Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths
| dc.contributor.author | Ehrlich, Rodney | |
| dc.contributor.author | Myers, Jonny | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sanders, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carstens, Sydney | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-19T07:57:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-09-19T07:57:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-05T11:04:44Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | As public health specialists we read with dismay a recent Medical Research Council (MRC) media release, later reprinted in the press, written by Mbewu in both his personal and official capacities as the interim president of the MRC. Entitled ‘Deaths, causes of deaths and rumours of deaths’, the piece appeared to be an intervention in a debate on whether the burden of AIDS deaths can be inferred from explicit death certification alone. It asserts, inter alia, that ‘cause of death information from death certificates are the most reliable and validated measures of mortality and changes in mortality’. We conclude from the timing of the release that it was produced in anticipation of a report on death certifications by Stats SA requested by President Mbeki and that it was directed, inter alia, at a publication by MRC and University of Cape Town researchers of an empirical analysis of death certifications designed to arrive at a complete picture of HIVrelated deaths. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ehrlich, R., Myers, J., Sanders, D., & Carstens, S. (2005). Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21794 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ehrlich, Rodney, Jonny Myers, David Sanders, and Sydney Carstens "Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21794 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ehrlich, R., Myers, J., Sanders, D., & Carstens, S. (2005). Mbewu ducks AIDS deaths. QJM, 98(1), 21-28. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ehrlich, Rodney AU - Myers, Jonny AU - Sanders, David AU - Carstens, Sydney AB - As public health specialists we read with dismay a recent Medical Research Council (MRC) media release, later reprinted in the press, written by Mbewu in both his personal and official capacities as the interim president of the MRC. Entitled ‘Deaths, causes of deaths and rumours of deaths’, the piece appeared to be an intervention in a debate on whether the burden of AIDS deaths can be inferred from explicit death certification alone. It asserts, inter alia, that ‘cause of death information from death certificates are the most reliable and validated measures of mortality and changes in mortality’. We conclude from the timing of the release that it was produced in anticipation of a report on death certifications by Stats SA requested by President Mbeki and that it was directed, inter alia, at a publication by MRC and University of Cape Town researchers of an empirical analysis of death certifications designed to arrive at a complete picture of HIVrelated deaths. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths TI - Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21794 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21794 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ehrlich R, Myers J, Sanders D, Carstens S. Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths. South African Medical Journal. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21794. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Medical Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj | |
| dc.title | Mwebu ducks AIDS deaths | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |