CONTENTS

Editorials:

Ten years of a community-oriented medical school in Malawi 

2

AS Muula, BW Malunga

Future challenges for College of Medicine 

3

College of Medicine - the first decade

Goodwill message from the Vice-Chancellor 

4

D Rubadiri

An interview with Professor John Chiphangwi 

5

J Chiphangwi, W Mulwafu

A Medical Curriculum for all seasons: a dialogue 

6

RL Broadhead, AS Muula

Departmental Snap-shots 

11

College of Medicine Departments 

Coming home 

20

A Njobvu 

From a medical student to a medical doctor 

21

D Namarika

Articles

The prevalence, intensity and ecological determinants of helminth infection 

among children in an urban and rural community in Southern Malawi 

22

KS Phiri

Abstracts

Surgical bacterial infections and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns at Lilongwe Central Hospital 

27

RM Banda, AS Muula, GR Gwaza, DC Namarika, KC Ng'oma, FE Chintolo, H Yamakazi, AP Muyco

Abstracts

The impact of HIV infection on the clinical presentation of severe malnutrition in children at QECH 

30

L Kessler, H Daley, G Malenga, S Graham

Abstracts

An audit of deliveries and outcome at QECH, Blantyre, in 1999 

34 

C Kalumbi, E Tadesse

Abstracts

External fixation in HIV-positive patients with open fractures 

36

WJ Harrison, CP Lewis, CBD Lavy

Buruli ulcer in Malawi - a first report 

37

OO Komolafe

Abstracts

Short Report

How safe is internal fixation in the immune compromised patient? 

39

CP Lewis, CBD Lavy, WJ Harrison

Viewpoint

Medical research in Africa - problems and some solutions 

40

G Kokwaro, S Kariuki

Conference Report

Diversity in health: sharing global perspectives 

41

C Bandawe

Quarterly clinic

Two patients with diarrhoea 

42

C Kodde, R Cranendonk, D Chipeta, JF Sluiters, EE Zijlstra

A febrile, confused young pregnant woman 

42

E Tadesse, PC Das

Current publications

Publications from Malawi, January - June 2001. 

43

MJ Sherratt, HK Graham

Structure and Function

The Medical Council of Malawi 

48

MJ Manyozo-Phiri, E Gumbo, R Nalikungwi, AS Muula

Student Voice

An Elective Experience With the University of Oklahoma 

52

AT Msusa 

Letter to the Editor

The cost of congenital heart disease 

53

L Masambo, Y Chimalizeni, P Kayange, A Nyaka