Species of Leucadendron, Leucospermum and Protea (Proteaceae) are in high demand for the international floriculture market due to their brightly coloured and textured flowers or bracts. Fungal pathogens, however, create a serious problem in cultivating flawless blooms. The aim of the present study was to characterise several of these pathogens using morphology, culture characteristics, and DNA ...

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OBJECTIVES To estimate the burden of disease attributable to high blood pressure (BP) in adults aged 30 years and older in South Africa in 2000. DESIGN World Health Organization comparative risk assessment (CRA) methodology was followed. Mean systolic BP (SBP) estimates by age and sex were obtained from the 1998 South African Demographic and Health Survey adult data. Population-attributable f...

This article briefly reviews the history and epidemiology of measles, mumps and rubella disease and the case for introducing combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine into the national childhood immunization schedule in South Africa. Despite adopting the World Health Organization's Measles Elimination strategy in 1996 and achieving a significant decrease the incidence of measles, added ef...

helped individuals within the apartheid system to bring about change within their organizations as well as raising the awareness of the inequities of the apartheid system overseas. The National Medical and Dental Association was formed in 1982 by 1000 progressive doctors in South Africa and represents an alternative to the establishment Medical Association of South Africa. These progressive doc...

In this article I explore the function that religious rituals play in the context of poverty amongst the members of the Corinthian Church of South Africa based in Durban, South Africa. I seek to address three questions: what generates friendship, what enhances fellowship, and more importantly what fosters service in the Corinthian Church of South Africa in Durban, KwaZulu– Natal and the worship...

GREGORY R TINTINGER*, VAN DER MERWE JJ*, FICKL H°, RHEEDER P*, FELDMAN C, ANDERSON R° *Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa; °Medical Research Council Unit for Inflammation and Immunity, Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria, and Tshwane Academic Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Pretoria, South Africa; an...

2010;23(4) S Afr J Clin Nutr a Lategan R, MSc Dietetics a Steenkamp L, PhD Dietetics b Joubert G, BA, MSc c Le Roux M, BSc (Diet), Hons (Diet) a Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa b Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa c Department...

This chapter examines progress made in the transformation of nursing education with respect to relevant changes that are currently taking place in South Africa and within the framework of the Department of Health’s White Paper for the Transformation of the Health System in South Africa. The chapter outlines basic nursing education and training programmes available in South Africa immediately pr...