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Item Challenges hindering the implementation of quality supervision in primary health care facilities in Oliver Reginald Tambo District, Eastern Cape Province.(University of Fort Hare, 2018) Zamxaka, Nontlantla Caroline; Mupindu, W.The study investigated the factors that prevent quality supervision in primary health care (PHC) facilities in Oliver Reginald Tambo (O.R. Tambo) district of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The motivation for this study was a concern regarding consistently poor performance by PHC facilities in the province despite regular supervisory visits. The objectives of the study were to explore practices of PHC supervisors in implementing supervision, and to assess perceptions, opinions, and attitudes of PHC supervisors and PHC operational managers with regards to PHC supervisory visits. On search methodology, qualitative approach was predominating whilst quantitative data was supplementing the study. A purposive sample of PHC supervisors and operational managers was drawn from PHC facilities which had a consistent, 100% rate of supervisory visits. The data was analysed thematically.Item Environment and Society [Human Settlement]: HSS 321, Degree Examinations November 2017(University of Fort Hare, 2017-11) Mupindu, W.; Mongwe, R.Item Research Methodology: HRH 321 Degree Examinations November 2018(2018-11) Mongwe, R.; Mupindu, W.Item Revisiting the challenges concerning cleanliness of the public hospitals at Amathole District in South Africa.(University of Fort Hare, 2018) Tofu, Xolani James; Mupindu, W.Most people lives are highly dependent on the quality of healthcare services rendered to them. One of the most important factors which people consider as a quality measure in hospitals is cleanliness. The National Health Service (2003) stresses "Cleanliness of institutions" as one of the six priority measures of quality. Although cleanliness means removal of unwanted materials from specific areas, it is not about maintaining the place spotless tidy, but ensuring that the physical surroundings do not affect the patients' psychological environment. This research sought to explore factors influencing cleanliness in the Public Hospitals of Amathole District in the province of the Eastern Cape, South Africa.