The documentary has been produced in tandem with plans for a new 4K restoration of “Dr. Strangelove” that will be released in UK cinemas on May 17. Contemporary voices in the documentary include author and journalist Eric Schlosser, who points out that a lot of the immediate coverage of “Dr. Strangelove” failed to recognize its accurate portrayal of the current nuclear threat, viewing the film’s cataclysmic “Doomsday Machine” as a fantasy. In fact, Kubrick had interviewed government officials, which informed his portrayal of a dysfunctional war room where poor tactical decisions could have destructive results. Kubrick himself coped with plenty of anxiety about the potential for nuclear war, according to his daughter, Katharina Kubrick, who also appears in the documentary. “He didn’t want to frighten us,” she says, noting that her father didn’t bring it up at home, and instead channeled his fears directly into his film. “He was terrified like everybody was, which was why he chose to make a movie about this very terrifying subject which is a threat still,” she says. Watch the trailer for the release of “Dr. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.Surveillance with timely follow-up of diagnosed cases is a key component of the malaria elimination strategy in South Africa. The strategy requires each malaria case to be reported within 24 hours, and a case should be followed up within 48 hours. However, reporting delays are common in rural parts of the country. MethodsĪ technical framework was implemented and for eight months a nurse was hired to use a smartphone to report malaria cases to the provincial malaria control programme, from selected primary health care clinics in a rural, malaria-endemic area in South Africa. In addition, a short text message (SMS) notification was sent to the local malaria case investigator for each positive case. The objective was to assess whether reporting over the smartphone led to timelier notification and follow-up of the cases. An evaluation on the simplicity, flexibility, stability, acceptability, and usability of the framework was conducted. Using mobile reporting, 18 of 23 cases had basic information entered into the provincial malaria information system within 24 hours. For the study period, the complete case information was entered two to three weeks earlier with the mobile reporting than from other clinics. A major improvement was seen in the number of positive cases being followed up within 48 hours. In 2011/2012, only one case out of 22 reported from the same study clinics was followed up within this timeframe. During the study period in 2012/2013, 15 cases out of 23 were followed up within two days. SMS notification for each diagnosed malaria case improved the timeliness of data transmission, was acceptable to users and was technically feasible in this rural area.įor the other clinics in the area, only a small improvement was seen between the two periods, in the proportion of cases that was followed up within 48 hours. For the malaria case investigations, time to follow-up improved compared to other clinics.
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