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Locating Xenophobia: Debate, Discourse, and Everyday Experience in Cape Town, South Africa
2010
Africa Today
The second part of the paper presents the findings of primary, qualitative research conducted in Cape Town, South Africa, between October 2007 and April 2008. ...
appeared in several newspapers, and his life and Locating Xenophobia: Debate, Discourse, and Everyday Experience in Cape Town, South Africa Belinda Dodson In May 2008, South Africa experienced an outbreak ...
doi:10.2979/aft.2010.56.3.2
fatcat:2fvlfhd56rbclmslswthy4vhoy
Outcomes in Adolescents Undergoing Treatment for Drug-resistant Tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa, 2008-2013
2014
Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Acknowledgements We are grateful to the healthcare staff in Khayelitsha, the City of Cape Town and Province of the Western Cape health departments for the tireless efforts in this program, and we acknowledge ...
Objectives This paper reports on the treatment outcomes for a group of adolescents undergoing treatment for DR-TB in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa between 2008 and 2013. ...
Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa, 2008-2013 Sizulu Moyo
1,* ; Jennifer J Furin
2 ; Jennifer Hughes
1 ; Johnny Daniels
1 ; Leigh Snyman
1 ;
Odelia Muller
1 ; ...
doi:10.5812/pedinfect.17934
fatcat:hjf2ywpdrvcabixoinx7xemzye
Cohort Profile: The Khayelitsha antiretroviral programme, Cape Town, South Africa
2016
International Journal of Epidemiology
Cape (PGWC) and the City of Cape Town metropolitan government, who fully fund all aspects of treatment provision. ...
Approval to perform routine data analysis has been granted by the Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town. ...
Research support to the cohort is currently funded by IeDEA and MSF, and the University of Cape Town also receives funding through the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in support of routine ...
doi:10.1093/ije/dyw057
pmid:27208042
fatcat:cetx5f7eivhn7favmii4nkpala
Medical inpatient mortality at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 2002-2009
2012
South African Medical Journal
Despite the challenges facing healthcare in South Africa, empirical insights into the performance of healthcare services over time are scarce. Methods. ...
Increasing medical inpatient mortality rates at a large South African academic hospital were most marked during the first 2 days after admission and appeared greatest among emergency medical inpatients ...
Fig. 1 . 1 Mortality rates among medical inpatients at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, (A) by calendar year, and (B) by duration of inpatient stay across calendar years. ...
doi:10.7196/samj.6285
pmid:23237120
fatcat:k7uouuxhozgzdmtjptl4dtk5hi
A qualitative study of methamphetamine initiation in Cape Town, South Africa
2016
International journal of drug policy
Methods-In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 active methamphetamine users (13 women and 17 men) in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
The goal of this study was to qualitatively examine factors associated with methamphetamine initiation in South Africa. ...
We are grateful to all of the men and women who participated in this study and our study team in South Africa and the United States, especially Desiree Pieterse, Albert Africa, Tembie Mafikizolo, Mariana ...
doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.10.006
pmid:26614737
pmcid:PMC4829462
fatcat:32jxul74v5bw7n554nxxvygaca
Rifampicin-monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis disease among children in Cape Town, South Africa
2012
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING-Tygerberg Children's Hospital (TCH) and Brooklyn Chest Hospital (BCH), South Africa. OBJECTIVES-To describe paediatric cases of rifampicin (RMP) monoresistant tuberculosis (RMR-TB) disease. ...
One child died from RMR-TB meningitis. Gene mutations consistent with RMR-TB were confirmed in five available samples. ...
METHODS
Setting The study was performed at TCH, a paediatric referral hospital and Brooklyn Chest Hospital (BCH), a TB referral centre in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
doi:10.5588/ijtld.11.0360
pmid:22236850
pmcid:PMC5523943
fatcat:5d4fybcg2zejnpdu53gtk34upm
Spatial economic evolution of the airport-centric developments of Cape Town and OR Tambo international airports in South Africa
2017
Town and Regional Planning
The aim of this article is to explore the evolution of the airport-centric developments of Cape Town and OR Tambo international airports in South Africa. ...
Sepheo sa atikele ena ke ho lekola phetoho ntshetsopeleng ya maemafofane a Cape Town matjhbatjhaba a OR Tambo Afrika Borwa. ...
airports in South Africa. ...
doi:10.18820/2415-0495/trp70i1.3
fatcat:nkzf7d75vzcrjfvaiat7ifdfgq
Linkage to HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy in Cape Town, South Africa
2010
PLoS ONE
Methodology: Data on adult residents from a periurban community in Cape Town were collected at a primary care clinic and hospital. ...
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been scaled-up rapidly in Africa. Programme reports typically focus on loss to follow-up and mortality among patients receiving ART. ...
Discussion This study evaluated the proportion of individuals linking to HIV care in a public sector service in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013801
pmid:21072191
pmcid:PMC2970551
fatcat:rkseprfdhjfwzp2lvsbpbjxzkq
Drought response impacts on household water use practices in Cape Town, South Africa
2020
Water Policy
Cape Town recently endured a record-breaking drought which nearly ended in disaster for the city's water supply. ...
CoCT's actions for managing the water crisis Cape Town, situated in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, has experienced the driest 3-year period (from 2015 to 2017) in the catchment area since rainfall ...
In 2017 and 2018, the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town (CoCT), South Africa, ramped up its price and non-price mechanisms (hereafter referred to as CoCT's actions) to encourage people ...
doi:10.2166/wp.2020.169
fatcat:u3xcxfkixnbdpfengyvy2hlu3i
Peritoneal dialysis technique survival at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
2017
African Journal of Nephrology
Methods We conducted a descriptive, retrospective study at the Division of Nephrology, Tygerberg Academic Hospital (Cape Town, South Africa). ...
[38] in other studies done in South Africa. ...
doi:10.21804/20-1-1917
fatcat:ryw7nrwy7ndx5jnuzbw4xf4lyu
A retrospective review of fatal electrocution cases at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Services, Cape Town, South Africa, over the 5-year period 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2012
2018
South African Medical Journal
However, research on this topic in South Africa (SA) is scarce. Objectives. ...
The study was a retrospective and descriptive case series of all the cases of death secondary to electrocution referred to the study facility from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012. Results. ...
of Cape Town. ...
doi:10.7196/samj.2018.v108i12.13131
fatcat:rmqjv2s2cndhhndafo3zl52meq
A 10-year review of fatal community assault cases at a regional forensic pathology facility in Cape Town, South Africa
2015
South African Medical Journal
Also, cases were drawn from only one major medicolegal facility in Cape Town. ...
cases (n=51) occurring in 2008. ...
doi:10.7196/samjnew.8274
pmid:26428591
fatcat:kc6u5deynvfspejweqx2uy66ra
Characteristics and outcome of long-stay patients in a paediatric intensive care unit in Cape Town, South Africa
2016
South African Medical Journal
Town, South Africa. ...
setting was the 22-bedded multidisciplinary PICU of Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, situated in Cape Town, South Africa. ...
doi:10.7196/samj.2017.v107i1.11279
fatcat:jjmgkp2ekjemdpxxnwzvfrmvzy
Impact of social entrepreneurs on community development in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality area, South Africa
2019
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
Social entrepreneurship in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality area South Africa, particularly the Cape Town Metropolitan area, has several social entrepreneurship pioneers. ...
after South Africa attained independence, these organisations continue to have an important role in providing the residents of rural areas with services related to improving socioeconomic problems such ...
doi:10.4102/td.v15i1.474
fatcat:ydx3pnx5tffzvkj5fje66pnrci
Maternal near-miss audit in the Metro West maternity service, Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective observational study
2018
South African Medical Journal
Maternal deaths have been audited in the public sector Metro West maternity service in Cape Town, South Africa, for many years, but there has been no monitoring of near-misses. Objectives. ...
[2, 3] The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in South Africa (SA) was introduced in 1998, and triennial reports show the MMR to be much higher than in developed countries, but slightly lower ...
Most of the women lived in low-income and high-density areas of Cape Town, with the largest proportions from Gugulethu (38.4%) and Mitchell's Plain (24.1%). ...
doi:10.7196/samj.2017.v108i3.12876
fatcat:aeu24o7dcfcxpo5gpohzi5uwuy
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