LOCATING THE COMMUNITY: ADMINISTRATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MOZAMBIQUE

This paper does not presume to offer definitive answers to complex questions raised around the new emphasis on "local communities" in Mozambique. Such answers vary and depend upon the sociopolitical histories of each community. Instead, the paper briefly explores the concept of local community in the lexicon of Mozambican law as well as NGO and donor discourse. This paper argues that a simplified representation of local communities as harmonious and homogeneous units served a useful purpose in the era of postwar reconciliation and reconstruction. Now that local communities have begun a process of empowerment, however, these idealized representations must be broadened to more accurately define and address the issues of community territoriality and community representation. This must be done in such a way so as not to promote political polarization nor exacerbate social inequalities predicated on gender, lineage or other biological characteristics.Natural resources -- Government policy -- Mozambique, Natural resources -- Mozambique -- Management -- Citizen participation, Forest management -- Mozambique -- Citizen participation, Decentralization in government -- Mozambique., Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Anaphylaxis in Family Practice

Manifestations of anaphylaxis may occur within seconds or minutes after exposure to a causative antigen. Almost any substance can be implicated as a potential precipitating agent. Reactions may be slow, progressive, or rapidly fatal within minutes. Any healthcare worker involved in the administration of medications or the care of patients, whether a doctor, dentist, nurse, paramedic or allied health professional, is ethically obliged to be able to appropriately manage the potential consequences of such an action – a life-threatening anaphylactic reaction. South African Family Practice Vol. 50 (1) 2008: pp. 29-3

Consensus vs.evidence in medicine: resuscitation

Despite advances in medical education, equipment and facilities, survival rates following cardiac arrest over a 40-year period have not improved significantly. Attempts to scientifically review resuscitation techniques commenced in 1966, with the American Heart Association publishing recommended standards and guidelines in 1974, 1980 and 1986. In 1987, the Heart Foundation of South Africa convened a National CPR Symposium with a view to achieving national consensus guidelines for the teaching, training and performance of CPR. This was followed by the formation of a Southern African Resuscitation Council in 1989 in order to foster and co-ordinate the practice and teaching of resuscitation and to promote uniformity and standardization of resuscitation techniques.With the creation of Resuscitation Councils worldwide, an International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) was established in 1992, comprising representatives from the American Heart Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the European Resuscitation Council, the Australian Resuscitation Council and the Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa. ILCOR’s mission is to provide a consensus mechanism by which the international science and knowledge relevant to emergency cardiovascular care can be identified and reviewed. ILCOR has published more than 18 scientific Advisory Statements, including the 2000 and 2005 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. A Universal Cardiac Arrest Algorithm was designed, reflecting major consensus recommendations placed in chronological sequence. Since the publication of the 2005 International Consensus, survival rates appear to be doubling or tripling worldwide

Identification of solar nebula condensates in interplanetary dust particles and unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

Orthopyroxene and olivine grains, low in FeO, but containing MnO contents up to 5 wt percent were found in interplanetary dust particles (IDP) collected in the stratosphere. The majority of olivines and pyroxenes in meteorites contain less than 0.5 wt percent MnO. Orthopyroxenes and olivines high in Mn and low in FeO have only been reported from a single coarse grained chondrule rim in the Allende meteorite and from a Tieschitz matrix augite grain. The bulk MnO contents of the extraterrestrial dust particles with high MnO olivines and pyroxenes are close to CI chondrite abundances. High MnO, low FeO olivines and orthopyroxenes were also found in the matrix of Semarkona, an unequilibrated ordinary chondrite. This may indicate a related origin for minerals in extraterrestrial dust particles and in the matrix of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

Resuscitation preparedness for general practice

General practices are not exempted from situations dealing with dire emergencies. For general practitioners to be effective in coping with such situations, they should at all times be prepared to resuscitate patients. This article gives an overview of the preparation required to manage such events. (SA Fam Pract 2003;45(1):9-13) Keywords: Resuscitation, emergency medicine, preparednes