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SA: Fikile Mbalula: Address by the Minister of Sport and Recreation South Africa, on the occasion of the Budget Vote speech, Parliament, Cape Town (23/05/2013)

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Honourable Members, on the 21st May 2013 we visited Iqhayiya High School in Khayelitsha and Tafelsig Secondary School in Mitchell’s wherein as part of our school sport programme we donated sport...

UK: Statement by GlaxoSmithKline, world’s leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, on partnering with Save the children to save one million children (10/05/2013)

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An ambitious new partnership to save the lives of a million of the poorest children in the world has been launched by GSK and Save the Children. This unique collaboration will see the two...

Maternal and newborn mortality in Africa: The social and economic case for investing

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

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...

SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on healthy lifestyle during World Health Day celebrations (07/04/2013)

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Through aggressive hypertension awareness and testing campaigns in communities, more than 60 000 new cases were diagnosed and patients put on treatment in the last financial year. The 60 431 new...

UFS: Statement by the University of Free State, Harvard Professor Arthur Kleinman opens colloquium (08/02/2013)

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The University of the Free State (UFS) presented a one-day colloquium this week, with Prof. Arthur Kleinman, world-renowned academic from the Harvard University, delivering the opening address

SA: Statement by Theuns Botha, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health, on World Cancer Day (04/02/2013)

STATEMENT

On Monday, 4 February, I will receive a memorandum from the Cancer Alliance. This forms part of a campaign to create awareness about the illness, of our lifetime - cancer. The number of people...

Louis Luyt dies

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Businessperson and former national rugby boss Louis Luyt has died, South African Rugby Union (Saru) spokesperson Andy Colquhoun said on Friday. Luyt, 80, died at home in Ballito, north of Durban in...

IFP: Statement by Hilda Msweli, IFP Spokesperson on Health, asserts that Khayelitsha Hospital complains need urgent attention (01/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Bad staff attitudes, waiting for long hours for help and giving wrong medication to patients are some of the complaints to come out of Khayelitsha Hospital.

SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in West Rand communities (29/10/2012)

STATEMENT

In an effort to educate communities about breast cancer symptoms and treatment options, health workers in the West Rand District are travelling in a mobile clinic to different areas this week.

SA: Grizelda Cjiekella: Address by the Acting Premier of the Northern Cape, on the occasion of the Launch of the Northern Cape Business Sector Implementation Plan for HIV/AIDS/TB and STI’S 2012- 2016, Kimberley (12/09/2012)

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Ladies and Gentlemen As the Northern Cape Leadership collective we take pride in the laudable efforts of our business community who are taking active steps in the fight against the scourge of...

IFP: Statement by Liezl van der Merwe, Inkatha Freedom Party Spokesperson on Women, declaring that the Department of Health fails the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child (05/09/2012)

STATEMENT

We were all shocked recently by the President's pronouncement that women must marry and must have children, as a means of getting "extra training". Telling single women they are "a problem in our...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the James Sebe Moroka Lecture, North West (22/08/2012)

SPEECH

ANC provincial chairperson Comrade Supra Mahumapelo, ANC national chairperson Comrade Baleka Mbethe and all ANC Officials, NEC members and provincial leadership, Leadership of the Tripartite...

SA: Trevor Manuel: Minister in the Presidency National Planning Commission, at the handover of the revised National Development Plan, at the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town (15/08/2012)

SPEECH

South Africa belongs to all its peoples We, the people, belong to one another We live the rainbow Our homes, neighbourhoods, villages, towns, and cities are safe and filled with laughter Through...

The rise of the expert patient: A fresh perspective on human resource for health in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

The knowledge and experience held by the patient has long remained an untapped resource within health systems.(2) In the global north, patient-centred health systems were established mainly as a...

UN: Statement by the United nations World Food Programme, on air dropping food aid to refugees in South Sudan areas with limited access (02/08/2012)

STATEMENT

he United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced it plans to air drop lifesaving assistance to refugees located in parts of South Sudan which have limited infrastructure. “WFP is...

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