Emergency rehabilitation of Selby interchange on M2, in Johannesburg, South Africa

City Development Strategy in Johannesburg, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa Background to CDS Process of CDS Outcome • Population 3.5 million, 12% of nation GDP in the city, 30% below poverty line, stagnant economy, unemployment rising to almost 30% • Transformation of civic structure, from a single municipality, now the greater Johannesburg municipality with executive powers for the Mayor • CDS process begun as a part of strategic planning p...

Pneumonic Plague in Johannesburg, South Africa, 1904

HIV-Associated Disseminated Emmonsiosis, Johannesburg, South Africa

Technical Appendix Table 1. Laboratory results at admission for 3 patients with HIV-associated disseminated emmonsiosis, Johannesburg, South Africa* Laboratory investigation Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Reference range CD4 count 5 cells/μL 3 cells/μL 0 cells/μL 50–2010 cells/μL Leukocyte count 16.91 × 10/L 1.52 ×1 0/L 1.84 × 10/L 4.00–10.00 × 10/L Hemoglobin 8.7 g/dL 11.7 g/dL 7.8 g/dL 14.3–18.3 g/dL M...

Epidemic spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Numerous reports have documented isolated transmission events or clonal outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains, but knowledge of their epidemic spread remains limited. In this study, we evaluated drug resistance, strain diversity, and clustering rates in patients diagnosed with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) at the National Health Laboratory Service (NH...

Women's willingness to use emergency contraception: Experience at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Access to emergency contraception (EC) has little restriction in South Africa. EC is a contraceptive method that can be used by women up to 7 days after unprotected intercourse. It can be used in the following situations: when no contraceptive has been used; for condom accidents; after intrauterine contraceptive device expulsion; when a contraceptive method has been incorrectly used, or contrac...