Constitutionally, apartheid divided South Africa into “white” and “black” South Africa. White South Africa consisted mainly of the urban areas, while black South Africa was mainly rural. Black South Africa was largely comprised of the homeland areas. However, urban areas have subsequently developed in most of the former homelands. At the same time, a number of dormitory towns were developed, ei...

A40 Persistent circulation of highly divergent HIV-1M lineages in the Congo Basin Region M. Tongo, J.R. Dorfman, Tulio de Oliveira, D.P. Martin, Africa Centre for Population Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Division of Computational Biology and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Medical Research and Stud...

Tigecycline, the first of a new class of broad-spectrum antibiotics (the glycylcyclines), has been licensed in South Africa for the parenteral treatment of adult patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections (cIAIs) and complicated skin and soft-tissue infections (cSSTIs). This article serves as a summary of the guideline on the appropriate use of tigecycline, published in mid-2010 as a...

A40 Persistent circulation of highly divergent HIV-1M lineages in the Congo Basin Region M. Tongo, J.R. Dorfman, Tulio de Oliveira, D.P. Martin, Africa Centre for Population Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Division of Computational Biology and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Medical Research and Stud...

A40 Persistent circulation of highly divergent HIV-1M lineages in the Congo Basin Region M. Tongo, J.R. Dorfman, Tulio de Oliveira, D.P. Martin, Africa Centre for Population Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Division of Computational Biology and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Institute of Medical Research and Stud...

Children's daily travel to school in Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa: geography and school choice in the Birth to Twenty cohort study Julia de Kadt, Shane A. Norris, Brahm Fleisch, Linda Richter & Seraphim Alvanides a Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesbur...

Benis Egoh⁎, Mathieu Rouget, Belinda Reyers, Andrew T. Knight, Richard M. Cowling, Albert S. van Jaarsveld, Adam Welz Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa b South African National Biodiversity Institute Private Bag x101, Pretoria 0001 Natural Resources and the Environment, Council for Scientific and In...

Modern times see an increased emphasis on the importance of sound governance in and by the local sphere of government. This holds particularly true for South Africa where, since the coming into effect of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, a number of objectives, critical functions and developmental duties have been laid before the door of local authorities. A comprehensive ...

Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe 3 International Centre for Genetic Engineering a...

South Africa, like the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, has a disproportionate burden of disease and a shortage of health professionals. Telemedicine has been identified as a possible way of overcoming part of the problem but telemedicine has not been widely adopted. In the public sector hospitals in South Africa which serve 82% of the population there are 2.5 physiotherapists and 2 occupational the...