The 'big five' causes of maternal death in South Africa in the 3 years 1999-2001 were non-pregnancy-related infection (mainly AIDS), complications of hypertension in pregnancy, obstetric haemorrhage, pregnancy-related sepsis and pre-existing medical conditions. Women 35 years and older were at greater risk of dying than younger women, and women in their first pregnancy or who had had 5 or more ...

The markedly high levels of preventable death and injury from COVID-19 in the UK have been refracted by government appeals to “British common-sense” response crisis. We critically explore this appeal as a generator harm continuous with free-market common-sense (FMCS) that stretches back start 1980s Thatcherite assault on state protections, “enemies within” expertise public realm, driving legiti...

Abstract Background One of the most widespread chronic respiratory disease with rising morbidity and death is obstructive pulmonary (COPD), resulting in enormous societal economic costs. COPD a widespread, avoidable, curable condition characterised by usual symptoms such as dyspnea, coughing, and/or sputum production. The goal this study was to use questionnaire analyse clinical, demographic, a...

Abstract The absence of meaningfulness in life is meaninglessness. But what the polar opposite meaningfulness? In recent and ongoing work together with Stephen Campbell Marcello di Paola respectively, I have explored we dub ‘anti-meaning’: negative counterpart positive meaning life. Here, relate this idea ‘anti-meaningful’ actions, activities, projects to topic death, particular deaths or suffe...