I t is an honour for me to reflect on a momentous period in the evolution of South Africa’s Public Health. In 1979, Wits University appointed its first full-time Chair of Community Health to a post, which had been approved four years earlier. The delay in filling the post was a product of bureaucratic challenge and uncertainty around the job description of the incumbent. The bureaucratic challe...

Microbial biology is undergoing a renaissance, and in this special section we explore bursts of progress in areas ranging from how pathogens invade cells to the origins of life. News reports beginning on this page focus on the extremophiles--unusual microbes that flourish in harsh conditions--while the Articles that follow probe a broad range of topics, including plant-microbe interactions and ...

This study explores the post-adoption effect of internet business solutions (IBS) on business value creation, as measured by firm revenues, direct and indirect costs, and investment satisfaction for a sample of 254 smalland medium-sized enterprises (SME). In addition, the study tests how well the much-discussed Revolutionary and Evolutionary views of e-business strategy fit the data. The result...

After coming to power in April 1952, the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR) looked address Bolivia’s economic problems, part, through initiatives encouraging population growth. A 1953 report highlighted underpopulation as a cause of limited potential. The solution “lack demographic capacity” was public health measures that would lower morbidity and mortality rates encourage reproducti...