Vol 97, No 8 (2007)

Table of Contents

From the Editor

Eight glasses a day - the perils of pseudoscience? PDF
Nonhlanhla P Khumalo 545

Editor's choice

Editors choice PDF
JP van Niekerk 547

Correspondence

Discovery Health Premier Rate PDF
Derrick Wagenfeld, Dick van der Jagt, George du Toit 548
Infectious disease surveillance? PDF
Trevor C Modlin 548
Chris Barnard - a personal tribute to a gifted heart surgeon and a great intellect PDF
John Terblanche 550
The future of Hib vaccines PDF
Moremo Makhoana 550
Retention of a vaginal ring pessary in a postmenopausal patient PDF
W B Stephan, J du T Zaaijman 552

Izindaba

Government gets pro-active on school smokers PDF
  554
ARV needy - private GPs 'the answer' PDF
  559
SANDF chiefs brace for HIV policy challenge PDF
  562
Mandatory testing a 'human rights imperative' PDF
  565

Forum

Does the sun play a role in the aetiology for malignant melanoma? A review PDF
Charles Isaacson, Michele Ramsay 568
Tuberculosis and phrenic nerve destruction PDF
Johan J Dempers, Juanita Bezuidenhout, Johann W Schneider, Michele Janse van Rensburg 572
South African Burn Society burn stabilisation protocol PDF
Jonathan S Karpelowsky, Lee Wallis, A Madaree, Heinz Rode 574
Some early black doctors - a very politically active cohort, 1941-1954 PDF
Anne Digby 577

Obituaries

John Alistair Smith PDF
Des Sonnenfeld 581

Book reviews

Handbook of Kidney and Kidney Related Disease for Laypersons PDF
M D Pascoe 581

Editorial

Child mortality in South Africa - we have lost touch PDF
Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington 582

Scientific letters

Emergency contraception - lack of awareness among women presenting for termination of pregnancy PDF
Jennifer Moodley, Chelsea Morroni 584
Rape survivors and the provision of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis PDF
S Killian, S Suliman, N Fakier, S Seedat 585

Original articles

High AIDS-related mortality among young women in rural KwaZulu-Natal PDF
M Mashego, D Johnson, J Frohlich, H Carrara, Q Abdool Karim 587
Cost of a dedicated ART clinic PDF
Guy Harling, Linda-Gail Bekker, Robin Wood 593
Dog bite injuries in children - a review of data from a South African trauma unit PDF
JP Dwyer, TS Douglas, AB van As 597
Poor adherence to South African guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia PDF
K Nyamande, U G Lallo 601

Abstracts

ASSA/SAGES CONGRESS 2007,8-12 AUGUST PDF
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Guidelines

Messages PDF
Anthony Mbewu, Colin D Mathers 635
A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: Towards promoting health and preventing disease PDF
Rosana Norman, Debbie Bradshaw, Michele Schneider, Jane Joubert, Pam Groenewald, Simon Lewin, Krisela Steyn, Theo Vos, Ria Loubscher, Nadine Nannan, Beatrice Nojilana, Desiree Pieterse, the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 637
Strenghtening public health in South Africa: Building a stronger evidence base for improving the health of the nation PDF
Debbie Bradshaw, Rosana Norman, Simon Lewin, Jane Joubert, Michelle Schneider, Nadine Nannan, Pam Groenewald, Ria Laubscher, Richard Matzopoulos, Beatrice Nojilana, Desiree Pieterse, Krisela Steyn, Theo Vos, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 643
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to interpersonal violence in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Debbie Bradshaw, Michelle Schneider, Rachel Jewkes, Shanaaz Mathews, Naeemah Abrahams, Richard Matzopoulos, Theo Vos, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 653
The burden of disease attributable to sexually transmitted infections in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Leigh Johnson, Debbie Bradshaw, Rob Dorrington, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 658
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to alcohol use in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Michelle Schneider, Rosana Norman, Charles Parry, Debbie Bradshaw, Andreas Pluddemann, and the South African Comaparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 664
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to smoking in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Pam Groenewald, Theo Vos, Rosana Norman, Ria Laubscher, Corne van Walbeek, Yussuf Saloojee, Freddy Sitas, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 674
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to excess body weight in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Jane Joubert, Rosana Norman, Debbie Bradshaw, Julia H Goedecke, Nelia P Steyn, Thandi Puoane, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborative Group 683
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to high blood pressure in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Thomas Gaziano, Ria Laubscher, Krisela Steyn, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Callaborative Group 692
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to diabetes in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Debbie Bradshaw, Rosana Norman, Desiree Pieterse, Naomi S Levitt, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborative Group 700
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to high cholesterol in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Debbie Bradshaw, Krisela Steyn, Thomas Gaziano, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaboarative Group 708
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Michelle Schneider, Rosana Norman, Neila Steyn, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborative Group 717
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to physical inactivity in South African in 2000 PDF
Jane Joubert, Rosana Norman, Estelle V Lambert, Pam Groenewald, Michelle Schneider, Fiona Bull, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 725
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to childhood and maternal undernutrition in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Nadine Nannan, Rosana Norman, Michael Hendricks, Muhammad A Dhansay, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 733
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to iron deficiency anaemia in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Beatrice Nojilana, Rosana Norman, Muhammad A Dhansay, Demetre Labadarios, Martha E van Stuijvenberg, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 741
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to vitamin A deficiency in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Beatrice Nojilana, Rosana Norman, Debbie Bradshaw, Martha E van Stuijvenberg, Muhammad A Dhansay, Demetre Labadarios, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 748
Estimationg the burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Simon Lewin, Rosana Norman, Nadine Nannan, Elizabeth Thomas, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 755
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to indoor air pollution from household use of solid fuels in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Brendon Barnes, Angela Mathee, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 764
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to lead exposure in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Angela Mathee, Brendon Barnes, Lize van der Merwe, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 773
Estimating the burden of disease attributable to urban outdoor air pollution in South Africa in 2000 PDF
Rosana Norman, Eugene Cairncross, Jongikhaya Witi, Debbie Bradshaw, and the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group 782