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Media altruism.
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| 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 |
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| Accession Number: | 204611557 |
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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. JPvN (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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