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May 2020, Vol. 110, No. 5FROM THE EDITOR
334 Fear, mistrust and misinformation B Farham
CORRESPONDENCE
335 COVID-19 exposes health worker shortages in the USA and UK, but nationalism and self-interest must not exploit medical workforces from low- and middle-income countries
J J Fagan, L Cairncross, B Biccard, G Fieggen, S Maswime
336 Benefit v. risk when using chloroquine in patients with severe COVID-19 disease
E H Decloedt, H Reuter, B Allwood, A Parker, C F N Koegelenberg, M Blockman, J Taljaard 337 Lockdown and our national supply of blood products
R D Wise, M W Gibbs, V J Louw
338 Compensation for occupationally acquired COVID-19 R George, A George
339 Decisive and strong leadership and intersectoral action from South Africa in response to the COVID-19 virus
L Nkonki, S Fonn
341 COVID-19 and tuberculosis in South Africa: A dangerous combination J Boffa, T Mhlaba, G Sulis, S Moyo, Z Sifumba, M Pai, A Daftary
343 Capacity building during COVID-19: Utilising South Africa’s underutilised international medical graduates
J M Le Grange, S J Dickinson, J R J Davis
345 Where are we in the battle of ending tuberculosis in children and adolescents in South Africa?
K du Preez, J A Seddon, H S Schaaf, A C Hesseling
347 Lamenting the changes in clinical bedside paediatric teaching at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital: More resources are needed to train effective doctors
A George, Z Dangor, S G Lala
IZINDABA
OBITUARY 348 Gita Ramjee
H M Coovadia BOOK REVIEW
349 Handbook for the Management of Breast Cancer in a General Hospital, ed. by Jenny Edge and Ines Buccimazza
F Malherbe
EDITORIALS
350 Bioethics and self-isolation: What about low-resource settings?
S Adam, G Lindeque, P Soma-Pillay
353 A South African cerebral palsy registry is needed
T J Katangwe, R van Toorn, R S Solomons, K Donald, S Steel, P E Springer, M Kruger
IN PRACTICE
HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
355 Critical care triaging in the shadow of COVID-19: Ethics considerations J A Singh, K Moodley
ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH
360 National Neonatal Sepsis Task Force launch: Supporting infection prevention and surveillance, outbreak investigation and antimicrobial stewardship in neonatal units in South Africa A Dramowski, S Velaphi, G Reubenson, A Bekker, O Perovic, H Finlayson, A Duse, N R Rhoda, N P Govender
MAY 2020 VOL. 110 NO. 5
EDITOR
Bridget Farham, BSc Hons, PhD, MB ChB EDITORS EMERITUS
Daniel J Ncayiyana, MD (Groningen), FACOG, MD (Hon.), FCM (Hon.) J P de V van Niekerk, MD, FRCR Janet Seggie, BSc Hons, MD (Birm), FRCP (Lond), FCP (SA)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Q Abdool Karim, A Dhai, R C Pattinson, A Rothberg, A A Stulting, J Surka, B Taylor, M Blockman, J M Pettifor, W Edridge, R P Abratt, D L Clarke, F N Gumedze ACTING GENERAL MANAGER Dr Vusumuzi Nhlapho HEAD OF PUBLISHING Diane Smith | Tel. 012 481 2069 Email: [email protected] MANAGING EDITORS Claudia Naidu Naadia van der Bergh TECHNICAL EDITORS Emma Buchanan Kirsten Morreira Paula van der Bijl
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May 2020, Vol. 110, No. 5 MEDICINE AND THE LAW364 Guidelines for the use of WhatsApp groups in clinical settings in South Africa C Bouter, B Venter, H Etheredge
RESEARCH
369 The training of healthcare professionals: An expense or an investment?
R G MacGregor, G Zihindula, L Chola, A J Ross
374 Bellwether operations in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, are performed at regional and tertiary rather than district hospitals
A Tefera, E Lutge, D L Clarke
377 Sexual and gender-based violence and HIV in South Africa: An HIV facility-based study L Artz, L Klazinga, A Müller
382 It’s contrary – comorbidity does not affect survival of South Africans with colorectal cancer:
An analysis from the Colorectal Cancer in South Africa cohort
C Bouter, B Bebington, S Maphosa, H Maher, P Gaylard, H R Etheredge, J Fabian, L Prodehl, D Surridge, R L Fourie, N Harran, D Lutrin, D Bizos, P Ruff
389 Workers’ compensation claims for occupational tuberculosis in South African health workers:
Outcomes and workers’ experiences N van de Water, A Yassi, R Ehrlich
396 Mind the message: Referral letter quality at a South African medical outpatient department I L Haeusler, M Sajan, A Parrish
400 Hanging-related injury in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
J J P Buitendag, A Ras, V Y Kong, R D Weale, J Blodgett, J L Bruce, D L Clarke, G L Laing 403 Postoperative infections: Aetiology, incidence and risk factors among neurosurgical patients in
Mthatha, South Africa
C Bokop Fotso, D T Abaver, D Muballe, S Vasaikar, T Apalata
409 Investigating hair zinc concentrations in children with and without atopic dermatitis N A Gray, T M Esterhuizen, N P Khumalo, D J Stein
416 Correlation between self-monitored mean blood glucose and average plasma glucose estimated from glycated haemoglobin in patients attending the diabetes clinic at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
M K Nkoana, A A Khine
422 Tuberculosis burden in stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients undergoing dialysis therapy at Livingstone Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
S Ndamase, I Okpechi, H Carrara, J Black, G Calligaro, R Freercks CPD QUESTIONS
COVID-19 Bioethics and self-isolation – what about low-resource settings?
Critical care triaging in the shadow of COVID-19: Ethical considerations IN PRACTICE National neonatal sepsis task force launch Guidelines for WhatsApp groups in the clinical setting in South Africa RESEARCH Training healthcare professionals:
An expense or an investment?
Sexual and gender-based violence in South Africa: An HIV facility-based study Management of hanging-related injury at a major trauma centre in South Africa The burden of tuberculosis in patients with stage 5 chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis
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