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Table of Contents
Cover
| Cover | |
Contents
| Contents | |
| 995-996 |
Guest Editorial
| Climate change, public health and COP21 – a South African perspective | |
| Caradee Yael Wright, Mary Norval, Patricia N Albers | 997-998 |
Editor's choice
| Editor's Choice | |
| Janet Seggie | 999 |
Correspondence
| A matter of context – time to clinically validate 9-month infant HIV testing in South Africa(?) | |
| Ahmad Haeri Mazanderani, Lee Fairlie, Caitlin Anna Madevu-Matson, Vivian Black, Gayle G Sherman | 1000-1001 |
| Rural district hospitals: Ambulance services, staff attitudes, and other impediments to healthcare delivery | |
| John Du Toit Zaaijman | 1001 |
| Gonadal pathology in a girl with 45,X/46,XY mosaicism | |
| Tanja Kemp, Lizl Smith, Simon Akerman | 1001-1002 |
Izindaba
| SAMA president, medicopolitical veteran, psychiatrist and treatment pioneer. | |
| 1003-1004 |
| Attacking 'prejudice' against generics could save SA billions | |
| 1004-1005 |
Forum
| Ebola: Experiences from the field - Liberia | |
| Rosie Burton | 1006-1008 |
| Ebola: Personal view from the field – Sierra Leone | |
| Tom Hilary Boyles | 1008-1009 |
Editorial
| Reflections on ethical challenges associated with the Ebola epidemic | |
| Solomon Robert Benatar | 1012-1013 |
| #FeesMustFall and the campaign for universal health coverage | |
| Jane Doherty, Di McInytre | 1014-1015 |
| Growing genomic research on the African continent: The H3Africa Consortium | |
| Michèle Ramsay | 1016-1017 |
Review
| Climate change is catchy – but when will it really hurt? | |
| N A Sweijd, C Y Wright, A Westwood, M Rouault, W A Landman, M L MacKenzie, J J C Nuttall, H Mahomed, T Cousins, K Winter, F Berhoozi, B Kalule, P Kruger, T Govender, N Minakawa | 1018-1023 |
Research
| School students’ knowledge and understanding of the Global Solar Ultraviolet Index | |
| Caradee Yael Wright, Anthony I Reeder, Patricia Nicole Albers | 1024-1029 |
| Molecular characterisation and epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of blaOXA-181 carbapenemase-producing isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae in South Africa | |
| Rachael Kiera Jacobson, Mohnamed Riyadh Manesen, Clinton Moodley, Mariette Smith, Seymour Williams, Mark Nicol, Colleen Bamford | 1030-1035 |
| Measurement of viral load by the automated Abbott real-time HIV-1 assay using dried blood spots collected and processed in Malawi and Mozambique | |
| Fulvio Erba, Davide Brambilla, Susanna Ceffa, Fausto Ciccacci, Richard Luhanga, Zita Sidumo, Leonardo Palombi, Sandro Mancinelli, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Mauro Andreotti, Marina Giuliano | 1036-1038 |
| Time for a culture change? Suboptimal compliance with blood culture standards at a district hospital in Cape Town | |
| Mohammad Shareef Abrahams, Andrew C Whitelaw, Heidi Orth | 1039-1043 |
| Diagnosing childhood pulmonary tuberculosis using a single sputum specimen on Xpert MTB/RIF at point of care | |
| Natasha Gous, Lesley E Scott, Sonjiha Khan, Gary Reubenson, Ashraf Coovadia, Wendy Stevens | 1044-1048 |
| The diagnostic accuracy of integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the evaluation of pulmonary mass lesions in a tuberculosis-endemic area | |
| R du Toit, J A Shaw, E M Irusen, F von Groote-Bidlingmaier, J M Warwick, C F N Koegelenberg | 1049-1052 |
| Diabetes mellitus and non-traumatic lower extremity amputations in four public sector hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa, during 2009 and 2010 | |
| Graeme L Dunbar, Derek A Hellenberg, Naomi Levitt | 1053-1056 |
| Investigating the association between diabetes mellitus, depression and psychological distress in a cohort of South African teachers | |
| Abdul Kader Domingo, Laila Asmal, Soraya Seedat, Tonya M Esterhuizen, Carien Laurence, Jimmy Volmink | 1057-1060 |
| An electronic colonoscopy record system enables detailed quality assessment and benchmarking of an endoscopic service | |
| A Benamro, J L Bruce, D L Clarke | 1061-1063 |
| Dyspepsia prevalence and impact on quality of life among Rwandan healthcare workers: A cross-sectional survey | |
| Remy Bitwayiki, Judy T Orikiiriza, Fredrick Kateera, Pascal Bihizimana, Ben Karenzi, Patrick Kyamanywa, Tim D Walker | 1064-1069 |
Continuing Medical Education
| Musculoskeletal disorders – disease burden and challenges in the developing world | |
| Ayanda Gcelu, Asgar Ali Kalla | 1070-1071 |
| Lupus nephritis: A simplified approach to diagnosis and treatment in South Africa | |
| Ikechi G Okpechi, Ayanda Gcelu, Oluwatoyin I Ameh | 1071-1074 |
| Evidence-based treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and its complications | |
| Bridget Hodkinson, Mohamed Amin Makda | 1075 |
| A clinical update on paediatric lupus | |
| Graeme William Spittal, Laura B Lewandowski, Chris Scott | 1075 |
| Infections in the management of rheumatic diseases: An update | |
| Stella-Alet Botha-Scheepers, Brian Sarembock | 1076 |
| Meeting the challenges in the diagnosis of inflammatory myopathies | |
| Mouroed Manie | 1076 |
| Juvenile idiopathic arthritis – an update on its diagnosis and management | |
| Chris Scott, Nicky Brice | 1077 |
| Approach to lower back pain | |
| Farzana Moosajee, Asgar Ali Kalla | 1077 |
| Gout and hyperuricaemia | |
| Mogamat Nur Abrahams | 1078 |
CPD
| CPD questionnaire | |