Table 1 Search terms used for finding clinical practice guidelines within SADC
Search concepts | Search terms |
|---|---|
Medical terms | HIV; AIDS; ART; ARV; HAART; Anti-retroviral treatment/therapy; Communicable disease/s Malaria Diarrhoea; acute; paediatric; child/ren Hypertension: cardiovascular disease; CVD Pre-eclampsia: hypertension; pregnancy |
Countries | Angola, Botswana, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
Clinical practice guidelines | Standard treatment guideline/s; STG/s; Standard Treatment; Treatment; Treatment guideline/s |
Essential medicine lists | Essential medicine list; EML; Essential drug list; EDL; Central medical store; procurement list; CMS; Medicine procurement list |
Ministries of health | Department of Health; DOH; Ministry of Health; MOH; National Aids Commission; Aids Commission; NAC |