essential National Health Research (ENHR) in the Republic of Kenya. February 1999.

  17. Stadler J, Collins T, Ngwenya S. Implementing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the Northern Province: A summary of the processes of developing models for adolescent sexual health programmes. Health Systems Development Unit, Itusheng Community Association and Hlathlolanang Health and Nutrition Education Centre. December 1999.

  18. Kahn K, Tollman S. The INDEPTH Network: A comparative perspective on field sites in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. November 1998. Report available from the INDEPTH secretariat, Accra and Johannesburg (School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand).

  19. Shackleton S. The approach and methods used in the Agincourt study: Practical guidelines and lessons. Agincourt Health and Population Programme, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1998.

  20. Tollman SM, Tomson G. Examining options for the structure, organisation and affiliations of the Alliance for Health Policy/Systems Research. Report commissioned by the Interim Board of the Alliance. Geneva, January 1998.

  21. Mavrandonis J. The Bushbuckridge Dossier: A compilation of multi-disciplinary research undertaken during the last two decades of the 20th century. Agincourt Health and Population Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg August 1998.

  22. Chalmers J, Edwards HJ. Blood and bewitchment in the Bushveld. Community perceptions of the chronic illnesses of lifestyle. A preliminary assessment of the Agincourt subdistrict  of Bushbuckridge region, Northern Province, South Africa. Health Systems Development Unit and Agincourt Health and Population Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, May 1998.

  23. Improving the performance of health centres in district health systems. Report of a WHO Study Group. WHO Technical Report Series 869. Drafted by Tollman S, Osibogun A, Kahssay HM and Concha-Eastman A. World Health Organisation, Geneva 1997. ISBN 92 4 120869 4.

  24. Tollman S, Kahn K. Strengthening ties: The Agincourt field site in its African context. Report on the roundtable meeting 23-25 April 1997, London. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 1997.

  25. Moorman J, Ross MH. Manual for primary health care workers to use a district clinic-based laboratory. Department of Community Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1997.

  26. Tollman SM. Information for setting priorities in ENHR. In: Essential National Health Research and Priority Setting: Lessons Learned. Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), Geneva, 1997.

  27. le Sueur D, Ngxongo S, Sharp B, Martin C, Fraser C, Teuschner M, Tollman S, Green C, Tsoka J, Solarsh G, Mmzava A.. Towards a spatial rural information system. Health Systems Trust and Medical Research Council, Durban, 1997. ISBN 0-9584157-6-5.

  28. Robbins D. Agincourt: A district health demonstration site. Health Systems Trust, Durban, April 1997. ISBN 0-9584157-9-X.

  29. Bam N, Kahn K, Nant’ulya W, O’ngawo S. Primary Health Care in Mpumalanga: Guide to district-based action.  Department of Health Welfare and Gender Affairs, Mpumalanga Province. Health Systems Trust, Durban, 1996. ISBN 0-9584110-5-0.

  30. Gilson L, Morar R, Pillay Y, Rispel L, Shaw V, Tollman S, Woodward C. Decentralisation and health system change in South Africa. National Report. (Prepared as part of the WHO cross-national study on decentralisation and health systems change). World Health Organization, Geneva and Health Policy Coordinating Unit, Johannesburg, 1996. ISBN 0-620-20108-8.

  31. Tollman S, Herbst K, Garenne M. The Agincourt Demographic and Health Study: Phase 1. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1995. ISBN1-86838-173-0.

  32. Rispel L, Beattie A, Xaba M, Fonn S, Marawa N, Cabral J. A Description and evaluation of primary health care services in the Agincourt field practice area. Technical Report. Centre for Health Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, March 1995. ISBN 1-86838-149-8.

  33. Fonn S, Xaba M. Health Workers for Change: A Manual to Improve Quality of Care. Women’s Health Project, Johannesburg and UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), June 1995. TDR\GEN\95.2

  34. Tollman S, Moorman J, McKenzie A, Mphale P. Decentralisation and district health development in the Northern Province, Mpumalanga and the Bushbuckridge area. A preliminary assessment 1994-1995. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1995. (Part of a national study and collaboration with the World Health Organisation.)

  35. Reynolds J, Kinghorn A, Tollman SM, Gear JSS. The decentralisation of finance for rural health services. Paper commissioned by the Land and Agriculture Policy Centre, Johannesburg 1994.

  36. Tollman SM, ed. Report on the workshop to establish a demonstration district health system in the Bushbuckridge area of the eastern Transvaal. Tintswalo Health Service, Health Services Development Unit, Members of the Bushbuckridge Community. Health Systems Development Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1992.

Working papers

  1. Collinson MA, Wittenberg MW, Tollman SM, Kahn K. Household dynamics in rural South Africa, 1993 to 2000. Working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2002.

  2. Wolff B, Collinson MA, Tollman SM. Safer at home?  Male labour migration and HIV risk behaviour in rural South Africa. Working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, 2002.

  3. Collinson MA.  Reflecting on Social Transition: A study of Female Temporary Migration and the impact on Child Mortality in Rural South Africa. Dissertation submitted for an MSc (Med) degree in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. 2002.

  4. Wolff B, Collinson M, Tollman S. Men, migration, and the negotiation of paternity inside and outside formal partnerships in South Africa. Paper presented to IUSSP World Conference, Salvador de Bahaia, 2001, and working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  5. Collinson MA, Garenne M, Tollman SM, Kahn K, Mokoena O. Moving to Mkhuhlu: Emerging patterns of migration in the new South Africa. Paper presented at the Fourth African Census Analysis Project Workshop, Dakar, Senegal, January 2001, and working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  6. Collinson MA, Tollman SM, Garenne M, Kahn K. Temporary female migration and labour force participation in rural South Africa. Working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, and the Center for Migration and Development, Princeton University 2001.

  7. Collinson MA, Wittenberg MW. 2001. Labour force dynamics in a rural part of South Africa: the Agincourt sub-district of the Northern Province, 1992 – 2000. Paper presented at the DPRU/FES conference: “Labour markets and poverty in South Africa”, Johannesburg, November, 2001, and working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

  8. Hargreaves J. Village typology: The Agincourt field site. Descriptive results and preliminary discussion. Working paper of the Agincourt Health and Population Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000.

  9. Kahn K, Zwi AB, Garenne M, Tollman SM. Deaths from violence and unintentional injuries in a rural area of South Africa.

Book Reviews

  1. Saloojee H. Children as Partners for Health: A Critical Review of the Child-to-Child Approach. British Medical Journal 2001;322:370.

  2. Saloojee H. Primary Clinical Care manual. S Afr J Infect Epidemiol 2000;15:28.

  3. Saloojee H. In the Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race. [book review] British Medical Journal 1999;319:1582.

  4. Saloojee H. Where There is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook for Africa. British Medical Journal 1998;317:1532.

General interest

  1. Connor MD. Confidence in Evidence (editorial). Southern African Neurology Review December 2001.

  2. Connor MD. Alternative therapies – do they work? Southern African Neurology Review March 2001.

  3. Saloojee H. The management of severe malnutrition. Continuing Medical Education 2001;19(7):486-487.

  4.  Connor MD. Stroke and HIV infection in adults. Specialist Medicine 2000;22(2):66-71

  5.  Tollman S. Delivering Primary Health Care (PHC) and implementing health programmes within District Health Systems in Southern Africa. In: Solarsh G (ed). South Africa-Fogarty Workshop on Developing an African research agenda in early childhood development. Workshop proceedings, Durban, August 2000. University of Natal, Durban, 2001.

  6. Saloojee H. Recent developments in childhood gastroenteritis. Mother and Baby 1999;15:8-10.

  7. Saloojee H, Mokhachane M. The Kangaroo Mother Care Intervention. Mother and Baby 1999;14:20.

  8. Tollman S. Introduction – The equity phenomenon: is it more than a fad? In: Franklin L, Harrison D, Sinclair M, eds. A travelling seminar on the attainability and affordability of equity in health care provision. Workshop proceedings, The Philippines June 28-July 5, 1997. Durban: Health Systems Trust, 1998:4-6.

  9. Harnett L, Kahn K, Shivambu E, Mnisi P. Pregnancy and childbirth: Tradition confronts medical practice. HST Update, Health Systems Trust, Durban, 1996;16:9-10.

  10. Kahn K, Tollman S. Political transition, health service reform and COPC in South Africa. In: COPACETIC: A COPC newsletter sponsored by the North American Primary Care Research Group. Vol 2, No. 2, Autumn 1995.

  11. Masilela TC, Macleod C, Tollman S. Community-based needs assessment: A crucial component of mental health policy development. In: Pillay Y et al, eds. Proceedings of the Primary Mental Health Care Workshop held at the University of Durban-Westville, September 1994. Durban: Trust for Health Systems Planning and Development, 1995:75-81.

  12. Harrison D, Mametja D, Mahomed H, Tollman S, Yach D.  Second International Conference on Essential National Health Research (Trip report).  Geneva, March 1993.

  13. Tollman S.  COPC and its contributions to South Africa.  Newsletter of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University - Hadassah, in honour of Sidney L Kark, May 1992:4-5.

  14. Tollman SM.  The Universal Relevance of ENHR.  ENHR Forum, New Delhi, 1992;2(1):4-6.

  15. Tollman SM, Gumbi R, Harrison D.  Africa and ENHR.  A summary report of the meeting held in Kampala, Uganda, April 1992.

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