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370 / A CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS 1219. Hardy, B. J. et al. SOUTH AFRICA: FROM SPECIES CRADLE TO GENOMIC APPLICATIONS. Nature Reviews: Genetics. 2008, 9(Suppl 1):S19-S23. The South African government is committed to science and technology innovation, to establishing a knowledge-based economy and to harnessing life-sciences research for health and economic development. Given the constraints and the early stage of development of the field as a whole in South Africa, we found an impressive amount of research on human genomic variation in this country. Encouragingly, South Africa is beginning to apply genomics to address local health needs, including HIV and tuberculosis (TB) infections. We document a number of initiatives in South Africa that are beginning to study genetic variation within the various local indigenous populations. Other early initiatives focus on pharmacogenetic studies, mutation characterization in individual disease genes and genome-wide association studies. 1220. Kairo, J. G., C. Wanjiru, and J. Ochiewo. NET PAY: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A REPLANTED MANGROVE PLANTATION IN KENYA. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 2009, 28:395-414. One of Kenya’s forest development objectives for the year 2000 and beyond is: “To increase the forest and tree cover in order to ensure an increasing supply of forest products and services for meeting the basic needs of present and future generations, and for enhancing the role of forestry in socio-economic development” (KFMP, 1994). This objective cannot be realized unless there are concerted efforts to reforest degraded forests. 1221. Meel, B. L. UNNATURAL DEATHS AMONG CHILDREN IN THE TRANS- KEI REGION OF SOUTH AFRICA. Medicine, Science, and the Law. 2008, 48(3): 232-236. Nearly 99% of the 10.9 million children worldwide under the age of five years who died in 2000 were from developing countries. This amounts to at least 29,000 deaths per day (UNICEF, 2005). This study aims to trace the pattern of unnatural deaths in the Transkei region of South Africa. It is a records review of the medico-legal autopsies carried out between 1996 and 2004 at Umtata General Hospital (UGH). There is a high risk of unnatural death among children in the area of Mthatha. It threatens the survival of young children in this region of South Africa. Poverty is an underlying cause for these preventable deaths. 1222. Naidoo, S. et al. AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, PESTICIDE USE AND OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AMONG WOMEN WORKING IN SMALL SCALE FARMING IN NORTHERN KWAZULU-NATAL, SOUTH AFRICA. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health. 2008, 14(3):218-224. South Africa’s land policies have increased women’s participation in agriculture, but limited information exists about their agricultural activities. We surveyed 911 women working on the Makhatini Flats in Northern KwaZulu-Natal in 2006, gathering data on demographics, agricultural activities, crop production and pesticide use in both irrigated and Dryland areas. This analysis suggests that women on the Drylands face greater risk of adverse ergonomic health outcomes and women from both areas are equally at risk for adverse pesticide-related health outcomes.
VOLUME 42, NUMBER 4—2009-2010 / 371 1223. Norris, S. A. et al. CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC MEASURES, AND NOT THOSE MEASURED DURING INFANCY, AFFECT BONE MASS IN POOR URBAN SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDREN. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 2008, 23(9):1409-1416. Understanding the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on physical development in children is important, especially in developing countries where considerable inequalities persist. This is the first study to examine the association between SES on bone development at the whole body, femoral neck, and lumbar spine in black children living in Soweto and Johannesburg, South Africa. SES has a significant independent effect on whole body BMC through its impact on BA. This suggests that poverty alleviation policies in South Africa could have a positive effect on bone health. 1224. Oldewage-Theron, W. H., and T. J. Slabbert. IMPACT OF FOOD AND NUTRI- TION INTERVENTIONS ON POVERTY IN AN INFORMAL SETTLEMENT IN THE VAAL REGION OF SOUTH AFRICA. The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2008, 67(1):91-97. UNICEF has stated that urban poverty is primarily found in squatter settlements. At present 13.5% of all South African households live in informal settlements. The major research question is to what extent does poverty influence the food, nutrition and health of informal-settlement dwellers. The purpose of the present study was to determine the depth of poverty in this community and to measure the possible effect that planned food and nutrition interventions may have on eliminating poverty in this area. The results indicate that this community is poverty-stricken and has chronic food insecurity, and they will be used to facilitate planning and implementation of sustainable incomegenerating community-based interventions to promote urban food security and alleviate poverty in this community. 1225. Pather, R., and C. Stilwell. THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF JOURNAL OWNERSHIP VERSUS FULL-TEXT ELECTRONIC ACCESS IN A UNIVERSITY- BASED FACULTY OF SCIENCE. Mousaion. 2008, 26(2):22-45. The article describes a crisis in access to scholarly journals at the former University of Natal, Durban Campus Libraries between 2002 and 2004. The Libraries experienced a substantial increase in the costs of the journal collection. From 2002 to 2003 the increased foreign exchange rate and frequent increases in the price of journal subscriptions meant higher journal costs although costs were lower again for some titles held by the Library from 2003 to 2004. The library budget was not able to keep pace with these increases. 1226. Pick, W., L. Rispel, and S. Naidoo. POVERTY, HEALTH AND POLICY: A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXPERIENCE. Journal of Public Health Policy. 2008, 29(2):165-178. The resurgence of interest in links between health and development raises interesting questions about the process of research, policy-making, and implementation in the field of health and poverty. To learn abut the process in South Africa, we examined three commissions of inquiry relating poverty and health—in 1929, 1942, and the early 1980s. Power relations of the players were a decisive factor and determined the type and nature of the research conducted.
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