Author:Garland, Rebecca MDate:Feb 2012This article discusses the effects of acid mine drainage on human health. Skin irritation, kidney damage, neurological diseases are some of the human health effects.Read more
Author:Steyn, Maronel; Genthe, BettinaDate:May 2009Much attention is given to the recording of diarrhoea incidence among children under the age of 5. This is used as an indicator of health of the community since diarrhoea historically has a more profound effect on children and elderly people. ...Read more
Author:Matooane, MDate:Mar 2009Climate change is anticipated to have serious adverse health effects, particularly in developing countries. Impacts will be exacerbated by poor or non-existent social, technological and financial adaptation and/or mitigation measures. In South ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Nov 2009In this edition of ScienceScope has chosen to focus on the CSIRs impact, and intended future impact, on health. The edition features some of the research approaches and progress in relation to the so-called diseases of poverty: malaria, ...Read more
Author:Nice, Jako ADate:Oct 2019Studies indicate that an estimate eighty five percent of our time is spent indoors, with people sited as the main contributor of bacteria, and consequently pathogenic bacteria in indoor environments. This highlights the significance of the ...Read more
Author:Fanta, GB; Pretorius, L; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Jun 2015The burden of disease is higher by far in developing countries than in the developed world. Although significant progress has been made towards health related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the past years, developing countries still ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Nomusa R; Siwela, MDate:Aug 2015Cereals form a major component of diets around the world; the most commonly consumed cereals include wheat, rice, maize, and barley. In tropical and semiarid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, however, 'small grain' cereals such as sorghum ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Bhagwan, J; Ive, O; White, MDate:Sep 2010Some areas of the developing world have seen an increasingly poor and often unacceptable quality of water and sanitation service. The reason for this is invariably inadequate arrangements and incentives for operation and maintenance (O&M) -- ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, N; Moroka, T; Mlotshwa, L; Reddy, J; Botha, GDate:31 Aug 2010The project is being undertaken by the CSIR, in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and Mintek (South Africa’s minerals research organisation). The main aim of the project is to focus on the role of indigenous edible ...Read more
Author:Halland, K; Britz, K; Gerber, ADate:Jul 2011In this paper, the authors discuss the advantages of using formal medical ontologies to enhance health information systems. In particular, they consider the suitability of the medical ontology Snomed CT for enhancing a health information ...Read more
Author:Claassen, Marius; Nortje, Karen; Le Roux, Wouter JDate:Sep 2018Over four days, workshop participants collaboratively identified opportunities to improve interagency cooperation, enhance the institutional framework, and strengthen capacity for public health emergency prevention and response in Malawi. ...Read more
Author:Parsons, SA; Abbott, GR; De Jager, PetaDate:Nov 2008South Africa has a high and increasing burden of tuberculosis, both drug-susceptible and drug resistant strains. In 2005 at the WHO-AFRO Regional Committee meeting held in Maputo, 46 Ministers of Health unanimously declared TB an emergency ...Read more
Author:Nhemachena, C; Chakwizira, JDate:01 Sep 2010Changes in climate and climate variability significantly affect the fundamentals of human health, most notably ecosystems, availability of fresh water, food quantity and quality. The occurrence and distribution of some infectious diseases and ...Read more
Author:Audouin, Michelle A; Lochner, Paul A; Tarr, PDate:Jan 2011On a continent where the livelihoods of the majority of Africans are closely linked to the health of the natural environment, and where poverty and land degradation has increased in recent decades, there is a critical need for sustainable ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, M; Van der Merwe, Martina R; Cumbana, A; Le Roux, Wouter JDate:Oct 2010This study determined whether the estuarine and freshwater environment in Beira, Mozambique, serves as a reservoir of Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139. Ninety-nine estuarine water samples were collected at 6 sites in Beira. An additional 54 samples ...Read more
Author:Wright, CY; Oosthuizen, MADate:01 Sep 2010Health surveillance is presently not an integrated part of air quality management in South Africa, although ambient air pollution standards are derived from epidemiological studies of personal exposure. A growing number of studies have shown ...Read more
Author:John, J; Das, SonaliDate:Mar 2012In this study, the relationship between certain household traits and specific environmental health outcome variables was explored in a low-income community from a peri-urban settlement in eMbalenhle, South Africa, with the aim of locating ...Read more