Department of anaessthesia

Research Fields and Staff

R. Pitcher

Chest Radiology: a) The progression of chest radiographic changes in children with HIV disease; b) Radiological features of acute infections in immuno-compromised African children; New Technology: The role of a low-radiation dose X-ray machine, the Lodox Statscan in (a) paediatric chest radiology; (b) paediatric polytrauma
T. Kilborn

Oncology and HIV: HIV and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma; HIV and immune reconstitution; Neonatology

N. Wieselthaler

Neuro-imaging including neuro-oncology; orthopaedic imaging; interventional radiology; new technology: the role the Lodox Statscan in paediatric polytrauma

Contact Details

Postal Address: Paediatric Radiology, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Klipfontein Rd, Rondebosch, 7700

Telephone: [phone]

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E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ich/

SCHOOL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH

DIVISION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY
Head of Division: Professor H. Rode, Charles FM Saint Professor of Surgery
Divisional Profile
The department functions as a tertiary health care centre for paediatric surgery for the University of Cape Town and the Red Cross Hospital. The department is a national/international centre for postgraduate paediatric surgical career development and is accredited with the HPCSA.
An extensive surgical outreach programme is in existence primarily to improve the surgical care of children at secondary and primary health care levels. The division is regarded as a national centre in terms of organ transplantation, specialized neurosurgical, cardiothoracic surgical procedures, oncology and burn care.
Research is being conducted in the department in liver transplantation, burn therapy and common diseases of Africa including HIV/AIDS. Financial support is received from the MRC, Pharmaceutical companies, private donations and multimillion Rand donation from the Lombardi Government in Italy.

Divisional Statistics
Permanent and long-term contract staff

Professor	2
Emeritus Professor	1
Adjunct Professor	1
Associate Professor	1
Senior Lecturers	2
Career Paediatric Surgical Registrars	3
Research Technologists / Social Worker	5
Administrative staff	2
Total	17

Students

Masters	3
Undergraduate	168
Total	171

Research Fields and Staff
Professor H. Rode

Burn and nutrition research; short bowel syndrome; HIV/AIDS; oncology and trauma

Professors M.R.Q. Davies

General paediatric surgical conditions

Adjunct Professor R.A. Brown

Gastro-enterology; endoscopic surgery; constipation and gastro-intestinal polyposis

Associate Professor A.B. van As

Traumatology; child accident prevention; vascular injuries; gastro-intestinal

diseases
Dr A. Numanoglu

Minimal invasive surgery; transplantation; HIV/AIDS and diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract

R. Albertyn

Paediatric pain; rehabilitation and HIV/AIDS

J. Raad

Manometry and gastro-enterology

N. du Toit

Child accident prevention

P. de Wet

Thermal injury; antiseptics

S. Cox

The child sexual assault 'epidemic', Neonatal burns, surgical aspects of necrotising enterocolitis and other childhood general surgical conditions.

Contact Details
Postal Address: Division of Paediatric Surgery, School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Rondebosch, 7700

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/ich


SCHOOL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH
Research Output
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Adams, B.K., Mann, M.D., Aboo, A., Isaacs, S. and Evans, A.C. 2006. The effects of sorbitol on gastric emptying half-times and small intestinal transit after drug overdose. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 24: 130-138.
Alvarez-Martinez, M., Miro, J.M., Valls, M.E., Moreno, A., Rivas, P.V., Sole, M., Benito, N., Domingo, P., Munoz, C., Rivera, E., Zar, H.J., Wissmann, G., Diehl, A.R.S., Prolla, J.C., Jimenez de anta, M.T., Gatell, J.M., Wilson, P.E., Meshnick, A. and Spanish PCP working group. 2006. Sensitivity and specificity of nested and real-time PCR for the detection of Pneumocystis jiroveci in clinical specimens. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 56(2): 153-160.
Andronikou, S., Wieselthaler, N. and Fieggen, A.G. 2006. Cervical spina bifida cystica: MRI differentiation of the subtypes in children. Child's Nervous System, 22(4): 379-384.
Andronikou, S., Wilmshurst, J., Hatherill, M. and Van Toorn, R. 2006. Distribution of brain infarction in children with tuberculous meningitis and correlation with outcome score at 6 months. Pediatric Radiology, 36: 1289-1294.
Asher, M., Montefort, S., Bjorksten, B., Lai, C.K.W., Strachan, D.P., Wieland, S.K., Williams, H., Isaac Phase Three Study Group and Zar, H.J. 2006. Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in childhood: ISAAC Phases One and Three repeat multicountry cross-sectional surveys. Lancet, 368: 733-743.
Bosenberg, A.T., Ing, R. and Thomas, J.M. 2006. Fifty years of paediatric anaesthesia - new approaches to an old technique. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 880-888.
Brown, G. and Levin, M. 2005. Asthma education. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 18(1): 14-15.
Cauchi, J.A., Oliff, S., Baumann, U., Mirza, D., Kelly, D.A., Hewitson, J.P., Rode, H., McCulloch, M., Spearman, W. and Millar, A.J.W. 2006. The Budd-Chiari syndrome in children: The spectrum of management. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41: 1919-1923.
Chen, X., Milkovich, S., Stool, D., Van As, A.B., Reilly, J. and Rider, J. 2006. Pediatric coin ingestion and aspiration. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 70: 325-329.
Cox, S., Mpofu, F., Berg, A. and Rode, H. 2006. The impact of subspecialty services on health care delivery - a community health centre based study. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 945-949.
Davids, V., Hanekom, W.A., Mansoor, N., Gamieldien, H., Gelderbloem, S.J., Hawkridge, A.J., Hussey, G.D., Hughes, E.J., Soler, J., Murray, R.A., Ress, S.R. and Kaplan, G. 2006. The effect of Bacille Calmette-Guerine vaccine strain and route of administration on induced immune responses in vaccinated infants. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 193: 531-536.
Davidson, A., Desai, F., Hendricks, M.K., Hartley, P.S., Millar, A.J.W., Numanoglu, A. and Rode, H. 2006. The evolving management of Burkitt's lymphoma at Red Cross Children's Hospital. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 950-954.
Davidson, A., Desai, F., Stannard, C.E., Ivey, A.T., Solomons, R. and Sinclair-Smith, C.C. 2006. Intraocular Rhabdomyosarcoma in the sibling of a patient with a Cerebellar Medulloepithelioma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, 28: 476-478.
Davidson, A., Hartley, P.S., Desai, F., Daubenton, J.D., Rode, H. and Millar, A.J.W. 2006. Wilms tumour experience in a South African centre. Pediatric Blood Cancer, 46: 465-471.
De Vries, E., Kumararatne, D.S., Al-Ghonaium, A., Casanova, J.L., Chapel, H., Gilmour, K.C., Eley, B.S., Ferster, A., Grumach, A.S., Helbert, M. and Helminen, M. 2006. Patient-centred screening for primary immunodeficiency: A multi-stage diagnostic protocol designed for non-immunologists. Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 145: 204-214.
Donald, K.A., Grotte, R.H. and Wilmshurst, J. 2006. Gillespie Syndrome: Two further cases. Journal of Child Neurology, 21(4): 1-3.
Du Toit, G., Prescott, R.A., Lawrence, P.R., Johar, A., Brown, G., Weinberg, E.G., Motala, C. and Potter, P.C. 2006. Autoantibodies to the high-affinity IgE receptor in children with chronic urticaria. Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 96(February): 1-4.
Eley, B.S. 2006. Addressing the paediatric HIV epidemic: A perspective from the Western Cape region of South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100: 19-23.
Eley, B.S. 2006. Mitochondrial toxicity, hyperlactataemia, lactic acidosis and antiretroviral therapy. South African Paediatric Review, 3(1): 38-45.
Eley, B.S., Davies, M., Apolles, P.C., Cowburn, C., Buys, H., Zampoli, M., Finlayson, H., King, S. and Nuttall, J. 2006. Antiretroviral treatment for children. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 988-993.
Fatti, G.L., Zar, H.J. and Swingler, G. 2006. Clinical indicators of pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) in South African children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 10: 282-285.
Figaji, A.A., Fieggen, A.G., Argent, A.C. and Peter, J.C. 2006. Surgical treatment for 'brain compartment syndrome' in children with severe head injury. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 969-975.
Figaji, A.A., Fieggen, A.G., Schoeman, J.F. and Peter, J.C. 2006. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in post-tubercular meningitic hydrocephalus. Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, 49: 60-61.
Figaji, A.A., Fieggen, A.G., Semple, P.L. and Peter, J.C. 2006. Intracranial endoscopy. South African Medical Journal, 96(1): 32-37.
Freedman, P.N., Goldberg, P.A., Fataar, A.B. and Mann, M.D. 2006. A comparison of methods of assessment of scintigraphic colon transit. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 34(2): 76-81.
Gottschalk, G. 2006. Pediatric HIV/AIDS and the skin: An update. Dermatologic Clinics, 24: 531-536.
Grandin, W., Westwood, A.T.R., Lagerdien, K. and Shung King, M. 2006. Deaths at Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town 1999-2003 - a study of death notification forms. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 964-968.
Gregoroski, A. and Zar, H.J. 2006. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) in HIV-infected African children - a preventable illness. African Journal of Respiratory Medicine, 1(2): 9-14.
Grimwade, K. and Swingler, G. 2006. Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for opportunistic infections in children with HIV infection. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1: [Online] http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD003508/frame.html.
Harrison, D., Harker, H., Heese, H.D.V. and Mann, M.D. 2005. An assessment by nurses and mothers of a "road-to-health" book in the Western Cape. Curationis, 28(4): 57-64.
Harrison, V.C. 2006. The nursery needs discoveries. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 91: 98-99.
Hatherill, M., Hawkridge, A.J., Whitelaw, A.C., Tameris, M.D., Mahomed, H., Moyo, S., Hanekom, W. and Hussey, G.D. 2006. Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children investigated for pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS, 1(1): [Online]. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1762386.
Heese, H.D.V. and Steenkamp, A. 2006. The history of a war memorial children's hospital in Cape Town. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 854-860.
Henley, L.D., Frank, D.M. and Frank, D.M. 2006. Reporting ethical protections in physical therapy research. Physical Therapy, 86(4): 499-509.
Horn, A.R., Kirsten, G.F., Kroon, M., Henning, P.A., Moller, G.H., Pieper, C., Adhikari, M., Cooper, P., Hoek, B., Delport, S., Nazo, M. and Mawela, B. 2006. Phototherapy and exchange transfusion for neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia: Neonatal academic hospitals’ consensus guidelines for South African hospitals and primary health care facilities. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 819-824.
Horn, A.R., Woods, D.L., Thompson, M.C., Els, I. and Kroon, M. 2006. Selective cerebral hypothermia for post-hypoxic neuroprotection in neonates using a solid ice cap. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 976-981.
Ing, R., Fischer, S., Shipton, S., Gray, R., Thomas, J.M. and Hewitson, J.P. 2006. Regional cerebral oxygenation monitoring - intraoperative management in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction. South African Medical Journal, 96(12): 1266-68.
Kampmann, B., Tena, G., Nicol, M.P., Levin, M. and Eley, B.S. 2006. Reconstitution of antimycobacterial immune responses in HIV-infected children receiving HAART. AIDS, 20: 1011-1018.
Karpelowsky, J. and Rode, H. 2006. Medical consent for a minor - an alternative proposal. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 505-508.
Karpelowsky, J., Bickler, S. and Rode, H. 2006. Appendicitis - pitfalls and medicolegal implications. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 866-872.
Karpelowsky, J.S., Maske, C.P., Sinclair-Smith, C. and Rode, H. 2006. Glutaraldehyde-induced bowel injury after laparoscopy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41(6): E23-E25.
Karpelowsky, J., Numanoglu, A., Bax, N.M.A. and Rode, H. 2006. Laparoscopically assisted liver biopsy with a hemostatic plug. Surgical Endoscopy and other Interventional Techniques, 20(10): 1626-1628.
Karpelowsky, J., Wieselthaler, N. and Rode, H. 2006. Primary paraesophageal hernia in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41: 1588-1593.
Koning, L., Douglas, T., Pitcher, R. and Van As, A.B. 2006. Short emergency department length of stay attributed to full-body digital radiography - a review of 3 paediatric cases. South African Medical Journal, 96(7): 613 - 614.
Landau, A., Van As, A.B., Numanoglu, A., Millar, A.J.W. and Rode, H. 2006. Liver injuries in children: The role of selective non-operative management. Injury – International Journal of the Care of the Injured, 37: 66-71.
Lawrenson, J., Kalis, N.N., Pribut, H.S., Hewitson, J.P., Stirling, J., Shipton, S. and De Decker, R. 2006. Why are some South African children with Down syndrom not being offered cardiac surgery? South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 914-9.
Levin, M. 2005. The importance of language and culture in paediatric asthma care: Communication problems between doctors and Xhosa speaking parents of children at a paediatric teaching hospital. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 18(1): 8-12.
Levin, M. 2006. Asthma prevalence in Cape Town: Urban-rural gradients, class, culture and language. South African Respiratory Journal, 12(1): 14-18.
Levin, M. 2006. Different use of medical terminology and culture-specific models of disease affecting communication between Xhosa-speaking patients and English-speaking doctors at a South African paediatric teaching hospital. South African Medical Journal, 96(10): 1080 - 1084.
Levin, M. 2006. Language as a barrier to care for Xhosa-speaking patients at a South African paediatric teaching hospital. South African Medical Journal, 96(10): 1076-1079.
Levin, M. 2006. Overcoming language barriers. South African Medical Journal, 96(10): 1058-1060.
Levin, M., Motala, C. and Lopata, A.L. 2005. Anaphylaxis in a milk-allergic child after ingestion of soy formula cross-contaminated with cow's milk protein. Pediatrics, 116(5): 1223-1225.
Mahomed, H., Hughes, E.J., Hawkridge, T., Minnies, D., Simon, E., Little, F., Hanekom, W.A., Geiter, L. and Hussey, G.D. 2006. Comparison of Mantoux skin test with three generations of a whole blood IFN-g assay for tuberculosis infection. International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 10(3): 310-316.
Marino, L.V., Goddard, E. and Workman, L.J. 2006. Determining the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalised paediatric patients. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 993-995.
McCulloch, M., Gajjar, P., Spearman, W., Burger, H., Sinclair, P., Savage, L., Morrison, C., Davies, C., Ruysch van Dugteren, G.P.A., Maytham, D., Wiggelinkhuizen, J., Pascoe, M.D., McCurdie, F.J., Pontin, A., Muller, E., Numanoglu, A., Millar, A.J.W., Rode, H. and Khan, D. 2006. Overview of a paediatric renal transplant programme. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 955-959.
Meintjies, H. and Bray, R. 2005. 'But where are our moral heroes?' An analysis of South African press reporting on children affected by HIV/AIDS. African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR), 4(3): 147-159.
Meintjies, H. and Giese, S. 2006. Spinning the epidemic: The making of mythologies of orphanhood in the context of AIDS. Childhood - A Global Journal of Child Research, 13(3): 407-430.
Meintjies, H., Budlender, D., Giese, S. and Johnson, L. 2005. Children 'in need of care' or in need of cash? Social Security in the time of AIDS. South African Review of Sociology, 36(2): 238-268.
Morrow, B., Futter, M.J. and Argent, A.C. 2006. Effect of endotracheal suction on lung dynamics in mechanically-ventilated paediatric patients. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy, 52: 121-126.
Morrow, B., Futter, M.J. and Argent, A.C. 2006. Paediatric nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage: Overview and recommendations for clinical practice. South African Journal of Physiotherapy, 62(1): 28-33.
Morrow, B., Hatherill, M., Smuts, H.E.M., Yeats, J., Pitcher, R. and Argent, A.C. 2006. Clinical course of hospitalised children infected with human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(4): 174-178.
Motala, C. and Eley, B.S. 2006. Drug-induced adverse reactions in HIV and AIDS. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 19(3): 120-124.
Numanoglu, A. and Rode, H. 2006. Cervical lymph node biopsy - watch the nerves! South African Medical Journal, 96(1): 51-52.
Prescott, C.A.J. 2006. Chronic otitis media (COM) - a personal philosophy. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 70(7): 1317-20.
Ramanjam, V., Adnams, C.M., Ndondo, A., Fieggen, A.G., Fieggen, K.J. and Wilmshurst, J. 2006. Clinical phenotype of South African children with neurofibromatosis 1. Journal of Child Neurology, 21(1): 63-70.
Rode, H. 2006. Appendicitis - pitfalls and medicological implications. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 866-872.
Rode, H., Fieggen, A.G., Brown, R.A., Cywes, S., Davies, M.R.Q., Hewitson, J.P., Hoffman, E.B., Jee, L., Lawrenson, J., Mann, M.D., Matthews, L., Millar, A.J.W., Numanoglu, A., Peter, J.C., Thomas, J.M. and Wainwright, H.C. 2006. Four decades of conjoined twins at Red Cross Children's Hospital - lessons learned. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 931-940.
Roussot, M.A., Lawrenson, J., Hewitson, J.P., Smart, R.D. and De Decker, H. 2006. Is cardiac surgery warranted in children with Down syndrome? A case-controlled review. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 924-30.
Schoeman, S.E., Hendricks, M.K., Hattingh, S.P., Benade, A.J.S. and Laubscher, J.A. 2006. The targeting of nutritionally at-risk children attending a primary health care facility in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Public Health Nutrition, 9(8): 1007-1012.
Semple, P.L., Fieggen, A.G., Parkes, J. and Levitt, N.S. 2006. Giant prolactinomas in adolescence: An uncommon cause of blindness. Child's Nervous System, 23(2): 213-217.
Smith, J., Hoal, E.G., Coetzee, A.R., Van Helden, P.D., Maritz, J.S., Pieper, C., James, R. and Janse van Rensburg, J. 2006. Addition of trehalose to dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, hexadecanaol and tyloxapol improves oxygenation in surfactant-deficient rabbits. South African Journal of Science, 102: 155-161.
Spearman, W., McCulloch, M., Millar, A.J.W., Burger, H., Numanoglu, A., Goddard, E., Gajjar, P., Davies, C., Muller, E. and McCurdie, F.J., Kemm, D., Cywes, S., Rode, H. and Kahn, D. 2006. Liver transplantation at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 960-963.
Stewart, C., Tregoning, S.K., Moller, G.H. and Wainwright, H.C. 2006. Preterm prelabour rupture of the membranes before 28 weeks: Better than feared outcome of expectant management in Africa. European Journal of Obetetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 126: 186-192.
Swingler, G. 2006. Inhaled corticosteroids for non-specific cough in children. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 19(2): 78-79.
Swingler, G., Westwood, A.T.R. and Iloni, K. 2006. The utility of computed tomography for recent-onset partial seizures in childhood. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 941-944.
Thomas, J.M., McCulloch, M., Spearman, W., Butt, A.D. and Numanoglu, A. 2006. A practical approach to anaesthesia for paediatric liver transplantation. Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 12(3): 11-15.
Van As, A.B. 2006. Commentary: Interventions to increase booster seat use among 4 - 8 year olds. International Journal of Epidemiology, 35: 1139.
Van As, A.B. and Rode, H. 2006. The history of paediatric trauma care in Cape Town. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 874-878.
Van As, A.B., Douglas, T., Kilborn, T., Pitcher, R. and Rode, H. 2006. Multiple injuries diagnosed using full-body digital x-ray. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 41(7): 25-28.
Van As, A.B., Kalebka, R. and Van der Heyde, Y. 2006. Animal attacks - a red herring of child abuse? South African Medical Journal, 96(3): 184-186.
Van As, A.B., Van Loghem, A.J., Biermans, B.F.J., Douglas, T., Wieselthaler, N. and Naidoo, S. 2006. Causes and distribution of facial fractures in a group of South African children and the value of computed tomography in their assessment. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 35: 903-906.
Van der Weert, E.M., Hartgers, N.M., Schaaf, H.S., Eley, B.S., Pitcher, R., Wieselthaler, N., Laubscher, R., Donald, P.R. and Schoeman, F. 2006. Comparison of diagnostic criteria of tuberculous meningitis in human immunodeficiency virus - infected and uninfected children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 25(1): 65-69.
Walker, K.G., Lawrenson, J. and Wilmshurst, J. 2006. Sydenham's chorea - clinical and therapeutic update 320 years down the line. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 906-912.
Weinberg, E.G., Potter, P.C. and Motala, C. 2006. The Allergy Clinic: 50 years. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 902-904.
Westwood, A.T.R. and Brown, R. 2006. Cystic fibrosis in black patients: Western Cape experiences. South African Medical Journal, 96(4): 288-289.
Westwood, A.T.R., Henderson, B. and Ramsay, M. 2006. Diagnosing cystic fibrosis in South Africa. South African Medical Journal, 96(4): 304-306.
Wilmshurst, J., Burgess, J.D., Hartley, P.S. and Eley, B.S. 2006. Specific neurologic complications of Human Immnunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in children. Journal of Child Neurology, 21(9): 788-794.
Wilmshurst, J., Blockman, M., Argent, A.C., Gordon-Graham, E., Thomas, J.M., Whitelaw, A.C., McCulloch, M., Ramiah, M., Dyeshana, H. and Ireland, J.D. 2005. Leaving the party - withdrawal of South African essential medicines. South African Medical Journal, 95(5): 419.
Woods, D.L. 2006. An innovative model of home-based neonatal care and research in India. Pediatrics, 117: 1425-1426.
Zar, H.J. 2006. Global paediatric pulmonology: Out of Africa. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 75: S226-S228.
Zar, H.J. and Madhi, S.A. 2006. Childhood pneumonia - progress and challenges. South African Medical Journal, 96(9): 890-898.
Zar, H.J., Langdon, G., Apolles, P.C., Eley, B.S., Hussey, G.D. and Smith, P. 2006. Oral trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole levels in stable HIV-infected children. South African Medical Journal, 96(7): 627-629.
Zar, H.J., Mcivor, B., Furlan, G.L., Jedeiken, L. and Pitcher, R. 2006. Congenital lung mass in an asymptomatic patient. South African Medical Journal, 96(6): 512-513.
Zar, H.J., Swingler, G., Simmank, K., Weber, H.H. and Thula, S. 2006. Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia in children. South African Respiratory Journal, 12(2): 62-69.

BOOKS
Andronikou, S., Wieselthaler, N. and Kilborn, T. (eds) 2006. See right through me. An imaging anatomy atlas: 505. Cape Town, South Africa: SAMA Health and Medical Publishing Group.
Ireland, J.D., Power, D.J., Woods, D.L. and Desai, F. 2006. Paediatric primary health care: 1-394. Southern Africa: Oxford University Press.
Naidoo, S. and Van As, A.B. (eds) 2006. Paediatric trauma and child abuse: 1-352. Cape Town, South Africa: Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Rode, H. and Thomas, J.M. (eds) 2006. A practical guide to paediatric burns: 1-225. Republic of South Africa: SAMA Health and Medical Publishing Group.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Andronikou, S., Wieselthaler, N., Kilborn, T. and Strachan, M. 2006. Paediatrics. In S. Andronikou, N. Wieselthaler and T. Kilborn (eds), See right through me. An imaging anatomy atlas: 418-505. Cape Town, South Africa: SAMA Health and Medical PUblishing Group.
Figaji, A.A. and Fieggen, A.G. 2006. Traumatic brain injury. In S. Naidoo and S. van As (eds), Paediatric trauma and child abuse: 177-194. South Africa: Oxford Univesity Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Hendricks, M.K., Eley, B.S. and Bourne, L.T. 2006. Child nutrition. In P. Ijumba and A. Padarath (eds), South African health review 2006: 203-220. South Africa: Health Systems Trust.
Meyers, T., Moultrie, H., Sherman, G., Cotton, M.F. and Eley, B.S. 2006. Management of HIV-infected children. In P. Ijumba and A. Padarath (eds), South African health review: 235-256. South Africa: Health Systems Trust.
Rode, H. and Millar, A.J.W. 2006. Jejuno-ileal atresia. In P. Puri and M. Höllwarth (eds), Pediatric surgery: 213-228. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag.
Zar, H.J. 2006. Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP). In F.D. Burg, J.R. Ingelfinger, R.A. Polin and A.A. Gershon (eds), Current paediatric therapy: 874-877. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Saunders Elsevier.

Published Conference Abstracts
Beatty, D.W., Davies, M., Nicol, M.P., Pienaar, D., Samodien, S. and Kampmann, B. 2006. Immunity to mycobacteria in health care workers. South African Paediatric Review, 3(3): 13.
Davies, M., Nicol, M.P., Wood, K.A., Hawkridge, A.J., Hatherill, M., Hussey, G.D. and Beatty, D.W. 2006. Diagnostic value of T-spot TB test in screening very young children for tuberculosis. South African Paediatric Review, 3(3): 23.
Kilborn, T., Wieselthaler, N., Davidson, A. and Pitcher, R. 2006. Imaging Appearances of HIV Associated Non Hodgkins Lymphoma in Paediatrics. Pediatric Radiology, 36(S1): 89.
Kilborn, T., Zampoli, M., Pitcher, R., Wieselthaler, N. and Furlan, G.L. 2006. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) Due to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection in HIV Positive Children on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) - A South African Perspective. Pediatric Radiology, 36(S1): 61.
Marais, A., Vivian, L.M.H., Mclaughlin, S. and Argent, A.C. 2005. Understanding care giving in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. Poster presented at the 9th Congress of the World Federations of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care in Medicine Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
McCulloch, M., Savage, L., Gajjar, P., Sinclair, P., Maytham, D., Ruysch van dugteren, G.P.A. and Wiggelinkhuizen, J. 2006. Audit of Chlorambucil use in Paediatric Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome. Pediatric Nephrology, 21: 1534.
Nourse, P. and McCulloch, M. 2006. Evaluation of the safety of short acting nifedipine use in children with severe hypertension secondary to acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN). Pediatric Nephrology, 21: 1592.
Wasserman, E., Smit, J., Zar, H.J., Whitelaw, A.C. and Cotton, M.F. 2006. Bacterial Isolates and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Nasopharyngeal Flora of HIV-infected Children in the Western Cape, South Africa. 12th International Congress on Infectious Diseases A03461, Copenhagen Denmark, 10: S331.
Zampoli, M., Davies, M., Apolles, P.C. and Finlayson, H. 2006. Paediatric Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at community-based primary health care level in South Africa: Early outcomes and challenges. South African Paediatric Review, 3(3): 107.
Zar, H.J. 2006. Randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a metered dose inhaler with bottle spacer for bronchodilator therapy in infants and young children with acute lower airways obstruction. Current Allergy & Clinical Immunology, 19(3): 161.
Zar, H.J. 2006. What's new in childhood asthma. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 19(5): 159.

Theses and Dissertations Passed for Higher Degrees
Levin, M.E. 2005. Discordant definitions of medical terminology and their impact on communication between English-speaking doctors and Xhosa-speaking parents at a paediatric hospital: 338. PhD, University of Cape Town.

University publications and works of a popular nature
Berry, L.M. 2006. Exciting products by the Children Count - Abantwana Bablulekile Project. Child Rights in Focus, 1(5): 3.
Berry, L.M. 2005. Using child-centred data to make children count. Child Rights in Focus, 1(4): 3.
Zar, H.J. and Weinberg, E.G. 2006. Editorial: Allergic disease and paediatrics - All 4 Kids Congress 2006. Current Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 19(3): 102.

Newspaper Articles
Hall, K. 2006. Support only for doubly poor kids. Business Day 01/06/2006: 13
Lagerdien, K. 2006. Age of despair for SA's children. Business Day 01/06/2006: 13
Leatt, A. and Hall, K. 2006. One in 10 children will not survive to five. Pretoria News 29/05/2006: 8
Leatt, A. and Hall, K. 2006. 'One in 10 children will not survive to five'. Independent Online 29/05/2006: 1
Leatt, A. and Hall, K. 2006. Poverty threat to childhood survival. The Mercury 31/05/2006: 9
Leatt, A. and Hall, K. 2006. We can stop many children dying. Cape Times 31/05/2006: 11
Rosa, S. 2006. Children's grants go straight to schools. Business Day 20/01/2006: 8

Compact Disks
Lagerdien, K. 2006. Child Survival Roundtable Report: a report on the key outcomes of the Child Survival Roundtable. 0-7992-2318-2.

Extension and Development Work
Berry, L.M. and Rudolph, N. 2005. Children's access to education. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Bird, W., Bray, R., Harries, G., Meintjies, H., Monson, J. and Ridgard, N. 2006. Reporting on children in the context of HIV/AIDS: A journalist's resource. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Hall, K. 2005. Accommodating the poor? A review of the Housing Subsidy Scheme and its implications for children. In: Leatt A & Rosa S (eds) Towards a Means to Live: Targeting poverty alleviation to make children's rights real [CD-ROM]. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Hall, K. 2006. Facts about children and housing in South Africa. Children Count - Abantwana Babalulekile Fact Sheet No. 2 of 2006. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Hall, K. and Berry, L.M. 2005. Children's access to housing. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Hendricks, M.K., Beardsley, J., Mzamo, B.W., Bourne, L.T., Goeiman, H. and Van niekerk, L. 2006. An Evaluation of the Vitamin A Supplementation Programme at Primary Health Care Clinics in the Western Cape Province: 2003 - 2006. MRC, UCT, PGWC.
Irlam, J.H., Swingler, G., Macharia, W., Tietche, F. and Meremikwu, M. 2006. Child health and nutrition research in Sub-Saharan Africa: A regional profile of research priorities and role players. Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva. Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative.
Jacobs, M. 2005. Children in South Africa. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Leatt, A. and Berry, L.M. 2005. Children's access to water, sanitation and electricity. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Leatt, A. and Berry, L.M. 2005. Introducing Children Count - Abantwana Babalulekile. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Leatt, A., Meintjies, H. and Berry, L.M. 2005. Children's access to social assistance. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Meintjies, H. 2006. Reporting on children affected by HIV/AIDS. Presented at the Nelson Mandela Foundation - University of the Witwatersrand HIV/AIDS and the Media Roundtable Discussion for Health Journalists, Johannesburg, 4 February 2006. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Michaels, D.C., Eley, B.S., Ndhlovu, L. and Rutenberg, N. 2006. Exploring Current Practices in Pediatric ARV Rollout and Integration with Early Childhood Programs in South Africa: A Rapid Situation Analysis. Horizons Program.
Shung King, M. and Roux, P. 2005. Children and antiretroviral roll-out: towards a comprehensive approach. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Shung King, M., Lagerdien, K. and Berry, L.M. 2005. Child Health: HIV/AIDS. In: Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) South African Child Gauge 2005. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Shung King, M., Mcintyre, D.E. and Jacobs, M. 2005. Healing inequality: targeting health care for children. In: Leatt A & Rosa S (eds) Towards a Means to Live: Targeting poverty alleviation to make children's rights real. [CD-ROM]. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Shung King, M., Proudlock, P.M. and Michelson, L. 2005. From fieldwork to facts to firearms control. Research and advocacy towards firearm control legislation in South Africa: A case study. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town.
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Research Report 2006
Division of Anatomical Pathology
(Including the Cytopathology Laboratory and UCT Mortuary)
Head of Division: Professor D. Govender
Divisional Profile
The Wernher and Beit Chair of Anatomical Pathology was established in 1918, and the Department (now Division) shortly afterwards.
The academic staff of the Division of Anatomical Pathology are on the joint staff establishment of the University of Cape Town and the National Health Laboratory Service. The Division has a large diagnostic service commitment as well as extensive undergraduate and postgraduate teaching commitments to medical students, the Allied Health Sciences and various Technikons. The Paediatric Pathology service is based at the Red Cross Children's Hospital. The Division does not have a dedicated research laboratory. This, together with the heavy diagnostic service load and critical shortage of pathologists, has limited research activities within the Division. The Divisional research is focused on diseases that are common in South Africa - these include tuberculosis; viral infections (HIV, HPV, HBV); liver disease, particularly alcoholic and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; fetal-alcohol syndrome; cardiomyopathy; and various cancers, particularly those affecting disadvantaged populations groups, such as oesophageal, breast, cervical, prostatic, and hepatocellular carcinomas and childhood cancers. The Division also serves as a public and private tertiary referral centre for renal and liver pathology, neonatal pathology, neuropathology, immunohistochemistry, and electron microscopy. These service commitments drive most of the research programmes that are patient-and disease-orientated. There are active collaborations with the departments of Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Virology, Human Genetics and Medical Biochemistry.

Departmental Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff on UCT Establishment

Professor	1
Scientists and Research Staff	1
Administrative and Clerical Staff	2
Support Staff (Laboratory assistants)	6
Total	10

Permanent Academic Staff on NHLS Establishment

Senior Lecturers	5
Lecturer	1
Total	6

Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff on Red Cross Establishment

Associate Professor

1

Honorary Staff

Honorary Professor	1
Honorary Associate Professor	1
Total	2

Students

Masters (MMed)	11
Undergraduate (MBChB) Year 2	210
Undergraduate (MBChB) Year 3	200
Allied Health Sciences	120
Total	540

Research Fields & Staff
Professor D. Govender
Head of Division and Wernher and Beit Professor: Pathology and biology of cancer in general. Research has focused mainly on the significance of cell adhesion molecules, cell cycle proteins and microsatellite markers in childhood solid neoplasms.
Professor P. de la M. Hall
Honorary Professor: Hepatobiliary disease including alcohol and drug related liver injury; hepatic neoplasms; hepatic infections including hepatitis B in animal models; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in humans and animal models [hepatopathology, hepatocellular carcinoma, oncogenesis].
Associate Professor M.A. Dada
Honorary Associate Professor: Confidentiality in Laboratory medicine, Malpractice in Pathology and Historical aspects of concepts of disease
Dr R.M. Bowen
Principal Specialist and Senior Lecturer; Neuropathology associated with chronic mental handicaps; ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngologic pathology [neuro-degenerative diseases].
Dr M.S. Duffield
Senior Specialist and Senior Lecturer; Geographic distribution of cancer of the cervix; application of immunogold and electron microscopy to the ultrastructural diagnosis of tumours and renal pathology by morphological and molecular techniques [renal pathology, cervical carcinoma].
Dr D.A. Taylor
Senior Specialist and Senior Lecturer; Light microscopy and immunocytochemistry of human soft tissue tumours, melanocytic skin lesions [soft tissue tumours, melanocytic skin lesions]
Dr H.C. Wainwright
Senior Specialist and Senior Lecturer; Neonatal and paediatric pathology; endothelial damage in pregnancy-induced hypertension; congenital syphilis. fetal alcohol syndrome in collaboration with the Foundation for Alcohol Related Research headed by Professor Denis Viljoen. (Neonatal pathology, fetal-alcoholic syndrome, tuberculosis).
Dr K. Pillay
Specialist and Lecturer; Cell cycle and Molecular markers in breast cancer. Lymphomas and placental pathology in HIV/AIDS patients. (Breast cancer, paediatric pathology).
Dr D. Maartens

Pathologist/Specialist

Teaching pathology and cytology (post graduate). Special interests: Thyroid and lymphoproliferative disorders.
Dr C.P. Maske
Registrar: Role of lamin proteins in the pathogenesis of idiopathic and HIV-associated cardiomyopathy.
Distinguished Visitors
Jenny and Dominique Marchand, Honey-Bee Foundation, 1 December 2005
Prof A Rose, Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology; University of Minnesota Medical School; Minneapolis, 27 July 2006
Dr D Anderson, Vascular Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, 23 September 2006
Prof CH Gips, Groningen University, Netherlands, 2 October 2006
Dr C Daumas-Duport, Neuropathology, St Ann Hospital, Paris, 24 October 2006
Prof Kibel, Pathology, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

Elective Student
Geanne Krabben

Contact Details

Postal address: Division of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925.

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://anatpath.uct.ac.za

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

DIVISION OF CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY
(Including the Chemical Pathology sections of Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital)
Head of Division: Professor T. Pillay
Divisional Profile
The Division of Chemical Pathology and the NHLS offers a comprehensive dedicated routine service to both adult and paediatric patients attending the Groote Schuur and Red Cross Children’s Hospitals. It participates actively at the laboratory/ward interface by attendance at ward rounds and clinical meetings. There is a strong specialist diagnostics and research focus on metabolic disorders of acquired and familial aetiology. Teaching commitments address both undergraduate and postgraduate needs, with several MSc, PhD and MMed students under current supervision. Research activities cover the molecular cell biology of insulin signalling and insulin resistance, identification of new biomarkers using proteomics, biochemical mechanisms of ion and drug pumps, the identification of new drug targets in Tuberculosis and Leishmaniasis, the molecular genetics of inherited metabolic disorders, mitochondrial myopathies and erythrocyte antioxidant biochemistry.
Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff

Professors	1
Associate Professors	3
Emeritus Professors	1
Medical Natural Scientists	2
Medical Specialists	3
Research Officers	1
Research Assistants	2
Administrative and Secretarial Staff	1
Technical Officers	1
Departmental Assistants	2
Total	17

Students

Doctoral	3
Masters	2
M Med	3
Honours	1
Undergraduate	217
Total	226

Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Professor T.S. Pillay

Chief Specialist, Head of Division

Molecular cell biology of insulin signalling and insulin resistance; Identification of new biomarkers in diabetes mellitus and HIV using proteomics.
A/Professor Howard E. Henderson

Medical Scientist; biochemical diagnosis of diseases of sick children; molecular genetics of hyperlipidaemia, tuberculosis, galactosaemia and cystic fibrosis; inherited metabolic disease in general; primary immunodeficiencies; undergraduate and post graduate teaching

A/Professor David B. McIntosh

Medical Scientist; ion pumps and ABC transporters – fundamental studies on calcium-ATPase of sarcoplamsic reticulum; multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein of cancer cells; drug targeting ion pumps and transporters from mycobacterium tuberculosis; drug targeting malarial purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase; undergraduate and post graduate teaching

A/Professor Daan J. Steenkamp

Biochemical parasitology, enzymes in the metabolism of the trypanosomatids and mycobacteria as potential drug targets, thiol metabolism in pathogens; post graduate teaching

Dr Peter A. Berman

Principal Specialist; Insulin gene polymorphisms; red cell chemistry and biochemistry, urate metabolism, metabolic disorders, Oxalate metabolism and the influence of ascorbate on oxalate excretion; undergraduate and post graduate teaching

Dr Heleen Vreede

Senior Specialist; oversees routine laboratory service at GSH; method development; information technology; undergraduate and post graduate teaching

Dr George Van Der Watt

Specialist; oversees routine laboratory service at RXH; Chemical Pathology of HIV/AIDS; undergraduate and post graduate teaching

Dr Judy A. King

Medical Scientist (Principal); hypertension; renin; aldosterone; sodium channel mutations; routine diagnostic reviewing; post graduate teaching

Dr E. Patricia Owen

Medical Scientist (Principal); inherited metabolic disease; homocysteine; mitochondrial DNA mutations; TPMT mutations; urea cycle disorders; hypertension; preelampsia, epithelia sodium channel mutations; post graduate teaching

Ms Felicity Leisegang

Medical Scientist (Senior II); molecular genetics of galactosaemia; spinal muscular atrophy; cystic fibrosis; Western blotting in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; TB PCR; application of PCR to genetic screening; post graduate teaching

Honorary Professors
Emeritus Professor Eric Harley

Purine and pyrimidine metabolism; comparative biology of red cell antioxidant systems, wildlife conservation, genetics, theoretical evolutionary genetics.

Contact Details

Postal Address: Division of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, 7925

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Web: http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/chempath/

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

DIVISION OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY
(Including the Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit)
Head of Division: Professor L.J. Martin
Divisional Profile
A range of activities related to the role of Forensic Medicine in public policy and health promotion are being pursued. These relate specifically to violence against women and children, the role of drugs and toxins in deaths, and firearm injuries. The provision of a sustainable database on violence and injury in the Cape Town Metropole is being implemented as an urgent research priority.

Divisional Statistics
Permanent and Long-term Contract Staff

Chief Specialist/Professor	1
Principal Specialist	1
Specialists	2
Registrars	3
Medical Officer	1
Medical Officer (part-time)	1
Chief Medical Technologist	1
Administrative and clerical	4
Total	14

Students

5th year medical students (LAB5008h)	165
Final year LLB students (LAB5000s)	12
Total	285

Research Fields and Staff
Permanent Staff
Professor L.J. Martin

Management protocols for rape survivors; domestic homicide; monitoring implementation of rape law reforms; domestic violence guidelines for the health sector; epidemiology of female murder; aortic disease; indicators for the Lodox Statscan in children;

Dr Y.Y. van der Heyde

The effects of pre-natal alcohol exposure; SIDS; paediatric mortality; animal bites in children; child abuse

Dr L. Liebenberg

Firearm fatalities and final judicial outcome; aortic disease project; mast cell Tryptase; fat embolism; case studies – curious deaths

Dr IGB Brouwer

Health systems, organisational culture and management during transformation; traumatology

Dr S Walraven

Mortality at Salt River mortuary over weekends and public holidays

Dr X Njovane

Train casualties; Alcoholic steato-hepatosis and fat embolism

Dr S Potelwa

Demographic characteristics of practicing forensic pathologists

Contact Details

Postal Address: Division Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Anzio Road, Observatory, 7925

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

GENDER, HEALTH AND JUSTICE RESEARCH UNIT
Director: Lillian Artz
Executive Director of Unit: Professor Lynette Denny (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Unit Profile
The mission of this Unit is to improve service provision to victims of violence against women in South Africa through research, advocacy and education. Drawing together established researchers with a strong record of social-action research in disciplines including law, criminology, forensic sciences and pathology, gynaecology, and psychology, this Unit is the first of its kind in South Africa to respond to the pressing need for research and interventions that cross disciplines in support of our efforts to address the alarmingly high levels of violence against women in this country. The Unit fulfils its mission by conducting rigorous evidence-based research into:

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  South African women’s experiences of sexual and gender-based violence;
  
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  The responses of women, their communities and the criminal justice, health, and welfare systems to violence against women;
  
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  The intersections and disjunctures between health and criminal justice responses to violence against women;
  
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  The developmental context in which violence occurs, and the role of violence in perpetuating women’s under-development;
  
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  The implementation difficulties of translating ‘law on paper’ into ‘law in practice’ in health, criminal justice and medico-legal settings;
  
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  The development of indicators for monitoring the implementation of progressive legislation and compliance by criminal justice and health sector personnel with statutory duties;
  
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  International and local models of best practice for addressing violence against women.
  

Unit Staff

Research Staff	7
Associate Research Staff	3
Interns	8
Administrative	1
Total	19

Research Fields and Staff
Lillian Artz

Criminology; feminist legal theory; women and law reform; sexual offences; domestic violence; commercial sex work; research ethics; HIV

Dee Smythe

Development and the rule of law; sexual offences; domestic violence; human rights; women and law; local government, socio-economic rights

Sarai Chisala

HIV/AIDS and the law; human rights; cultural aspects of traditional healing; criminal law

Katie Doolan

Violence against women; public health; crime prevention; youth at risk

Diane Jefthas

Criminology; violence prevention in urban areas; violence against women; youth violence

Steffi Röhrs

Women’s rights, HIV/AIDS, economic development and politics; HIV/AIDS and the law

Nikiwe Kaunda

Social work; labour law; workplace policies

Lynn Boezak

Administrator

INTERNS
Shannon Conner
Alice Guilford
Margot Isman
Lotus Menezes
Christine Mhongo
Naomi Shatz
Shubra Shivpuri
Jessica Stoddard

Contact Details

Postal Address: H52 Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, 7935

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail] or [e-mail]

Web: http://www.uct.ac.za/generic.php?m=/departments/genhealthjust/index.php

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

DIVISION OF HAEMATOLOGY

Head of Division: Professor N. Novitzky