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NCDs are the number one killer in the world, with more than 63% of all global deaths due to cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases, cancers and diabetes.
Globally, 90% of preventable, premature...
Honourable Speaker, it is now well documented and generally understood that South Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease. Many other countries are faced only with a double burden.
These four...
North West Premier Thandi Modise has called on public representatives and senior managers at all levels of government, including public entities and municipalities to do everything in their power...
Twenty-two thousand public servants across the country were charged with misconduct for corrupt activities and R300 million recovered from perpetrators, the National Public Service Commission...
The South African Government has today, 23 April 2013, taken note of the postponement – yet again – in the case of Professor Cyril Karabus, who has been going through a prolonged court case in...
The North West Provincial Legislature has suffered another loss in the passing on of Honourable Onewang Rebecca Kasienyane at Bophelong Hospital in Mahikeng the morning of Sunday, 21 April 2013....
The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramagopa had today, Tuesday 16 April 2013, officially opened and led discussions of the inaugural meeting of the newly appointed Ministerial Advisory...
President Jacob Zuma sent condolences to the people of Venezuela on Wednesday following the death of their President Hugo Chavez. "Our hearts are with the family of President Chavez, as well as the...
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) today launches a new report on Incremental Innovation: Adapting to Patient Needs. The report emphasizes the...
Royal Philips Electronics has launched “Fabric of Africa” - a collaborative campaign to drive public-private partnerships and to improve healthcare access across the continent. The main...
The Gauteng Department of Health is calling on pregnant mothers and their partners to make use of clinics to learn more about pregnancy and prevention of sexually transmitted illnesses.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, killing more people each year than all other causes combined. The four main NCD categories – cardiovascular disease,...
On Monday, 4 February, I will receive a memorandum from the Cancer Alliance. This forms part of a campaign to create awareness about the illness, of our lifetime - cancer. The number of people...
The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today announced that 1.5 million lives which would be lost to cancer, could be...
World Cancer Day takes place annually and is an opportunity when everyone, locally and internationally, can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. Cancer kills more people...