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25 Jan 2012

Increased occurrence of disease in humans: Should we be concerned?

“They were undone, destroyed, after all of man's weapons and devices had failed, by the tiniest creatures that God in his wisdom put upon this earth.”(2) This quote from H.G Wells’ ‘War of...

22 Nov 2011

The great pharmaceutical patent debate

SPOOR & FISHER

In recent news, the TAC (Treatment Action Campaign) has called on government to revise the Patents Act to reduce the patent protection available to pharmaceutical inventions, which the organisation...

08 Jun 2011

SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and Aids, New York (08/06/2011)

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Date: 08/06/2011
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, at the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and Aids, New...

Chronic care of HIV and noncommunicable diseases: How to leverage the HIV experience (June 2011)

HIV/AIDS

Many countries with a high burden of HIV infection also face burgeoning epidemics of noncommunicable diseases. Similar to HIV, noncommunicable diseases are most frequent in low- and middle-income...

07 Jun 2011

Section27: Heywood: Address by the executive director, at the Nkosi Johnson memorial lecture, Johannesburg (07/06/2011)

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Date: 07/06/2011
Source: Section27
Title: Section27: Heywood: Address by the executive director, at the Nkosi Johnson memorial lecture, Johannesburg

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25 Feb 2011

The challenges of HIV prevention, treatment and care in South African prisons

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Prison populations worldwide tend to have much higher HIV & AIDS prevalence rates than the general population – for many complex and interrelated reasons. In particular, this is a result of...

22 Feb 2011

KZN: Mkhize: State of the Province address, by the Premier, Pietermaritzburg (22/02/2011)

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Date: 22/02/2011
Source: The KwaZule-Natal Provincial Government
Title: KZN: Mkhize: State of the Province address, by the Premier, Pietermaritzburg

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11 Oct 2010

SA: Statement by the Presidency, on the second Africa-Arab Summit in Libya (11/10/2010)

Statements

The 2nd Africa-Arab Heads of State and Government Summit which was held in Sirte, the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ended on a high note today with the Africa-Arab Partnership...

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