scholarly journals Intracranial suppuration: Review of an 8-year experience at Umtata General Hospital and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (7) ◽  
pp. 584 ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Anwary
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
General Hospital ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Academic Hospital ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Intracranial Suppuration

scholarly journals Hepatitis A in Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman districts, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Howard Newman ◽  
Donald Tshabalala ◽  
Guillermo A. Pulido Estrada ◽  
Romuald Kom Nguetchueng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hepatitis A ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Nelson Mandela

The Spirit Of Water

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magda Minguzzi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Fish Traps

This book describes a research project begun by the author in 2015 and co-authored by the chiefs of the KhoiSan peoples living in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa, aided by staff and students at Nelson Mandela University. The scope of the project was to investigate methods and procedures that could help re-establish the link between the Indigenous communities and their ‘forgotten’ heritage sites due to the colonial segregations. Making use of a participatory and interdisciplinary method we explored the tangible and intangible heritage of the Eastern Cape province, with particular attention to the remains of precolonial fish traps located along the shoreline. Included also are important testimonies from the KhoiSan chiefs who, alongside the author, led the project.

scholarly journals Hepatitis A in Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman districts, Eastern Cape, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Newman ◽  
Donald Tshabalala ◽  
Guillermo A. Pulido Estrada ◽  
Romuald Kom Nguetchueng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hepatitis A ◽  
Acute Viral Hepatitis ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
True Incidence ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Public Health Officials

Background: Hepatitis A is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis, not only in South Africa, but in many other countries. In South Africa, there is a lack of data regarding the true incidence of hepatitis A, and even fewer data regarding hepatitis A cases requiring hospitalisation. In the Eastern Cape province of South Africa in particular, there is a paucity of published data that could be used to guide public health officials. An analysis of all the laboratory-confirmed cases in the area over a period of time may help to better describe the extent of the problem.Methods: This was a retrospective study analysing the laboratory-confirmed cases of hepatitis A in the Nelson Mandela Bay and Sarah Baartman districts of the Eastern Cape province in South Africa for the three-year period from 2015 to 2017.Results: A total of 194 laboratory-confirmed cases of hepatitis A were identified for the three-year period from 2015 to 2017. Of these, 138 (71%) cases were children 16 years old or younger, with adults accounting for 56 cases (29%). There was no overall seasonality associated with laboratory-confirmed cases of hepatitis A.Conclusions: Hepatitis A is a serious problem in the Eastern Cape region. More studies are needed to determine the exact cause of the continuing epidemic.

Towards Alleviating the Post-Apartheid Education Crisis in South Africa

2011 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Pragashni Padayachee ◽  
Ansie Harding
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Learner Performance ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Education Crisis ◽  
Before And After

Post-apartheid South Africa is witnessing an education crisis of significant proportions. The new outcomes-based education system has failed to deliver, and universities are suffering the consequences of under-preparation of learners for tertiary studies. The educator corps is lacking, and it has become common practice for universities to deploy augmented programmes in mathematics for secondary school learners in the surrounding area. This chapter describes a particular model of blended learning, devised for the Incubator School Project (ISP), an initiative of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The defining feature of this blended model is that it incorporates DVD technology, which offers an affordable and accessible option for the particular group of learners. DVD technology was used as an ingredient in this blended learning approach since it is easily available to the majority of learners and to the schools they attend. This chapter describes the particular blended model and reports both qualitatively and quantitatively on its success: qualitatively, based firstly on a questionnaire completed by learners and secondly on interviews of educators; quantitatively, based thirdly on learner performance before and after the intervention and fourthly on a single school case study where the mathematics performance of the learners who participated in the ISP is compared to those who did not participate in the ISP. Finally, the scope of blending of this model is evaluated by means of a radar chart, adapted from an existing radar measure. The findings of the study suggest that the use of DVD technology in the blended learning approach impacted favourably on the mathematics learning and enhanced the mathematics performance of these learners.

scholarly journals Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Houriiyah Tegally ◽  
Eduan Wilkinson ◽  
Marta Giovanetti ◽  
Arash Iranzadeh ◽  
Vagner Fonseca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
Virus Evolution ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Receptor Binding Domain ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The World

SummaryContinued uncontrolled transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in many parts of the world is creating the conditions for significant virus evolution. Here, we describe a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage (501Y.V2) characterised by eight lineage-defining mutations in the spike protein, including three at important residues in the receptor-binding domain (K417N, E484K and N501Y) that may have functional significance. This lineage emerged in South Africa after the first epidemic wave in a severely affected metropolitan area, Nelson Mandela Bay, located on the coast of the Eastern Cape Province. This lineage spread rapidly, becoming within weeks the dominant lineage in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. Whilst the full significance of the mutations is yet to be determined, the genomic data, showing the rapid displacement of other lineages, suggest that this lineage may be associated with increased transmissibility.

scholarly journals Prevalence and determinants of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a rural South African central hospital in the Eastern Cape

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 89-92
Author(s):  
Donald Tshabalala ◽  
Howard Newman ◽  
Charles Businge ◽  
Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda ◽  
Waldette Kemp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Central Hospital ◽  
Academic Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Congenital Cytomegalovirus ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Congenital Cmv

Background: The Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital (NMAH) in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, is a rural central hospital, serving one of the poorest districts in South Africa. The prevalence of and risk factors for congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) in this area are not known. The aim was to evaluate the prevalence of congenital CMV and associated risk factors for babies born at NMAH.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of congenital CMV infection among babies born at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital. Mother–baby pairs delivered consecutively from Monday to Friday, who gave informed consent, were included. Demographic information was collected on a questionnaire. All babies were tested for congenital CMV using a saliva swab PCR within the first week of life.Results: A total of 302 births were assessed. Congenital CMV was prevalent in 18 births (5.96%; 95% CI 3.29–8.63) and had an equal prevalence between HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed newborns (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.00; 95% CI 0.94–1.06; p = 0.869).Conclusions: The prevalence of congenital CMV of 5.96% is similar to findings from other resource-limited settings. There was no significant association between maternal HIV status and congenital CMV. With the prevalence of congenital CMV being as high as it is in the studied setting, clinicians are advised to have a high index of suspicion, especially when mothers are CMV seropositive.

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