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Associations between human leukocyte antigen class I variants and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis subtypes causing disease
(Oxford University Press, 2013)
BACKGROUND. The development of active tuberculosis disease has been shown to be multifactorial. Interactions between host and bacterial genotype may influence disease outcome, with some studies indicating the adaptation ...
Prevalence of musculoskelatal disorders among instrumental musicians at a Center for Performing Arts in South Africa
(Science & Medicine, 2013)
The prevalence of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders
(PRMD) is high in various countries of the world, but there is a
paucity of literature in Africa. The aim of this study was to determine
the prevalence of PRMDs ...
Patient-Control Association Study of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Gene in South African Parkinson's Disease Patients
(National Institute of Health, 2013)
The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene is of interest to Parkinson's disease (PD) as it
has been implicated in both familial and sporadic forms of the disorder.1 PD-susceptibility
alleles in LRRK2 appear to be ...
Untangling the Lion's Tale: Violent masculinity and the ethics of biography in the 'Curious' case of the apartheid-era policeman Donald Card
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
Donald Card (1928–) is a former policeman in South Africa who became the subject of
international media attention on 21 September 2004. In a highly publicised and symbolic
ceremony of reconciliation inaugurating the ...
Tracing shadows: How gendered power relations shape the impacts of maternal death on living children in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Elsevier, 2015)
Driven by the need to better understand the full and intergenerational toll of maternal mortality (MM), a mixed-methods study was conducted in four countries in sub-Saharan Africa to investigate the impacts of maternal ...
Analysis of human resources for health strategies and policies in 5 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, in response to GFATM AND Pepfar-funded HIV-activities
(BioMed Central -The Open Access Publisher, 2013)
BACKGROUND: Global Health Initiatives (GHIs), aiming at reducing the impact of specific diseases such as Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), have flourished since 2000. Amongst these, PEPFAR and GFATM have provided ...
Camp Lwandle: Rehabilitating a migrant labour hostel at the seaside
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)
In southern African narratives of migrant labour, hostels and compounds are
represented as typical examples of colonial and apartheid planning. Visual and
spatial comparisons are consistently made between the regulatory ...
Nuclear Politics of Denial: South Africa and the Additional Protocol
(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013)
South Africa was one of the first states to conclude an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2002, allowing the IAEA greater right of access to safeguard nuclear activities and material. ...
The Geopolitical Environment in Namibia: Business Challenges and Opportunities
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)
Geopolitics and business development is a buzz word. There is a serious link between population
growth and the environment. This is basically found somewhere between the view that population growth is solely
responsible ...
Assessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaAssessment of the uptake of neonatal and young infant referrals by community health workers to public health facilities in an urban informal settlement, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(Biomed CentralBiomed Central, 2013)
Background: Globally, 40% of the 7.6 million deaths of children under five every year occur in the neonatal period
(first 28 days after birth). Increased and earlier recognition of illness facilitated by community health ...