Vol 97, No 1 (2007)

Table of Contents

From the Editor

Evidence-based medicine is not all randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews PDF
Daniel J Ncayiyana 7

Editor's choice

Editors Choice PDF
JP van Niekerk 9

Correspondence

New protocol for HIV screening for life insurance PDF
Maritha van der Walt 10
Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in neonates PDF
C Bamford, A Whitelaw, S Haffejee 10
Educating bonesetters PDF
Anil Agarwal, Manoj Kumar Goyal 11
Does access to better housing affect personal quality of life and well-being? PDF
Margaret S Westaway 11
Post-exposure prophylaxis for rape survivors PDF
Andreas Plűddermann, Helmuth Reuter, Carol Johnson 12
Triage in emergency departments PDF
Lee A Wallis, Clive H Balfour 13

Izindaba

Bungle leads to vital world-class service PDF
  16-17
Discovery contests 'unsavoury' findings PDF
  17-19
Demystifying 'rural' allowances PDF
  20-21
Unique cartoon book to uplift/educate child diabetes PDF
  22-23

Forum

Assisted reproduction in the HIV-serodiscordant couple PDF
S Nosarka, C F Hoogendijk, T I Siebert, T F Kruger 24-26
Mesopotamian medicine PDF
F P Retief, L Cilliers 27-29
Unusual midline neck mass PDF
H B Louw, M Pienaar, G Dekker, S Andronikou, K Naidu 30-31
MIXED BAG PDF
Bridget Farham 33-34

Obituaries

Hymie Barney Klugman PDF
L S Klugman 32
Matthys Louis Burger PDF
Lizette de Jager 32

Editorial

Rolling back malaria in Africa PDF
Karen I Barnes 36-37
Responsible use of scarce health care benefits PDF
D G Burns 38-39
Preparing the health sector for the 2010 World Cup PDF
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Yogan Pillay 40

Scientific letters

Challenging racial sterotyping of AIDS in South Africa with prevalence of HIV in pregnant women PDF
Athmanundh Dilraj, Salim S Abdool Karim, Sally Pillay 42-44

Original articles

Roll back malaria - an African success story in Eritrea PDF
Jacob Mufunda, Peter Nyarago, Abdulmumini Usman, Tewolde Gebremeskel, Goitom Mebrahtu, Andom Ogbamariam, Andrew Kosia, Yohannes Ghebrat, Shashu Gebresillosie, Samuel Goitom, Eyob Araya, Girmay Andemichael, Andemariam Gebremichael 46-50
Utilisation of pathology procedures in the South African private pathology sector between 2003 and 2005 PDF
Carel Pretorius 51-57
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm - a pilot study in six medical schemes PDF
Alan D Rothberg, Heather McLeod, Laubi Walters, Martin Veller 58-62
Mandatory substitution successful? PDF
Marilena Deroukakis 63-64
Kwashiorkor - is it a dying disease? PDF
O A Oyelami, T A Ogunlesi 65-68