SAMJ Vol. 115 no. 1

From the editor

• The right to access healthcare: Progressive realisation or regressive denial?

  A Dhai

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Correspondence

• In defence of South Africa’s National Health Research Ethics Council guidelines on heritable human genome editing

  Donrich Thaldar, Sheetal Soni, Larisse Prinsen, Ntokozo Mnyandu, Marietjie Botes, Julian Kinderlerer

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• Right of reply - Response to: In defence of South Africa’s National Health Research Ethics Council guidelines on heritable human genome editing

  M Ramsay, M S Pepper, J de Vries, S Mahomed, E Flack-Davison

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Editorials

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

  M Ramsay, M Pepper , J de Vries, S Mahomed, E Flack-Davison

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Tribute

• Making rural healthcare sing – Steve Reid retires

  C Bateman

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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

  I M Viljoen, M S Pepper

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Research

• 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

  S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

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• 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

  W Endres, P Mkoko, M Ntsekhe

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

  S Nietz, H Cubasch, I Buccimazza, S Čačala, B Phakathi, M Joffe, W C C Chen, S Norris, P Ruff

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

  D N Conco, J Levin, B Komane, K Blanchard, T Bessenaar, N G Nkosi, S Fonn

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• CPD

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