Muzimkhulu Zungu
Biographic Data
| ID | 7507175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muzimkhulu Zungu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muzimkhulu |
| FAMILY NAME | Zungu |
| SIGNATURE | ZUNGU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Health Laboratory Service |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2028-9708 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Factors associated with TB screening among agricultural workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health issue of concern in South Africa. Workers in the agricultural sector are generally at increased risk of TB due to multiple interacting factors such as exposure to silica dust, co-worker infection, and occupations falling within the lower socio-economic sectors. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates factors associated with TB screening uptake for agricultural workers in Limpopo Province, S…
Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: What can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute
Objectives. To ascertain whether and how working as a partnership of two World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHOCCs), based respectively in the Global North and Global South, can add insights on “what works to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) during a pandemic, in what contexts, using what mechanism, to achieve what outcome”. Methods. A realist synthesis of seven projects in this research program was carried out to characterize cont…
The Utility of Length of Mining Service and Latency in Predicting Silicosis among Claimants to a Compensation Trust
In the wake of a large burden of silicosis and tuberculosis among ex-miners from the South African gold mining industry, several programmes have been engaged in examining and compensating those at risk of these diseases. Availability of a database from one such programme, the Q(h)ubeka Trust, provided an opportunity to examine the accuracy of length of service in predicting compensable silicosis, and the concordance between self-reported employme…
Preventing Occupational Tuberculosis in Health Workers: An Analysis of State Responsibilities and Worker Rights in Mozambique
Given the very high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among health workers in Mozambique, a low-income country in Southern Africa, implementation of measures to protect health workers from occupational TB remains a major challenge. This study explores how Mozambique's legal framework and health system governance facilitate-or hinder-implementation of protective measures in its public (state-provided) healthcare sector. Using a mixed-methods approach…
Empowering Health Workers to Protect their Own Health: A Study of Enabling Factors and Barriers to Implementing HealthWise in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Ways to address the increasing global health workforce shortage include improving the occupational health and safety of health workers, particularly those in high-risk, low-resource settings. The World Health Organization and International Labour Organization designed HealthWISE, a quality improvement tool to help health workers identify workplace hazards to find and apply low-cost solutions. However, its implementation had never been systematica…
Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: An exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships
BACKGROUND: Health workers are at high risk of acquiring infectious diseases at work, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) with critical health human resource deficiencies and limited implementation of occupational health and infection control measures. Amidst increasing interest in international partnerships to address such issues, how best to develop such collaborations is being actively debated. In 2006, a partnership developed…
Learning from a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve healthcare workers’ access to prevention and care for tuberculosis and HIV in Free State, South Africa: The pivotal role of information s…
BACKGROUND: Occupational tuberculosis (TB) continues to plague the healthcare workforce in South Africa. A 2-year cluster randomized controlled trial was therefore launched in 27 public hospitals in Free State province, to better understand how a combined workforce and workplace program can improve health of the healthcare workforce. OBJECTIVE: This mid-term evaluation aimed to analyze how well the intervention was being implemented, seek evidenc…
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Protecting health workers from infectious disease transmission: An exploration of a Canadian-South African partnership of partnerships
BACKGROUND: Health workers are at high risk of acquiring infectious diseases at work, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) with critical health human resource deficiencies and limited implementation of occupational health and infection control measures. Amidst increasing interest in international partnerships to address such issues, how best to develop such collaborations is being actively debated. In 2006, a partnership developed…
Learning from a cluster randomized controlled trial to improve healthcare workers’ access to prevention and care for tuberculosis and HIV in Free State, South Africa: The pivotal role of information s…
BACKGROUND: Occupational tuberculosis (TB) continues to plague the healthcare workforce in South Africa. A 2-year cluster randomized controlled trial was therefore launched in 27 public hospitals in Free State province, to better understand how a combined workforce and workplace program can improve health of the healthcare workforce. OBJECTIVE: This mid-term evaluation aimed to analyze how well the intervention was being implemented, seek evidenc…
Preventing Occupational Tuberculosis in Health Workers: An Analysis of State Responsibilities and Worker Rights in Mozambique
Given the very high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among health workers in Mozambique, a low-income country in Southern Africa, implementation of measures to protect health workers from occupational TB remains a major challenge. This study explores how Mozambique's legal framework and health system governance facilitate-or hinder-implementation of protective measures in its public (state-provided) healthcare sector. Using a mixed-methods approach…
Empowering Health Workers to Protect their Own Health: A Study of Enabling Factors and Barriers to Implementing HealthWise in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Ways to address the increasing global health workforce shortage include improving the occupational health and safety of health workers, particularly those in high-risk, low-resource settings. The World Health Organization and International Labour Organization designed HealthWISE, a quality improvement tool to help health workers identify workplace hazards to find and apply low-cost solutions. However, its implementation had never been systematica…
The Utility of Length of Mining Service and Latency in Predicting Silicosis among Claimants to a Compensation Trust
In the wake of a large burden of silicosis and tuberculosis among ex-miners from the South African gold mining industry, several programmes have been engaged in examining and compensating those at risk of these diseases. Availability of a database from one such programme, the Q(h)ubeka Trust, provided an opportunity to examine the accuracy of length of service in predicting compensable silicosis, and the concordance between self-reported employme…
Factors associated with TB screening among agricultural workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a public health issue of concern in South Africa. Workers in the agricultural sector are generally at increased risk of TB due to multiple interacting factors such as exposure to silica dust, co-worker infection, and occupations falling within the lower socio-economic sectors. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates factors associated with TB screening uptake for agricultural workers in Limpopo Province, S…
Protecting healthcare workers during a pandemic: What can a WHO collaborating centre research partnership contribute
Objectives. To ascertain whether and how working as a partnership of two World Health Organization collaborating centres (WHOCCs), based respectively in the Global North and Global South, can add insights on “what works to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) during a pandemic, in what contexts, using what mechanism, to achieve what outcome”. Methods. A realist synthesis of seven projects in this research program was carried out to characterize cont…
Medicine (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Health care (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Tuberculosis (3 works) · Workforce (3 works)