Factors affecting length of hospital stay in stroke survivors in South Africa: A call for a stroke unit.

Background: Stroke in Africa is a growing and neglected crisis with the incidence more than doubling in low- to middle-income countries in the last four decades. Despite this growing threat, implementation of stroke models of care in hospitals is lacking. Stroke units as a model of care have been shown to decrease mortality, reduce length of hospital stay (LOS) and improve outcomes in stroke survivors.

Insights into the ancestry evolution of the complex from analysis of .

Current evolutionary scenarios posit the emergence of from an environmental saprophyte through a cumulative process of genome adaptation. , a related bacillus, is being increasingly isolated from human clinical cases with tuberculosis-like symptoms in various parts of the world. To elucidate the evolutionary relationship between and other mycobacterial species, including members of the complex (MTBC), eight clinical isolates of were sequenced and analyzed.

A retrospective review of speech-language therapy services provided to adult inpatients at a central-level hospital in Gauteng, South Africa.

Background: The quadruple burden of disease (BoD) and multimorbidity reflected in South Africa's public health sector challenges speech-language therapists (SLTs) to optimise patient management in this context. For planning and delivery of appropriate services, it is important to understand the profile of speech-language therapy (SLT) patients and the public healthcare services provided by SLTs.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the prevalence of inpatient adult speech, language and swallowing disorders associated with various medical conditions and South Africa's BoD, in addition to the target areas and duration of SLT interventions provided at a central public hospital.