Parent/caregiver perspectives of functioning in autism spectrum disorders: A comparative study in Sweden and South Africa.

Functional outcomes in autism spectrum disorder can be highly variable given the heterogeneous nature of autism spectrum disorder and its interaction with environmental factors. We set out to compare parent/caregiver perceptions of functioning in two divergent countries that participated in the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) Core Set for Autism Spectrum Disorder development study. We focused on the frequency and content of items reported, and hypothesized that environmental factors would most frequently be reported as barriers to functioning in low-resource settings.

The knowledge and acceptance of the HIV prevention program in pregnant women in the Free State Province of South Africa.

HIV infection has a major impact on the health of children in South Africa because the current prevention programs are ineffective. We evaluated the knowledge of prevention of mother to child transmission at a level-two hospital in the Free State Province of South Africa. A descriptive study was done using interviews of postpartum mothers during a 1-month period.

Sialoblastoma and hepatoblastoma in a newborn infant.

We report a case of a newborn infant who had simultaneous sialoblastoma and hepatoblastoma tumours at birth. The diagnoses were made on post mortem examination. Both of these are rare tumours in the neonatal period.

Syphilis in pregnant patients and their offspring.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of syphilis in antenatal women and their babies at birth.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was made of 1508 women who delivered consecutively at Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein. The initial test on each mother was a rapid plasma reagin test (RPR).