Prophets, Kings, and Vulnerability in South Africa Today

South Africa: alcohol today.

In 1995 Addiction published an editorial on prospects for substance abuse control in South Africa. This paper reflects on where the country is 10 years later.

Leprosy in Africa today.

LEPROSY constitutes one of the biggest and most complex of the many problems confronting the medical services in Africa today (Leonard Wood Memorial, Washington, I96I; WHO, I960) and, despite the efforts of governments and ancillary agencies and the success of sulphone therapy, leprosy will continue to be a problem-medical, administrative, economic and social-for many years to come. It is not t...

The social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms: healers, doctors and prophets in Agincourt, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

This paper focuses on the clinical and social diagnostics of stroke-like symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The research questions addressed here are: what are the lay understandings of stroke-like symptoms and what are the health-seeking behaviours of Tsongan Mozambican refugees and South Africans in this area? The study site is ten villages in the Agincourt sub-district of Limpopo Pr...

Southern Africa ports as spaces of HIV vulnerability: case studies from South Africa and Namibia.

There is increasing recognition that in order to respond to the HIV epidemic migrants and mobile populations must be included in national and regional responses. While migration in and of itself does not necessarily contribute to increased risk of HIV infection, some migrants and mobile populations do face increased HIV risk. With its immense coastline and extensive transport industry, Southern...

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