The South African Medical Journal (SAMJ) - first published in 1884 - is a monthly, peer reviewed, general medical journal publishing leading research impacting clinical care in Africa. The journal now incorporates continuing medical education (CME).
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SAMJ May 2021 |
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The full issue of Vol. 111 No. 5 is available for viewing and download under 'Issues' |
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| Posted: 2020-07-08 | |
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Online First: COVID-19 in South Africa
Table of Contents
Editorial
| Hunger as a driver of depressive symptoms: Optimising responses to mental health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| X Hunt, D J Stein, N Spaull, M Tomlinson |
| COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in South Africa: A complex social phenomenon | |
| S Cooper, H van Rooyen, C S Wiysonge |
Correspondence
| Personal and occupational experiences of COVID-19 and their effects on South African health workers’ wellbeing | |
| R Curran, M Bachmann, A J van Rensburg, J Murdoch, A Awotiwon, C-J Ras, I Petersen, L Fairall |
| Telerheumatology in the era of COVID-19 in South Africa | |
| S D Ntshalintshali, T Zwane, R du Toit |
| A call to action: Temporal trends of COVID-19 deaths in the South African Muslim community | |
| W Jassat, Z Brey, S Parker, M Wadee, S Wadee, S A Madhi |
In Practice
| COVID-19 mass vaccination campaign for healthcare workers in a low-resource setting: A clinician-driven initiative | |
| D L Reddy, Z Dangor, N Lala, J Johnstone, L Maswabi, J M L Tsitsi |
| Impact of COVID-19 on routine primary healthcare services in South Africa | |
| Y Pillay, S Pienaar, P Barron, T Zondi |
| Access to chloroquine in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases attending rheumatology outpatient clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| S D Ntshalintshali, EM Geldenhuys, F Moosajee, W A M Musa, L du Plessis, A Viljoen, D Fortuin, R du Toit |
Research
| Estimating the surgical backlog from the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa: A retrospective analysis of six government hospitals | |
| K M Chu, J Marco, H Bougard, C P Strauss, L Bertels, A E Victor, L van der Walt, A Goliath, R Duvenage |
| Tracking mortality in near to real time provides essential information about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa in 2020 | |
| D Bradshaw, R E Dorrington, R Laubscher, T A Moultrie, P Groenewald |