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  • SAMJ Vol. 115 no. 3

     

    DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEMS 

    Ritshidze’s community-led monitoring system as a source of information on health system responsiveness in South Africa 

    IN PRACTICE 

    Severe lithium-induced nephrogenic diabetes insipidus: The diuresis paradox 

    RESEARCH 

    High frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children admitted to academic hospitals in central South Africa 

    A critical analysis of adult platelet product utilisation in South Africa, 2014 - 2021 

    Disparities in access to treatment in relation to quality of life in people diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in the South African healthcare setting 

  • SAMJ Vol. 115 No. 2

    DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEMS

    The implementation of community-oriented primary care in the Cape Metro Health District: A programme evaluation

    IN PRACTICE

    Effective cannabis testing protocols for workplace safety in South Africa post-legalisation: Navigating the new normal

    RESEARCH

    Identification and management of iron deficiency anaemia in hospitalised children in Durban, South Africa

    Evaluation of wastage of commonly used anaesthetic agents in the operating theatres of a South African teaching hospital

    The use of a urine lipoarabinomannan test in clinical decision-making regarding empiric tuberculosis treatment among HIV-positive patients suspected to have tuberculosis

    Response and remission after first-line corticosteroid therapy in primary immune thrombocytopenia

  • SAMJ Vol. 115 no. 1

    EDITORIAL

    Heritable human genome editing in South Africa – time for a reality check

    IN PRACTICE

    Addressing the limitations of the regulatory landscape in South Africa regarding advanced cell and gene therapies and related sectors involving human cells, tissues and organs

    RESEARCH

    An initial benchmark of the quality of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer in South Africa

    The incidence of incomplete abortion and the prevalence of abortion-related morbidity in South African public hospitals, 2018

    The clinical utility of tissue polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture and tissue histology in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in South Africa – insights from the Groote Schuur Hospital Infective Endocarditis Registry

    An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation of the National Health Insurance

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 12

    EDITORIAL

    The synergistic health syndemic of HIV and cancer of the cervix in women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: Decrying the dearth of information 

    IN PRACTICE

    The dawn of preventing respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infections in children

    Cyberattack on the National Health Laboratory Service of South Africa – implications, response and recommendations

    RESEARCH

    Exploring the role of district clinical specialist teams in maternal health outcomes in a South African district

    Post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers in privately insured patients in South Africa

    The management and clinical outcome of paracetamol poisoning in South African adults

    Impact of pharmacist-prescriber partnerships to track antibiotic prescribing in publicly funded primary care

    Prevalence, associated factors, management and outcomes of hypokalaemia in hospitalised patients

    Paediatric nephroblastoma at a South African tertiary hospital: A 21-year retrospective analysis

    Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 11

    CME

    The South African Guidelines on Enuresis – an update 2024

    Case report

    First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa

    RESEARCH

    The COVID-19 pandemic and blood utilisation in South Africa

    Evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographical and histopathological characteristics in patients with spinal tuberculosis in the context of HIV infection: An analysis of 52 patients from a South African tertiary hospital

    Analysis of emergency centre recidivism for interpersonal violence in a district-level hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

    Fairway to fractures: Income inequality and violent crime as the driving factors for golf club- related assaults – a case series of 21 compound skull fractures

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 10

    IN PRACTICE

    Unilateral superior vena cava syndrome: An uncommon complication of a commonly used procedure

    The changing landscape of antimicrobial resistance and use in South Africa: The need for access to new antibiotics: A position paper

    Severe mpox in an immunocompromised patient, South Africa 2024

    RESEARCH

    A decade-long overview of adverse events in a tertiary surgical service in South Africa

    A quantitative assessment of the time to complete the Master of Medicine research thesis in a cohort of paediatrics registrars at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

     

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 No. 9

    Editorial

    Strengthening primary care mental health services – lessons from the South African HIV programme

    CME

    Introduction to the South African Rheumatism and Arthritis Association 2024 guidelines

    In Practice

    What’s in and what’s out? Recommendations for developing a legally sound health technology assessment process for South Africa’s National Health Insurance

    Research

    THrombosis AETiology of Aviation-Related Travel: The THETA θ study

    Vaccines in the fight against antimicrobial resistance – perspectives from South Africa

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 8

    From the editor

    ASSAf launches its consensus study: Achieving good governance and management in the South African health system

    In Practice

    Primary ciliary dyskinesia: Meeting the challenges of diagnosis in South Africa 

    The Ministerial Advisory Committees and 3 years of COVID-19 expertise – is the Department of Health’s model for information-sharing pandemic-ready?

    Research

    The prevalence and distribution of malaria in Mpumalanga Province before and during COVID-19 (2017-2022)

    From economics to health outcomes: Delving into the significance of reduced insulin prices

     

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 No. 7

     

    Editorial

    Challenges in setting up the antiretroviral paediatric registry in South Africa: Lessons learned from Free State Province clinics

    In Practice

    Time to be seen and heard: Including children’s and adolescents’ voices in the South African TB response

    Research

    Rural-urban disparities and socioeconomic determinants of caesarean delivery rates in Zimbabwe

    An analysis of referral patterns of traumatic brain injury at Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre

    Death trends for 2010 - 2022 for members of a large private medical scheme in South Africa

     

     

  • UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA SCHOOL OF HEALTH SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC HEALTH 25TH ANNIVERSARY SUPPLEMENT

    This special issue of the South African Medical Journal celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the University of Pretoria’s School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH).

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 6

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 No. 5

    CME

    The South African Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines

    Liver cystic echinococcosis: A retrospective study on the demographics and clinical profile of patients managed at a single tertiary institution in central Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

    In Practice

    Will South Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals target for maternal mortality by 2030?

    Research

    Characteristics, clinical manifestations and management of leprosy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A 20-year retrospective study

    Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa

    The prevalence of malaria in the five districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa, 2015 - 2017

     

  • The state of transplantation in South Africa

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 4

    CME

    Urology care in South Africa: A call for collaboration

    In Practice

    Policy brief: Optimising antimicrobial usage in paediatric inpatient hospital settings

    Research

    Towards developing new private sector obstetric care and contracting models in South Africa: Insights from public hospitals using private general practitioners to provide caesarean deliveries

    How far? Travel burdens for children admitted to hospitals in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

    Prevalence and predictors of severe Crohn’s disease at a tertiary hospital in South Africa

    Diagnosis and presenting features of autoimmune hepatitis at a central referral hospital in South Africa

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 3

    EDITORIAL

    Obesity is South Africa’s new HIV epidemic

    IN PRACTICE

    South African healthcare reforms towards universal healthcare – where to next?

    RESEARCH

    Contribution of a bonded scholarship scheme to staffing rural health facilities

    Differential management and associations of dyslipidaemia and hypertension by glycaemic status in urban South Africans

    Cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation in South Africa: One-year outcome from the Cryo Global Registry

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 2

    EDITORIAL

    A good death

    IN PRACTICE

    The role of new hepatitis B vaccines in South Africa

    RESEARCH

    Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa

    Community perceptions of community health worker effectiveness: Contributions to health behaviour change in an urban health district in South Africa

    The burden and outcomes of firearm injuries at two district-level emergency centres in Cape Town, South Africa: A descriptive analysis

  • Guidance for the gastrointestinal evaluation and management of iron deficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • SAMJ Vol. 114 no. 1

    IN PRACTICE

    Recurrent venous thrombosis – an unusual first presentation of autoimmune polyendocrinopathy syndrome type 3B

    Artificial intelligence (AI) or augmented intelligence? How big data and AI are transforming healthcare: Challenges and opportunities

    RESEARCH

    Pancreatic cancer mortality in South Africa: A case-control study

    Evaluation of the impact of PEPFAR transition on retention in care in South Africa’s Western Cape Province

    Progress towards 90-90-90 and 95-95-95 strategy implementations and HIV positivity trends in the City of Johannesburg

  • Vol. 113 No. 12 (2023)

    SPECIAL SERIES ON THE DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM

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

    IN PRACTICE

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

    RESEARCH

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

    Antivirals for the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19

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

  • Vol. 113 No. 11 (2023)

    SPECIAL SERIES ON THE DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM

    Improving health outcomes and quality at the subdistrict level

    RESEARCH

    Trisomy 21 screening with αlpha software and the Fetal Medicine Foundation algorithm

    Dyslipidaemia in patients with chronic kidney disease – a neglected cardiovascular risk factor

    The use of emergency medical services for palliative situations in Western Cape Province, South Africa

    Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in an era of shorter regimens

  • Vol. 113 No. 10 (2023)

    FROM THE EDITOR

    Universal health coverage: Can anyone afford it?

    CORRESPONDENCE

    Specimen rejection in a high-throughput TB laboratory: A descriptive study

    RESEARCH

    Prevention of vertical transmission of HIV in Khayelitsha, South Africa: A contemporary review of services 20 years later

    Burn injuries in KwaZulu-Natal: Quantifying the healthcare burden

    Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on low birth weight in Soweto, South Africa

    Prevalence and outcome of acute kidney injury in burn victims at a tertiary centre in Cape Town, South Africa

  • Vol. 113 No. 9 (2023)

    GUEST EDITORIAL

    Postpartum depression: Addressing misinformation and harmful attitudes

    IN PRACTICE

    Failure to obtain informed consent – is it a criminal offence?

    Causation of term perinatal hypoxic-ischaemic basal ganglia and thalamus injury in the context of cerebral palsy litigation: Position statement

    RESEARCH

    Utilisation and optimisation of beta-adrenergic receptor blockers over a 6-month period among chronic heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction 

    Further evidence of misclassification of the injury deaths in South Africa: When will the barriers to accurate injury death statistics be removed? 

    Perinatal outcome of maternal deaths at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, January 2014 - June 2019

    Prevalence of comorbid disease and associated risk factors among homeless people living in temporary shelters during the COVID-19 lockdown in Tshwane, South Africa

  • Vol. 113 No. 8 (2023)

    EDITORIAL

    Urgent appeal to allow all professional nurses and midwives to prescribe PrEP in SA

    IN PRACTICE

    Cavernous tinus thrombosis: A rare and potentially lethal complication of herpes zoster ophthalmicus that can be easily missed

    Potential drug-drug interactions with phentermine among long-term phentermine consumers: A retrospective analysis SA, 2018 - 2020

     

    RESEARCH

    Cancer mortality trends in South Africa: 1997 - 2016

    Signal of harm in morphine use in adults with pulmonary oedema: A rapid systematic review

    Acute angioedema in emergency centres, Cape Town, SA, 2018 - 2020

  • Vol. 113 No. 7 (2023)

    CME

    Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans: Special patient groups and surgical aspects

    IN PRACTICE

    Namibian spitting cobra, Naja nigricinta nigricinta (zebra snake): Oral flora and antibiotic sensitivity, a cross- sectional study

    RESEARCH

    Evaluation of the national clinical sentinel surveillance system for sexually transmitted infections in SA

    Profile of human papillomavirus genotypes in breast and oesophageal cancer patients in Pretoria, SA

    Private healthcare sector spinal surgery: Patient and surgeon profiles from a large open medical scheme in SA

  • Vol. 113 No. 6 (2023)

    CME

    Approach to the diagnosis and management of snakebite envenomation in South Africa in humans: The hospital phase – emergency unit general principles

    IN PRACTICE

    Bronchiolitis v. bronchopneumonia: Navigating antibiotic use within the lower respiratory tract infection spectrum

    Ivermectin drug-induced liver injury

    RESEARCH

    Periprosthetic joint infection: A South African perspective

    Factors associated with COVID-19 inpatient mortality cases within 24 hours

    Investigating blood alcohol concentrations in injury-related deaths before and during the COVID-19 national lockdown in Western Cape Province, South Africa: A cross-sectional retrospective review

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