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23 May 2013

20 May 2013

Maternal Health (May 2013)

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), maternal health refers to “the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. While motherhood is often a positive and...

03 May 2013

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

STATEMENT

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...

26 Apr 2013

Premature deaths and avoidable trauma: A snapshot analysis of congenital infections in Sub-Saharan Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

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...

23 Apr 2013

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)

SPEECH

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...

16 Apr 2013

DA: Statement by Patricia Mokgohlwa, DA Gauteng, states that mothers and babies are at risk as power cuts plague Tembisa obstetrics unit (16/04/2013)

STATEMENT

The continued lack of electricity and hot water at the Tembisa Midwife Obstetric Unit in Ekurhuleni places the lives of new born babies and their mothers at high risk of infection or death.

26 Mar 2013

SA: Hope Papo: Address by the Gauteng MEC for Health, on the occasion of 2013 World TB Day, Sicelo Shiceka Township, Meyerton (26/03/2013)

SPEECH

South Africa is one of the 22 countries with the highest burden of TB. In fact we are part of the countries that account for 80% of all TB cases in the world. The rate of TB infection has almost...

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...

21 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on public health facilities audit (21/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Gauteng Department of Health facilities top ranking in the national audit of public health facilities is all thanks to dedicated and committed staff, says MEC Hope Papo. The results of the...

07 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by North West Health, on introduction on new TB diagnosis equipment in hospitals (07/03/2013)

STATEMENT

Hospitals in the North West province have been fitted with Gene Xpert for quick diagnose of Tuberculosis (TB). The Gene Xpert is a new test for tuberculosis. It can find out if a person is infected...

06 Mar 2013

SA: Statement by Hope Papo, Gauteng MEC for Health, on the report by Section 27 (04/03/2013)

STATEMENT

We have noted a report, from Section27. which paints a grim picture of the state of hospitals and clinics in the province. While accepting the right of any individual or organisation to state...

20 Feb 2013

Non-communicable diseases in Africa: Time to take notice

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

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...

08 Feb 2013

The Wards of the State

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

A recent decision by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Lee v Minister of Correctional Services and Others case CCT 20/12 [2012] ZACC 30 ("the Lee decision") has shed further light on...

03 Oct 2012

Ethiopia: Security after Meles

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Meles Zenawi Asres, Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 1995, died in Belgium on 20 August 2012 after he contracted an infection following an operation to remove a brain tumour.(2) He had not been...

28 Sep 2012

SA: Lindiwe Sisulu: Address by the Minister for Public Service and Administration, at the launch of the Intensification of the Public Sector HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign, Union Buildings, Pretoria (27/09/2012)

SPEECH

The HCT Intensification launch event marks the beginning of a series of activities that will contribute to the attainment of the goals of getting 1, 3 million Public servants to test and know their...

21 Aug 2012

Daily podcast – August 21, 2012.

PODCAST

Ethiopian state-run television has reported that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died from a sudden infection while recovering from an undisclosed illness at a hospital abroad. Speculation that...

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