Dr Mbuso Mabuza is a highly motivated and multi-skilled international public health professional who has served in the public and private sectors of different countries. He has served as a prevention specialist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and as a consultant at the World Bank, among others. His mission is to improve health outcomes and to expand quality healthcare experiences amongst all groups of people and influence change and innovation.
Making sure that people are involved and central to their care is now recognised as a key component of developing high quality healthcare. Adopting person-centred care as "business as usual" requires fundamental changes to how services are delivered and to roles – not only those of health care professionals, but of patients too – and the relationships between patients, health care professionals...
Connected health also known as technology-enabled care (TEC) is the collective term for telecare, telehealth, telemedicine, mHealth, digital health and eHealth services. Connected health involves the convergence of health technology, digital media and mobile devices. It enables patients, carers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) to access data and information more easily and improve the...
With the present emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, computational "machine learning" techniques for training and generalisation from data, and cutting-edge statistical techniques, will play a significant role in analysing multidimensional datasets generated by the new technologies of systems medicine. This progressively but rapidly leads to a "new taxonomy," generating new...
"You are not here to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand." – Woodrow Wilson From the core of our being, we need to develop the right attitude toward life. The simple fact that attitude "makes" some...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a simulation of the process of human intelligence through computers. AI has cemented its status as a powerful technology with the ability to propel a paradigm shift in healthcare and medicine of the 21st century and the future. The insights and values gained from AI and its subset, machine learning, are essential for predicting health outcomes and improving...
There is increasing recognition that efforts to improve global health cannot be achieved without stronger health systems. The myriad of opportunities and challenges that come with rapid technological innovations in the medical and health ecosystem, warrant an urgent need to apply systems engineering techniques and skills to solve issues pertaining to healthcare service quality, patient safety...
By changing the way you think, you change the way you run your life. Very few people would turn down a chance to improve the way they think, if they knew how to go about it. When you have the ability to think more effectively, you can make better decisions and become a much more efficient thinker. You will learn new things faster and easier, achieve that potential that has been hiding inside...
With the advent of big data analytics and informatics, and its associated technologies, a rapid growth in career opportunities, coupled with continual technological innovation, has led to an increasing need for qualified professionals who are able to analyse big data and manage technology and information in the healthcare industry. This book is designed to help you meet that need by providing...
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are being increasingly used in healthcare, and especially in patient education. Although these two technologies are very similar, virtual reality engages users by transposing their virtual avatars into an artificial environment for users to interact with, while augmented reality engages users in the real environment by overlaying virtual elements...
We live in an era of the digital health revolution where technological and knowledge breakthroughs greatly enhance the care we deliver to patients. However, our healthcare system still holds many friction points. This book examines cases where Blockchain can be a leverage to address some of healthcare's biggest challenges. Blockchain technology, sometimes considered as the next industrial...
"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set." – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Like what is needed for the practice of any art, the practice of the art of loving needs self-discipline, concentration, and patience. Everyone starts life with high hopes of loving and being loved, knowing and being known, building and being built...
This book provides an introduction to epidemiological research and statistical methods covering key concepts and all the main types of epidemiological study. It elicits a critical understanding of the purpose and context of quantitative research including the basis for selecting appropriate research designs from a thorough grounding in the uses and methods of epidemiology; key statistical...
This book provides an introduction to ethics, research design as the most important part of the qualitative research process, the importance of theoretical frameworks and the relationship between the researcher and the researched in the qualitative research process. It also provides an introduction to epidemiological research and statistical methods covering key concepts and all the main types...
The aim of this book is to give you a thorough grounding in, and comprehensive overview of the role of public health in the management of disasters, including the requisite preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery relating to these situations. The first principle of the health care profession is to protect life. Disasters threaten both life and health, and the predicament of people...
This book aims to identify the policy and programme challenges for improving the health of populations in low- and middle-income countries. In this book we define policy as 'a purposive course of action followed by an actor or set of actors in dealing with a problem or matter of concern'. In looking at public policy, we are concerned with the formal institutions of government, since they...
"We must be led by those who have mastery of the skills to mobilize, coordinate and direct broad collaborative actions within the complex public health system. These skills need constant refinement and honing" - South West Public Health Leadership Institute. Whatever the system, plan, strategy, intervention, or procedure, the client's well-being should be the primary consideration. This book on...
This book aims to critically examine the contribution of the discipline of sociology and a number of theoretical sociological perspectives, from classical to postmodern to our understanding of health, illness and medicine. Specifically, the broad areas covered in this book include: critical perspectives on key sociological theories and themes in the sociology of health and illness including the...
Health promotion is much more than the absence of disease, and it is also much more than focusing on bringing about behaviour change. It is important to remember that health is a complex issue as it requires collective and organised efforts of multiple stakeholders in society. While this book walks you through health promotion as a new public health concept of preventive action, it also...
This book provides an introduction to ethics, research design as the most important part of the qualitative research process, the importance of theoretical frameworks and the relationship between the researcher and the researched in the qualitative research process. The book is organised according to the following chapters: ethics and introduction to qualitative research; qualitative research...
All people can be the best they can be, regardless of their background or circumstances. This book stimulates a paradigm shift enabling a positive conditioning of our minds to propel us to greater heights that we never imagined possible. Focusing so much on the negatives can cloud our thinking and disable us from achieving our potential. It is all about a resolve and taking a stand to end the...
"Everything is guiding you to your authenticity. No matter what happens to you. It is all feedback and on the way. By asking quality questions that equilibrate the mind and liberate you from the bondage of pain, infatuation, resentment, and pride and shame, you are freed to be authentic, where you: love, feel inspired, are grateful, are present, are certain, and are enthused. In this state, you...
Life is difficult, but you can decide and choose to make life an amazing and worthwhile journey. Every person has a unique journey and purpose in life. Be at peace with where you are along that journey while you simultaneously maintain a healthy sense of urgency to take action every day along the trajectory to get where you want to go. When you commit and take responsibility for your life, you...