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   Paraffin poisoning in children: What can we do differently?

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Malangu --- National School of Public Health, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), South Africa WJ Du Plooy --- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, South Africa GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, South Africa

   Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence, health cost and management of paraffin poisoning in a rural South African hospital.

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   ‘Don't “paraffin” me!’: deception, power and agency in a South African sport for development organisation

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Cassandra Clark --- Department of Social Anthropology,

   The staff of Sport FUNdamentals Southern Africa (SFSA), a sport for development organisation, have labelled a range of deceitful behaviours ‘paraffining’. These behaviours range from improvising life skills lessons to lying in reports. It references paraffin, a common, yet potentially...

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