Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe 3 International Centre for Genetic Engineering a...

In late February-early April 2010, five cases of dengue fever were diagnosed in returning travellers in Europe in EurotravNet sites in Sweden and France in patients with travel history to the Comoros and/or Zanzibar, Tanzania. Four cases were non-complicated dengue fever and one case dengue hemorrhagic fever. Three patients were viraemic at the time of diagnosis and infected with Dengue type 3 ...

Poisons Information Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children’...

AIM To assess the efficacy and feasibility of implementing Helping Babies Breathe, a neonatal resuscitation programme for resource-limited environments. BACKGROUND This quality improvement project focused on training midwives on Helping Babies Breathe to address high rates of neonatal mortality secondary to birth asphyxia. METHODS The convenience sample was 33 midwives in Zanzibar, Tanzania...

1Head Clinical Unit: Surgery, New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa 2Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 3Private Practice, Somerset West, South Africa 4Private Practice, Bellville, South Africa 5Private Practice, George and Consultant Surgeon George Provincial Hospital, South Africa 6Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Afri...

In 2006 the UK based charity ‘Health Improvement Project Zanzibar’ (HIPZ) was established to try and combat this. An agreement was reached with the Ministry of Health that gave HIPZ direct control over the rural hospital at Makunduchi for 10 years. The model centres on sending volunteer doctors out for 6 month sabbaticals where they live and work alongside local staff, immerse themselves in the...

1 Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 3 Department of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service Groote Schuur Hospital Branch, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 4 Division of Infectious Diseases & HIV Medicine, Department of Medicin...

This paper presents the results of characterisation, identification, provenance determination, and quantification white, greco scritto-like polychrome marbles used for architectural purposes at Forum Sempronii, a Roman town in Marche region Italy. Samples five fragments white marble one fragment have been studied using mineralogical petrographic observations stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA)...