Editorial:

Laparoscopic appendicectomy

I.J.P. Loefler

445

Laparoscopic appendicectomy at the Aga Khan Hospital, Nairobi

S.C. Patel, G.F. Jumba and S. Akmal    

447

Gastro-intenstinal tract perforation in neonates

R.T. Kuremu, G.P. Hadley and R. Wiersma   

452

Neonatal bacterial meningitis at the newborn unit of Kenyatta National Hospital

A.M.R. Laving, R.N. Musoke, A.O. Wasunna and G. Revathi 

456

Community and facility surveys illuminate the pathway to child survival in liben Woreda, Ethiopia

D. Mash, K. Aschenaki, T. Kedamo, K. Walternsperger, K. Gebreyes, O. Pasha and S. Manoncourt

463

Chronic myeloid leukaemia in Central Africans

J.M. Mukiihi, C.M. Nyirenda, B. Paul, J.O. Adewuyi, E.I.B. Mzula and H.N. Malata                          

470

Vitamin A deficiency among Kenyan children as detected by conjuctival impression cytology

R.M. Munene, H.S. Adala, M.S. Madinde and F.S. Rana   

476

Initial injury care in Nairobi, Kenya: A call for trauma care regionalisation

H.S. Saidi  

480

Presentation of primary mediastinal masses in Ibadan

V.O. Adegboye, A.O. Ogunseyinde, M.O. Obajimi, O. Ogunbiyi, A.I. Brimmo and O.A. Adebo           

484

Plasma magnesium and adult asthematics at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

O.O. Oladipo, C.C. Chukwu, M.O. Ajala, T.A. Adewole and O.A. Afonja                                               

488

Fournier’s gangrene complicating vasectomy

V.M. Lema  

492

Anomalies of the renal, phrenic and suprarenal arteries: Case Report

M.A. Bakheit and M.A. Motabagani   

497