Business Incubation in the Eastern Cape

Trauma care - the Eastern Cape story.

While I am writing this editorial, the bloodshed seen in the casualty, emergency and trauma units across the Eastern Cape province still harbours fresh in my memory. An estimated 48 000 South Africans are killed as a result of trauma-related events annually, with a further 3.5 million seeking healthcare as a result of trauma. South Africa (SA)’s injury death rate is nearly twice the global aver...

Primary care morbidity in Eastern Cape Province.

BACKGROUND Primary health care in rural South Africa is predominantly provided by remote clinics and health centres. In 1994, health centres were upgraded and new health centres developed to serve as a health care filter between community clinics and district hospitals. AIM To describe the spectrum of clinical problems encountered at a new health centre in an area of high economic deprivation...

Virtual Ecosystems in Social Business Incubation

The complexity of today global context hinders the emergence of innovative endeavors; this inner enhancement of capabilities springs out from worldwide entrepreneurs that reveal procuring the best environmental conditions and technologies to nourish new ingenious ventures whether of social or any capitalist profile. Social entrepreneurs noticeably understand that making an intensive use of new ...

Lack of communication kills: botched circumcisions in the Eastern Cape.

Traditional male circumcision in the Eastern Cape--scourge or blessing?

BACKGROUND Traditional male circumcision is still widely practised in the Xhosa population throughout South Africa. It is a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. Unfortunately, botched circumcisions are a public health hazard and lead to tragic mutilations and deaths. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS The present study was undertaken to assess the extent of circumcision-related complications and fatal...