South African Medical Journal

From the editor

• Thank you from SAMA and the editors

  B Farham

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• On a lighter note...

  B Farham

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Retraction

• Retraction

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Editorials

• The advantages of rare disease biobanking: A localised source of genetic knowledge to benefit the South African rare disease community and related stakeholders worldwide

  M Dercksen, E H Conradie, C J Hendriksz, H Malherbe, B C Vorster

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DHS series

• District Health System performance in South Africa: Are current monitoring systems optimal?

  P Barron, H Mahomed, Thulani, K Vallabhjee, H Schneider

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In Practice

• Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations

  J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan

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• Implementing E-MOTIVE for detection and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage in South Africa

  M Singata-Madliki, S Fawcus, N Moran, Edna Arends, E Muller, S Mandondo, G J Hofmeyr

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Review

• Wrong-route drug administration errors: A review of the literature

  J Taylor, M Blockman

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• Antivirals for the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19 in South Africa

  R Perumal, V Naidoo, S Govender, T N Gengiah

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Research

• An outbreak within an outbreak: The impact of Infection Prevention and Control strategies on hospital-acquired infections and the occurrence of multi-drug resistant organisms during the COVID-19 pandemic

  B Mashigo, A Parker, U Lalla, B W Allwood, M S Moolla, T Lovelock, C F N Koegelenberg

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• Knowledge, attitudes and practices of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among healthcare workers in the Ekurhuleni District, South Africa

  E Mahlare, E Ramutshila, A Musekiwa, L Kuonza, T Mabuto

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• CPD

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