SAMJ Vol. 116 No. 5

From the editor

• The National Health Insurance Act – was there meaningful public participation?

  A Dhai

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Obituary

• Thomas Micheal Guntram Ignaz Rehle (1951 - 2025)

  Public Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB) Research Division, School of Public Health, O Shisana, L Simbayi, R Ehrlich, L London, A Boulle

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Correspondence

• LDL-cholesterol targets and lipid-lowering therapies – a plea to medical schemes and the Council for Medical Schemes

  A D Marais, D J Blom, D M Blackhurst, F J Raal

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Editorials

• High-dose pyridoxine and peripheral neuropathy: Considerations for clinicians, pharmacists and policy-makers

  B Job, M Govender, T N Gengiah

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• Gun violence – South Africa’s neglected public health emergency

  D Peacock, P Navsaria, C Taylor

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CME

• A rare case of paraneoplastic dermatomyositis secondary to smouldering multiple myeloma referred for proteinuria

  S Meel

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DHS series

• The changing fortunes of the District Health System in SA (1994 - 2020): A retrospective review

  E Whyle, T Assegaai, M Smuts, P Barron, T Masilela, K Vallabhjee, B Engelbrecht, L Gilson, H Schneider

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Review

• Early Online Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in healthcare: Critical reflections of the AI Task Team of the South African Medical Association on the Health Professions Council of South Africa guidelines on the ethical use of AI in healthcare (Booklet 20)

  S Mahomed, M V Ncube, A Dhai, W Janneker, M Nodikida

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Research

• Agreement between various non-invasive blood pressure measurement sites in the obese population using the VitalStream system as control

  L M van Dyk, N Mdzinwa

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• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mortality in a South African metropole (2020 - 2021): A retrospective cohort study

  M Hunter, L Hannan, A Boulle, M Matjila, M Ismail, J Euvrard, M-A Davies, E Kalk

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• The clinical profiles and outcomes of patients with herpesviruses in cerebrospinal fluid: 2019 - 2022

  W P du Plessis, M Saadiq Moolla, G van Zyl, L Festus, L Nyasha Sigwadhi, A Parker

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• Depressive symptoms among community service doctors in South Africa

  T Morar, G M Purbrick

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• Doxorubicin-induced early-onset chronic progressive cardiotoxicity, pharmacogenetics and survival among breast cancer patients in Zimbabwe

  T Mazhindu, V A Nyangwara, M Z Borok, C Masimirembwa, T Flaig, T B Campbell, N Ndlovu

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• Analysis of adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination and infection: A retrospective, comparative cohort study using a claims database from Discovery Health, a managed care organisation in South Africa

  K Bernhardt, S Collie, D W C Jacobs, P Mekgwe, G Gray, J Peter, L-G Bekker

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• CPD

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