Low and middle-income countries

Determining antenatal medicine exposures in South African women: a comparison of three methods of ascertainment

In the absence of clinical trials, data on the safety of medicine exposures in pregnancy are dependent on observational studies conducted after the agent has been licensed for use. This requires an accurate history of antenatal medicine use to …

Simultaneous Social Causation and Social Drift: Longitudinal Analysis of Depression and Poverty in South Africa

BackgroundTwo theories have been proposed to explain the observed association between depression and poverty, namely social causation and social drift. Little is known regarding the relative importance of social causation and social drift in low and …