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SA: Hilda Msweli: Address by the Inkatha Freedom Party Spokesperson on Health, during the Health Department Budget Vote 2013/14 Debate, Parliament, Cape Town (15/04/2013)

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"A long and healthy life for all South Africans" is a one of the outcomes that the health department aims to fulfil and we all desire to support such an ideal. But over the years it seems the...

SA: Statement by Western Cape Health,on International Nurses’ Day (10/05/2013)

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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...

SA: Statement by the Joint Committee on HIV/AIDS, calls for an intervention to deal with the increase of new infections (10/05/2013)

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The Joint Committee on HIV/AIDS has called for an intervention to deal with the increase of new infections, particularly among young women. This follows the South African National Aids...

A new voice: The role of Africa’s youth in electoral democracies

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa has had a long, faltered journey with regard to establishing democracies, as many nations have suffered through decades of autocratic rulers and repeated coups d'état. Recently, Africa...

SA: Statement by First Things First, public-private initiative, Gert Sibande College boosts HIV campaign (03/05/2013)

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The Gert Sibande College in Standerton today commenced the First Things First HIV counselling and testing (HCT) campaign aimed at encouraging students and staff at the institution to take...

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...

SA: Statement by the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, regional health organisation, on the Viral Load Testing Programmes in Africa conference (26/04/2013)

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More than 120 HIV clinicians, policy makers, and laboratory scientists gathered in Cape Town, South Africa from 18-20 April 2013 at the invitation of the African Society for Laboratory Medicine...

SA: Norman Mabasa: Address by the Limpopo Health MEC, at the Provincial Budget Vote for the Department of Health, Limpopo Legislative Chamber, Lebowakgomo (23/04/2013)

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Honourable Speaker I thought it appropriate to begin this presentation by refreshing our minds with facts we are very much familiar with, yet facts so important to rehearse because they, at least...

GCIS: Statement by the Government Communication and Information System, on government service delivery (19/04/2013)

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We have noted questions and media queries directed at government departments regarding the tenure of Directors-General (DGs) in the public service. The South African government, like many other...

SACCI: Statement by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, congratulates Anglo American on its mention on the Economist (16/04/2013)

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American on the favorable mention in the 13 April 2013 issue of The Economist titled How Big Business fought AIDS in South Africa. The article focused on the pioneering HIV/AIDS prevention...

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)

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

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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...

The silent crisis: Mental health in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Steadily approaching the title of the second highest cause of disability in the world, mental health disorders are an international health concern that is gaining considerable attention.(2) Of the...

IFP: Statement by Hilda Msweli, IFP Spokesperson on Health, states that antiretroviral shortage is a crisis (06/03/2013)

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The South African HIV Clinicians Society reports that the current shortage of ARVs is forcing our doctors to share antiretroviral drugs among patients and sometimes prioritize patients who are at...

TAC: Statement by the Treatment Action Campaign, South African AIDS activist organisation, on Mpumalanga pickets against poor management at Tintswalo Hospital (05/03/2013)

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Yesterday members of the Treatment Action Campaign in Mpumalanga together with the community of Acornhoek picketed at the Tintswalo Hospital in Acornhoek at the Ehlanzeni Municipality. They...

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