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19 May 2013

15 May 2013

SA: Gwen Ramokgopa: Address by the Deputy Minister of Health, during the delivery of the Health Department Budget Vote 2013/14 , Parliament, Cape Town (15/05/2013)

SPEECH

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...

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...

24 Mar 2013

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...

15 Oct 2012

SA: Statement by Zweli Mkhize, KwaZulu-Natal Premier, on high profile business meeting in India (15/10/2012)

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Dr Mkhize is in the country to strengthen business and cultural relations between the province and India. KwaZulu-Natal shared a special relationship with India through our common heritage dating...

30 May 2012

SA: Motlanthe: Address by the Deputy President of South Africa, on the Presidency budget vote, Parliament (30/05/2012)

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Let me add to the words of President Jacob Zuma who, on this special occasion, has thanked Parliament and Government as well as all sectors of the South African society for supporting and...

25 Jan 2012

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

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

“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...

23 Apr 2010

Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, welcoming the National HIV counselling and testing campaign (23/04/2010)

Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions enthusiastically supports the HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign (HCT) which is to be launched, on Sunday 25 April 2010.

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