Do all children in South Africa have access to dedicated paediatric intensive care?

P Goussard

doi:10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i3.272

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Published: 2022-09-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2022.v28i3.272

P Goussard

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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Goussard P. Do all children in South Africa have access to dedicated paediatric intensive care?. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 19 [cited 2025 Oct. 2];28(3):102-3. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/236

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Prof K Dheda, MB BCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Head Department the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Professor of Mycobacteriology and Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Director, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa.

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Prof. R Masekela, MB BCh, MMed (Paeds)Pret, Dipl Allerg (SA), PhD, FCCP. Adjunct Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa.
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