South African Medical Journal

From the editor

• Will the NHI Bill be signed off before 29 May?

  A Dhai

  e2215

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Correspondence

• Assisted suicide: Ethical considerations and the South African debate

  A van Eeden

  e2002

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• Heart groups in South Africa advocate for tighter LDL-C control and lipoprotein(a) testing to curb atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

  E Q Klug, F J Raal

  e1973

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• Frequent outbreaks of cholera in Zimbabwe: Urgent need for strengthened public health interventions

  T Dzinamarira, G Murewanhema, M Mapingure, I Chingombe, G N Musuka

  e1912

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• Response to Doctors for Life

  J P van Niekerk, P Cluver, E Hertzog, M Kruger, K Moodley, J Myers, D Ncayiyana, J Snyman

  e2056

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• Improving access to suicide prevention services through the National Suicide Prevention Framework implementation: The community level evidence-based recommendations

  J C Y Nyasulu, D A Siddiqi, S Seedat, J Bantjies, M Udedi, S Gondwe, S Kambale, M Mkandawire, N Silungwe, L A Hendricks, I Maposa, J Vumu, D Skinner

  e2000

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CME

• The South African Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines

  J John, A Adam, L Kaestner, P Spies, S Mutambirwa, J Lazarus

  e2194

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• Cystic echinococcosis: The parasitic tale of a sinister cystic disease

  J John

  e2193

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• Liver cystic echinococcosis: A retrospective study on the demographics and clinical profile of patients managed at a single tertiary institution in central Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

  A Govindasamy, P R Bhattarai, J van Niekerk, J John

  e2195

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In Practice

• Will South Africa meet the Sustainable Development Goals target for maternal mortality by 2030?

  Y Pillay, J M Moodley

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Research

• Early online A randomised trial comparing preoperative administration of single-dose kefazolin to kefazolin plus metronidazole as prophylactic antibiotics at caesarean section

  R Lamfel, L Snyman, L Seopela, G Jahn, P Becker

  e1081

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• Characteristics, clinical manifestations and management of leprosy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A 20-year retrospective study

  J S Sons, Z N Mkhize, N C Dlova, C Aldous, P R Bhat, A V Chateau

  e1630

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• Resilience in the time of crisis: A review of the maternal, perinatal and reproductive health effects of COVID-19 in South Africa

  S Fawcus, S Gebhardt, R Niit, R Pattinson

  e1757

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• The prevalence of malaria in the five districts of Limpopo Province, South Africa, 2015 - 2017

  M T Lamola, A Musekiwa , A de Voux , C Reddy , M Morifi, P C Mutevedzi

  e1821

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• CPD

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