DISCLAIMER WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you may use this website. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions or if you do not understand all or part thereof, click "I DECLINE." If you accept these Terms and Conditions, click "I AGREE." The Southern African Hypertension Society (SAHS) may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time at its discretion by updating this posting. You must review this page periodically to review the Terms and Conditions because they govern your use of this website and are binding upon you. In the event that an important revision is made, SAHS will attempt to notify its users via the website and by email, but if you fail to take note of the revision, you will nonetheless be bound by the revised Terms and Conditions. This website is made available to users based on these Terms and Conditions. Your use of this website, is conditional upon your clicking "I agree," signifies your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
  1. PURPOSE OF THE WEBSITE
    This website, and its contents, including all information, text, graphics, images, hyperlinks and other material, including user contributions (the Materials), are for educational purposes in the field of hypertension, related cardiovascular risk factors and morbidity and are not intended to be used for the purposes of providing medical treatment or attention or making medical or health-related decisions. This website is not a substitute or replacement for medical advice.. If you are seeking medical advice, we encourage you to consult a doctor or other appropriate health care professional. In the case of health professionals this website is not a substitute for independent research and judgement. SAHS will attempt, where possible, to identify on the website the authorship of the Materials. However, such information may not be possible to verify and there can be no assurance that such identification will be accurate in all cases. The SAHS will not be responsible for any damages to users of the Website, however caused. The views expressed in the Materials are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the SAHS. Information in the Materials may be superseded by information that is more recent. Use of the website or its Materials and any reliance on them is at your own risk. As a user of the website, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of posting those communications. As a user of the website, you will be entitled to: (a) membership of the SAHS; (b) conduct a private exchange in a forum; (c) print out one copy of displayed Materials for your personal use. The Editorial Board of the SAHS will to respond to complaints by other users if any item of Material is found to be in breach of doctor-patient confidentiality, offensive, deliberately misleading, or to be wrongly attributed with regard to authorship or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any person. You acknowledge that the website contains content that is protected by copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property and proprietary rights (the Rights).

  2. NO WARRENTIES OR LIABILITY IN DETERMINING WHICH MATERIALS TO PUBLISH ON OUR WEBSITE
    The SAHS consults sources which SAHS believes to be reliable; however, due to the possibility of errors, SAHS cannot represent or warrant that such information is complete or accurate, and we do not assume any duty to update such information subsequent to the date of its publication. Accordingly, the SAHS makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this website or the Materials, all of which are provided on an "as is" and "when available" basis. The SAHS disclaims all representations and warranties, including any implied warranties and conditions of merchantable quality, non-infringement and fitness for a particular purpose, including, without limiting the foregoing, the suitability of the Materials as a basis for medical decisions. The SAHS will not be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken (or not taken) by you in reliance on the Materials posted to this website. It is incumbent upon all health care professionals to use the clinical content of this website after due reflection and consultation with the patient based upon clinical acumen and indivualised accordingly.

  3. LINKS TO OTHER SITES
    This website contains links to other websites which are provided solely for your convenience and not as an endorsement or recommendation by the SAHS of the contents. The SAHS will not be responsible for the content of any such websites (including websites that provide links to this website) and do not make any representations or warranties regarding any other websites or the contents or Materials on such websites. If you decide to access other websites, you do so solely at your own risk.

  4. USE OF MATERIALS
    SAHS authorises you to view and make one paper-based copy of those Materials that have been copyrighted by SAHS, its staff, editors, and contracted contributors, or for which other users have granted permission and that shall be solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Should you wish to use the Materials you need to obtain permission form the Secretariat of the SAHS. Any other use of the materials constitutes unauthorised use. Unauthorised use of the Materials may violate applicable copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or other laws. You must retain all copyright and trademark notices, including any other proprietary notices, contained in the Materials on any reproduction of all or part of the Materials. You are prohibited from selling or modifying the Materials, and from reproducing, displaying, performing, distributing or otherwise using the Materials in any way for any purpose except as you may be specifically authorised under these Terms and Conditions or as stated on the website. The use of the Materials on any other website or in any environment of networked computers is prohibited. If you violate any of the Terms and Conditions, your permission to use the website and/or the Materials automatically terminates and you are required to destroy any copies of the Materials that you have made.

  5. INDEMNITY
    You agree to indemnify the SAHS and any third parties mentioned at this website, from and against any and all claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or resulting from your use of the website and the Materials or your breach of these Terms and Conditions.

  6. ARTICLE 6
    Copyrights and Copyright Agent SAHS respects the intellectual property of others and we ask our users to do the same. SAHS has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of users who infringe the rights of copyright holders.