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Contents Vol 38 No 4 May 2016
May 2016 Volume 38 Number 4
Yellow fever resurgence?
Clinic In A Can: meeting the needs and challenges of healthcare delivery in rural Africa
The management of acute kidney injury
Patient safety moves up the agenda
Cryptococcus and mascara?
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Below are our Publishing Partners for 2016. Each organisation has demonstrated its commitment to health in Africa by supporting this publication throughout the year.
Technical innovation19 Clinic In A Can: meeting the needs and
challenges of healthcare delivery in rural Africa Michael Joseph Wawrzewski III, Physician
Assistant specialising in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical feature22 Clinical assessment of renal disease Conor Byrne, Andrea Cove-Smith
29 The management of acute kidney injury Carolyn E Amery, Annette Davies, Lui G Forni
Clinical Review35 Medicine; Paediatrics
CPD Challenge38 Test yourself on the articles appearing in
this issue of Africa Health Answers on page 38
Clinical Quiz40 Unlucky lump Answers on page 33
Opinion05 Time to regulate the ogogoro industry Methyl alcohol poisoning is remarkably common
as an inadvertent spin-off from illicit gin brewing. It has been going on since time immemorial, but is it controllable? Shima Gyoh discusses
07 Priorities at the 69th World Health Assembly
Francis Omaswa identifies the key issues on the 2016 World Health Assembly agenda
Newsdesk09 A round-up of news including: Nigeria as
hub of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control; Yellow fever warning issued by the World Health Organization as outbreak grows in Angola; Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa book launched
Ending malaria15 How can we ‘end malaria for good’ if
we cannot identify it? Prof William R Brieger
Technology18 Safety moves up the agenda
Africa Health is a journal of continuing medical education information for physicians and other health professionals in Africa.
Africa Health is published by: FSG Communications Ltd Vine House, Fair Green, Reach Cambridge, CB25 0JD, UK Telephone: +44 1638 743633 Fax: +44 1638 743998 Email: [email protected] www.africa-health.com
Publisher/Editor Bryan Pearson
Assistant Editor/Production/Website Michelle Tooke
Summaries and Abstracts Christopher Towriss
Design Peter Denniss
Director of Marketing and Partnerships Michael Hodgson-Hess
Accounts Manager Grant Docking
ISSN 0141-9536 (print)
ISSN 2053-4760 (online)
Published six times a year by: FSG Communications Ltd
Printed in Lagos, Nigeria and Nairobi, Kenya
All contents are ©2016 FSG Communications Ltd.
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