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Women and girls’ rights: The battle of formally abducted girls in northern Uganda

This paper explores the grave human rights violations which women and girls suffered during situations of fierce militarisation between the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and the Lords...

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...

TAC: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, South African AIDS activism organisation, welcome introduction of Fixed Dose Combination but cautions against stock-outs and slow roll-out (11/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, announced in December last year that the Department of health will be rolling-out a Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) antiretroviral pill that combines three...

SA: Kgalema Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the World TB Day, Pollsmoor Management Centre, Cape Town (24/03/2013)

SPEECH

I am honoured once again to address the World TB Day. A year ago we convened in Carltonville, Gauteng, for the self-same event. A year later we are meeting here in Pollsmoor prison, one of the...

SA: Statement by Nomvula Mokonyane, Gauteng Premier, on on rediced HIV infections among teenagers (13/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Gauteng AIDS Council (GAC) which is a partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG) and Civil Society Networks, local government, community based organisations like non-profit...

Mental health in Ghana: A rights violation in action

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The concept of mental health remains ignored in many developing countries, where basic primary healthcare needs are additionally neglected. The World Health Organisation (WHO) lists several risk...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, on the occasion of the Third Medals Parade for the Luthuli Detachment, Waterkloof Airforce Base, Tshwane (06/12/2012)

SPEECH

On the 2nd August this year, on the occasion coinciding with the commemoration of the first operations of the Luthuli Detachment of the ANC’s military wing uMkhonto weSizwe, we held the first...

Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding exclusive breastfeeding in Southern Africa - Part 2

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Only 38% of children less than six months of age in the developing world are exclusively breastfed.(2) This very low rate in the uptake of a practice that contributes to the health and well-being...

SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on Malaria Awareness campaign (08/11/2012)

STATEMENT

The Gauteng Department of Health has this week joined the world in commemorating Malaria Week by raising awareness and educating communities about this disease.

SA: Lindiwe Sisulu: Address by the Minister for Public Service and Administration, at the launch of the Intensification of the Public Sector HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign, Union Buildings, Pretoria (27/09/2012)

SPEECH

The HCT Intensification launch event marks the beginning of a series of activities that will contribute to the attainment of the goals of getting 1, 3 million Public servants to test and know their...

DA: Statement by Paul Willemburg, Democratic Alliance Spokesperson on Infrastructure Development, on the R27 million Mamelodi psychiatric wards abandoned (06/09/2012)

STATEMENT

During my visit to the old Mamelodi Hospital in Tshwane it emerged that the R27 Million allegedly spent on upgrading the facility to accommodate psychiatric patients have amounted to nothing. The...

SA: Statement by North West Health, on stabbing incident at Zeerust Hospital (25/07/2012)

STATEMENT

The North West Department of Health is investigating how a 43 year old male patient managed to stab three patients with a sharp object at Zeerust Hospital. One of the patients was a 90 year old who...

The Military Veterans Act of 2011: Promising More Than can be Delivered?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

On 20 April the Mail and Guardian newspaper in South Africa reported that approximately 250 former MK and APLA liberation fighters had taken to the streets, demanding from the City of Johannesburg...

SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, on wrold TB day (24/03/2012)

Topics

Thank you for joining us on this World TB to raise awareness about the disease and to discuss coordinated responses aimed at eradicating TB within this lifetime.

JHB: Tau: State of the City address, by the mayor, Johannesburg (22/03/2012)

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We all have fond memories and great experiences of this city. We call it by many names, and it represents different things to us.

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