The South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) - first published in 1884 - is a monthly, peer reviewed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in Africa. The journal now incorporates continuing medical education (CME).
Online First: COVID-19 in South Africa
Table of Contents
From the Editor
| Failure at the top | |
| B Farham | 1-2 |
Statement of Support
| Statement of support for Professor Glenda Gray and the principle of academic freedom of speech | PDF PDF |
| Prof. Francois Venter |
Correspondence
| How should health resource allocation be applied during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa? | |
| A Taylor, B Taylor, J Parkes, J J Fagan |
| Is there value in a two-step diagnostic algorithm to confirm SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa? | |
| W Dowling, C J Opperman | 0 |
| South African healthcare workers and COVID-19: A shared responsibility to protect a precious and limited resource | |
| A Dramowski, M Zunza, K Dube, M Parker, A Slogrove | 0 |
| Digital eye syndrome: COVID-19 lockdown side-effect? | |
| A J Munsamy, V Chetty | 0 |
| COVID-19: Convalescent plasma as a potential therapy | |
| K van den Berg, M Vermeulen, T N Glatt, S Wasserman, C L Barrett, J Peter, D Brittain, V J Louw |
| The Critical Care Society of Southern Africa guidelines on the allocation of scarce critical care resources during the COVID-19 public health emergency in South Africa | |
| Evolution of the SAMPLAR box: A multipurpose tool to facilitate limited re-use of personal protective equipment in low- and middle-income countries | |
| S Irusen, R M Bandini, K H Myezo, J A Geel |
| COVID-19 in South Africa: An occupational disease | |
| R George, A George |
| Desperate times call for desperate measures: Adapting antiretroviral service delivery in the context of the COVID-19 pandemi | |
| F C Mukumbang, E Kriel, B van Wyk, J A Kruger |
| Preventing intrahospital transmission of COVID-19: Experience from the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland | |
| S K Rampini, A Wolfensberger, H Sax, F Thienemann |
| COVID-19: UCT-Africa Virtual ENT transcends academic silos through videoconferencing academic meetings and ward rounds | |
| N Goncalves, T F Din, J J Fagan |
Editorial
| What are we doing to the children of South Africa under the guise of COVID-19 lockdown? | |
| L van Bruwaene, F Mustafa, J Cloete, A Goga, R J Green |
| Collateral damage of the COVID-19 pandemic: Exacerbation of antimicrobial resistance and disruptions to antimicrobial stewardship programmes? | |
| V Chibabhai, A G Duse, O Perovic, G A Richards |
| The utility of 2009 H1N1 pandemic data in understanding the transmission potential and estimating the burden of COVID-19 in South Africa to guide mitigation strategies | |
| N Phaswana-Mafuya, O Shisana, G Gray, N Zungu, L-G Bekker, L Kuonza, K Zuma, S Baral |
| Freedom of speech and public interest, not allegiance, should underpin science advisement to government | |
| J A Singh, A Habib, J Jansen |
| Compelled testing for the novel coronavirus | |
| P Kruger |
| COVID-19 and the school response: Looking back to learn what we can do better | |
| N Siegfried, C Mathews |
| COVID-19 lockdowns in low- and middle-income countries: Success against COVID-19 at the price of greater costs | |
| S A Madhi, G E Gray, N Ismail, A Izu, M Mendelson, N Cassim, W Stevens, F Venter |
| Prioritising action on diabetes during COVID-19 | |
| A Erzse, H Fraser, N Levitt, K Hofman |
In Practice
| A policy and decision-making framework for South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| K Jones-Bonofiglio, N Nortjé |
| Consent for critical care research after death from COVID-19: Arguments for a waiver | |
| K Moodley, B W Allwood, T M Rossouw |
| Reintroduction of elective paediatric otolaryngology procedures in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| J K McGuire, J J Fagan, S Peer |
| Affordable digital innovation to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission among healthcare workers | |
| S Ntshalintshali, C Mnqwazi |
| Healthcare workers’ adherence to infection prevention and control guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: A rapid qualitative evidence synthesis | |
| B-M Schmidt, S Cooper, A B Wiyeh, C S Wiysonge |
| COVID-19: The role of artificial intelligence in empowering the healthcare sector and enhancing social distancing measures during a pandemic | |
| S Mahomed |
| South Africa’s COVID-19 Tracing Database: Risks and rewards of which doctors should be aware | |
| J Klaaren, K Breckenridge, F Cachalia, S Fonn, M Veller |
| Research on COVID-19 in South Africa: Guiding principles for informed consent | |
| J de Vries, T Burgess, M Blockman, N Ntusi |
| Comorbidity in context: Part 1. Medical considerations around HIV and tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | |
| T M Rossouw, M T Boswell, A G Nienaber, K Moodley |
| Comorbidity in context: Part 2. Ethicolegal considerations around HIV and tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa | |
| T M Rossouw, A G Nienaber, M T Boswell, K Moodley |
| The use of disinfection tunnels or disinfectant spraying of humans as a measure to reduce the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus | |
| C L Gray, A van Niekerk |
Review
| Diabetes mellitus and COVID-19: A review and management guidance for South Africa | |
| A Coetzee, JJ Taljaard, SS Hugo, M Conradie, M Conradie-Smit, JA Dave |