The novels of South-African born Mauritian writer and activist Lindsey Collen expose a historical continuum class exploitation, ranging from the slave past country including both pre-abolition African slavery together with indentured labour Indian subcontinent to post-independence sweat-shop toil, ill-paid domestic exploited agricultural workers. Her latest novel date, Malaria Man Neighbours (2...

The authors report on the current status of work on residues of veterinary medicinal products and, in particular, antimicrobial residues in foods of animal origin. This review focuses on residues of veterinary antimicrobials, antimicrobials used in livestock production, the concept of residues, and antimicrobial residues in foods of animal origin. Only one antimicrobial substance has been appro...

This article examines the rationales of European Union (EU) and Organisation African, Caribbean Pacific States (OACPS) in preparations negotiations successor to Cotonou Agreement, paying particular attention contested issues. It argues that EU-OACPS Agreement constitutes a fundamental break from past practices, at least apparently: with regards form, it introduces an unprecedented framework for...

The BokSmart National Rugby Safety Programme is a joint initiative between the South African Rugby Union and the Chris Burger/Petro Jackson Players Fund aimed at implementing evidencebased sports medicine and exercise research to prevent injury and enhance performance at all levels of rugby union in South Africa. The BokSmart programme has four main elements: Ø the BokSmart Rugby Safety Worksho...

Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain major causes of heart failure, stroke and death among African women and children, despite being preventable and imminently treatable. From 21 to 22 February 2015, the Social Cluster of the Africa Union Commission (AUC) hosted a consultation with RHD experts convened by the Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) in Addis Ab...

BACKGROUND Migrants account for 35% of HIV diagnoses in the European Union (ECDC/WHO 2014). Little is known about the impact of such a lifelong infection diagnosis on lives that are already disrupted by migration. In this paper, we assess the impact of HIV diagnosis on activity, union, well-being among African migrants living in France, the second group most affected by HIV after MSM. We compar...