Communicable Diseases

20 June 2013

11 Jun 2013

SA: Statement by Hope Papo, Gauteng Health MEC, on preventing violence against the elderly (11/06/2013)

June 15 is World Elderly Abuse Awareness Day. The abuse of elderly people is increasingly being recognized as a serious social problem. It is also a problem that may continue to grow as the country...

06 Jun 2013

SA: Statement by the Community Care Workers Forum, on the the terrible working conditions that many community care workers are experiencing (06/06/2013)

STATEMENT

98 community care workers representing over 50 organisations with the Community Care Workers Forum, the Wellness Foundation and the People’s Health Movement of South Africa met to reaffirm the...

22 May 2013

The role of entrepreneurship and innovation in improving the health status of Sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In the last 10 years or so, Africa has experienced a wave of innovative efforts in the technology, agriculture and services sectors, which have immensely improved the lives of Africans. For...

15 May 2013

SA: Aaron Motsoaledi: Address by the Minister of Health, during the delivery Health Department Budget Vote 2013/14, National Assembly, Cape Town (15/05/2013)

SPEECH

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...

29 Apr 2013

Piecing it together: The status of health systems in post-conflict African countries

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...

26 Apr 2013

Premature deaths and avoidable trauma: A snapshot analysis of congenital infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The loss of a child is a traumatising experience for the parents, who go through devastating emotional pain, at times undergoing the grieving process for years. The death of a newborn or stillbirth...

02 Mar 2013

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, a on the occasion of the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation’s sponsors dinner promoting the fight against diabetes, Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Gauteng (02/03/2013)

SPEECH

One of our government’s foremost goals is to promote a healthy nation and increase the life expectancy. We have done well with the fight against HIV and AIDS and other communicable diseases. We...

20 Feb 2013

Non-communicable diseases in Africa: Time to take notice

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 36 million people die each year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and nearly 80% of these are from low- to middle-income countries...

30 Aug 2012

SA: Kgalema Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, during the 24th Congress of the Socialist International, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town (30/08/2012)

SPEECH

The President of the Socialist International, Comrade George Papandreou; Secretary-General, Comrade Luis Ayala; Leaders of Delegations; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Dear Delegates; Comrades and...

15 Aug 2012

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the handover of the revised National Development Plan, at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town (15/08/2012)

SPEECH

Honourable Deputy President, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe, Honourable Speaker of the National Assembly and Chairperson of the NCOP,

06 Aug 2012

SA: Anil Sooklal: Address by Deputy Director-General of Asia and Middle East, at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation BRICS conference, Centurion ( 06/08/2012)

SPEEECH

“South Africa, BRICS and Global Governance” Address by Ambassador Anil Sooklal, Deputy Director-General: Asia and Middle East at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation ans...

24 Jul 2012

SA: Tau: Address by the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, at the launch of the city's deployment of 10 JMPD officer's programme, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown (24/07/2012)

Topics

Programme Director Speaker of Council, Clr Connie Bapela Chief Whip of Council, Clr Prema Naidoo The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety Members of the Mayoral Committee The...

03 Apr 2012

Millennium development goals: the what, the who and the how

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

The Millennium Development Goals or MDGs were identified by the World Health Organisation in terms of the Millennium Declaration signed by 189 countries in 2000. In its publication concerning the...

21 Mar 2012

SA: Mbalula: Address by the Minister of Sport and Recreation, in celebration of Human Rights Day, Port Elizabeth (21/03/2012)

Topics

Fellow South Africans I greet you all in the name of our democratic government led by the African National Congress; the oldest liberation movement in the history of South Africa and Africa.

16 Mar 2012

Mortality Attributable to Tobacco (March 2012)

HEALTH

Tobacco use is responsible for five million or 12% of all deaths of adults above the age of 30 globally each year, according to a United Nations report, that for the first time provides estimated...

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