The birds of Fort Fordyce Reserve, 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...

blubber of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus off the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa

The concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni and Zn) and organochlorine contaminants (PCBs, DDT, DDE and DDD) in the blubber of 12 adult male Cape fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, inadvertently caught in trawl nets off the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa during commercial fishing operations between May 1993 and October 1994, was investigated. The median and range of concentra...

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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...

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