# Statutory regulation in somatology: a public health, professional, and decolonial imperative in South Africa

**Authors:** Nomakhosi Mpofana, Michael Paulse, Dorinda Borg, Sphiwe Mbongeni Tshabalala, Judith Fungisani, Mokgadi Ursula Makgobole, Mandy Thomas

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1765187 · Frontiers in Public Health · 2026-02-12

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** burns (MESH:D002056), scarring (MESH:D002921), I (MESH:D006969), Fitzpatrick skin types IV (MESH:C000631847), post (MESH:D000094025), hyperpigmentation (MESH:D017495), skin (MESH:D012871), vascular occlusion (MESH:D008641), inflammatory (MESH:D007249)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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