Background: Previous literature suggests that higher ambient temperature may play a role in
increasing the risk of suicide. However, no multi-country study has explored the shape of the …

Background There has been an increasing interest in the association between ambient
temperature and violence and crime, in the context of global warming. We aimed to evaluate …

For several decades, researchers from the South African Medical Research Council have
made invaluable contributions towards improving the health of the population through the …

Injuries impose a fourth major disease burden on the South African population, which is
driven in particular by the high incidence of interpersonal violence. There was a significant …

This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by
age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at …

Background. South Africa has one of the highest rates of interpersonal violence (IPV), in all
its forms, in the world. Incidents of assault are largely under-reported and place an immense …

Background. Gunshot injuries from interpersonal violence are a major cause of mortality. In
South Africa (SA), the Firearms Control Act of 2000 sought to address firearm violence by …

Background Criminology research has traditionally investigated sociodemographic
predictors of crime, such as sex, race, age, and socioeconomic status. However, evidence …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first Injury Mortality Survey (IMS) in South Africa aimed to
capture the profile of nonnatural deaths for 2009 (2009 IMS). The second IMS, conducted in …

The World Health Organization's Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has
written that “all roads lead to universal health coverage”, emphasising that this is the goal …