CONTESTED AND NERVOUS SPACES: EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVISION FOR INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS IN THE GAUTENG PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA

Contested and nervous spaces: exploring the environment of healthcare provision for international migrants in the Gauteng province of South Africa

Background Notwithstanding the global goal of inclusive universal health coverage, and the notion of migrant-sensitive health systems, limited healthcare access or the exclusion of migrants from national health systems persists.South Africa has a rights-based constitution, but there is an inability or a failure of the health beetroot birkenstock sy

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Complete genome sequence and phenotype microarray analysis of Cronobacter sakazakii SP291: a persistent isolate cultured from a powdered infant formula production facility

Outbreaks of human infection linked to the powdered infant formula (PIF) food chain and associated with the bacterium Cronobacter, are of concern to public health.These bacteria are regarded as opportunistic pathogens linked to life-threatening infections predominantly in neonates, with an under developed immune system.Monitoring the microbiologica

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Land use types at the boundaries between settlements and open landscape in suburbanised settlements on the example of the Czech Republic from the perspective of the potential for planting tall vegetation

Background and aims: Settlement boundaries in suburbanised areas represent a specific environment connecting the settlements with the surrounding open landscape.Traditionally, tall vegetation (such as orchards planted in the backyards) used to form this boundary, providing a gradual transition as well as a wide range of ecosystem services.With subu

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