AJTCCM Vol. 31 No. 3 | African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine

Issue highlights

Silicosis in Zambian ex-copper miners: A cross-sectional study

Pulmonary rehabilitation across Africa: A continental evaluation of healthcare providers’ awareness, availability and utilisation, and barriers to access
Evaluation and determinants of asthma control among adult patients with asthma attending the Johannesburg academic respiratory clinics: A cross- sectional study

SATS Position Statement

South African Thoracic Society consensus statement on transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease

Published: 2025-09-04

Silicosis disease burden in Zambian ex-copper miners continues to persist: Need for policy and programmatic reform to address ongoing challenges

M Jeebhay

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Silicosis in Zambian ex-copper miners: A cross-sectional study

J M teWaterNaude, K Ngosa, M Chakulimba-Manjolo, R Ehrlich

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Pulmonary rehabilitation across Africa: A continental evaluation of healthcare providers’ awareness, availability and utilisation, and barriers to access

M Isiagi, K J Okop, K Dikgomo, F M Bickton, J Rylance, E Akurut, J Gizamba, R van Zyl-Smit

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Evaluation and determinants of asthma control among adult patients with asthma attending the Johannesburg academic respiratory clinics: A cross-sectional study

G Titus, J Clark-Buchner, Y Mbule, S Moodley, V Nephalama, T Seroka; T Stransky; L Wagener, A Graham, M L Wong, E J Shaddock

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Case report: Mycobacterium tuberculosis pericardial cyst presenting as right heart failure in an immunocompromised patient

T K Shozi, N Mvelase, K Swe Swe-Han

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South African Thoracic Society consensus statement on transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease

C F N Koegelenberg, N Singh, A Esmail, R Hofmeyr, A Graham, B W Allwood, U Lalla, P Goussard, K Dheda

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First-line treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis with prednisone or methotrexate

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The SA Thoracic Society & The Allergy Society of SA Congress 2025

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Editorial board

Editor-in-chief

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.

Deputy Editor

Prof C Koegelenberg, MB ChB, MMed (Int), FCP (SA), MRCP (UK), Cert Pulm (SA), PhD. Senior Specialist: Pulmonology & General Medicine, University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa.

Section Editor: Breath-taking News

Prof E M Irusen, MB ChB, FCP(SA), PhD. Head: Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stellenbosch & Tygerberg Academic Hospital, South Africa.

President SA Thoracic Society

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.
Expertise: Paediatrics, asthma, chronic lung disease, epidemiology

Editorials

Silicosis disease burden in Zambian ex-copper miners continues to persist: Need for policy and programmatic reform to address ongoing challenges

Erratum

Erratum

Original Research: Articles

Silicosis in Zambian ex-copper miners: A cross-sectional study

Pulmonary rehabilitation across Africa: A continental evaluation of healthcare providers’ awareness, availability and utilisation, and barriers to access

Evaluation and determinants of asthma control among adult patients with asthma attending the Johannesburg academic respiratory clinics: A cross-sectional study

Correspondence

Case report: Mycobacterium tuberculosis pericardial cyst presenting as right heart failure in an immunocompromised patient

Guidelines, position statements and recommendation-type articles

South African Thoracic Society consensus statement on transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease

Breath-Taking News

First-line treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis with prednisone or methotrexate

Abstracts

The SA Thoracic Society & The Allergy Society of SA Congress 2025