1157 December 2021, Vol. 111, No. 12
FROM THE EDITOR
1159 Focusing on goals B Farham
1160 Thank you from SAMA and the editors B Farham
CORRESPONDENCE
1162 Pharmacist-initiated management of antiretroviral therapy (PIMART)
S Moodley, A Gray, N Schellack, F Venter, F Suleman, R B Walker, Y Choonara, I Truter, J Maimin, S F Malan, J Hattingh, J C Meyer, P Demana, I Kotzé, N Kubashe, T K Komape, S van Wyk, M Eksteen
1164 Zimbabwe’s vaccination momentum needs an ‘urgent boost’ ahead of an imminent COVID-19 resurgence
G Murewanhema, T Dzinamarira, M Mapingure, I Chingombe, S Mukwenha, G Musuka, R Madziva, H Herrera
IZINDABA
OBITUARIES 1166 Thesigamoney Reddy
L Kunnie
1167 Michael Charles Kew
S Thomson, J Krige, W Spearman, M Sonderup, C Kassianides
EDITORIALS
1168 Therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy should not be discontinued in low- and middle-income countries
D E Ballot, T D Ramdin, R M Bandini, F Nakwa, S Velaphi, M Coetzee, K Masemola, G J D Kali, A R Horn, S Pillay, J van Rensburg, M S Pepper
1170 Improving the follow-up of childhood cancer survivors in South Africa A van Zyl, P C Rogers, M Kruger
IN PRACTICE
MEDICINE AND THE LAW
1172 Refusal for religious reasons of a blood transfusion for her husband by wife as legal proxy ignored by the doctors – can the wife claim damages?
D J McQuoid-Mason
RESEARCH
1174 Maternal and neonatal outcomes of COVID-19 in a high-risk pregnant cohort with and without HIV L de Waard, E Langenegger, K Erasmus, T van der Merwe, S E Olivier, N du Toit, C Paulsen, N Nkangana, M van Niekerk, A Moodley, S Schell, J Taljaard, M H Botha, A Dramowski, C A Cluver, A Bekker
1181 Effect of COVID-19 on HIV, tuberculosis, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV indicators in Mopani district, South Africa
C Mutyambizi, J Dunlop, C Maluleke, L Ranoto, T Chetty, R Ndou, H Struthers, J A Mcintyre, K Rees 1190 A natural history of efavirenz drug-induced liver injury
D Maughan, M Sonderup, N Gogela, M Locketz, H Wainwright, M Setshedi, C W Spearman DECEMBER 2021 VOL. 111 NO. 12
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 CEO Dr Vusumuzi Nhlapho
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1158 December 2021, Vol. 111, No. 12 1197 Retain rural doctors: Burnout, depression and anxiety in medical doctors working in rural
KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa S Hain, A Tomita, P Milligan, B Chiliza
1205 Stroke: A retrospective review of the incidence and epidemiology in a South African academic hospital emergency department
S Tribelhorn, F Motara, C M Lewis
1211 Secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors
S Pilusa, H Myezwa, J Potterton CPD QUESTIONS
EDITORIAL Improving the follow-up of childhood cancer survivors in South Africa RESEARCH
Effect of COVID-19 on HIV, TB and PMTCT indicators in Mopani district, South Africa A natural history of efavirenz drug-induced liver injury Burnout, depression and anxiety in medical doctors working in rural KwaZulu-Natal Stroke: A retrospective review of the incidence and epidemiology at a South African academic emergency department
Secondary health conditions in people with spinal cord injury in South Africa: Prevalence and associated factors DECEMBER 2021 VOL. 111 NO. 12
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