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South Africans should stop wasting time opposing National Health Insurance (NHI), Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Wednesday. Speaking during his budget vote in the National Assembly,...
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...
International Nurses' Day is celebrated annually on 12 May, the anniversary of the founder of modern day nursing, Florence Nightingale's birthday.
Clinical facilities throughout the Western Cape...
Dr Ganesh Anil Anirudhra who is facing 319 charges of allegedly defrauding the medical aid scheme(s) and the Department of Labour’s (DoL) Compensation Fund (CF) is to appear in the Brits...
Maternal and newborn complications are among the leading causes of death and disability in the developing world. Worldwide, an estimated 287,000 women die during pregnancy and childbirth each...
The Gauteng Health Department has dismissed four nurses following a complaint of unprofessional conduct after a highly expecting mother was forced to deliver a baby on the pavement.
On 16 November...
This morning, more than 100 children under the age of five received their first dose of polio drops and measles vaccine at Thusanang Daycare Centre in Muldersdrift, West Rand.
The beneficiaries...
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...
Ten children suffering from life threatening diseases are to benefit from the trade union UASA’s annual golf day this year.
The union has pledged a minimum of R70 000 to the Reach for a Dream...
The North West Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has in its bid to commemorate April as Animal Health month, intensified the provision of Primary Animal Health Care services among the...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has recently signed into law the Regulations Relating to the Reduction of Sodium in Certain Foodstuffs and Related Matters made under the Foodstuffs,...
The Department of Science and Technology, working closely with its Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), invests in capacity at UCT, and other institutions, by providing seed funding and related...
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...
While it has been a vital necessity for the socio-economic development of its beneficiaries (usually developing countries), foreign aid money has acted as a source of corruption. If not handled...
Within the global pharmaceutical industry, represented by large corporate citizens, the quest to improve healthcare in impoverished communities is being tackled by means of a multi-pronged...