Media altruism.
Pub Date: 10/01/2008
Publication: Name: South African Medical Journal Publisher: South African Medical Association Audience: Academic Format: Magazine/Journal Subject: Health Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2008 South African Medical Association ISSN: 0256-9574
Issue: Date: Oct, 2008 Source Volume: 98 Source Issue: 10
Accession Number: 204611557
Full Text: Bad news dominates the media to the extent that we almost become immune to it. So some good news is refreshing, and Chris Bateman, SAMJ news editor, relates how Carte Blanche, the hard-hitting M-Net television investigative programme, embarked on a R20 million fund-raising blitz for children's hospitals to mark their own 20th anniversary. (6) The huge success of the Red Cross Children's Hospital Trust in obtaining public support to serve the children of this country also serves as an inspiration to others.

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(1.) Connolly C, Simbayi L, Shanmugam R, Nqeketo A. Male circumcision and its relationship to HIV infection in South Africa: results of a national survey in 2002. S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 789794.

(2.) Sidler D, Smith J, Rode H. Neonatal circumcision does not reduce HIV/AIDS infection rates. S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 762-766.

(3.) Myers A, Myers J. Rolling out male circumcision as a mass HIV/AIDS intervention seems neither justified nor practical. S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 781-782.

(4.) Maritz B. Namaqua dwarf adder (Bitis schneideri) envenomation. S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 788.

(5.) Karpelowsky JS, Alexander AG, Dix Peek S, Millar AJW, Rode H. Surgical complications of bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) infection in HIV-infected childen: Time for a change in policy? S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 801-804.

(6.) Bateman C. Media 'knight' breathes life into paediatric icu's. S Afr Med J 2008: 98; 740-744.
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