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SA: Statement by the Gauteng Provincial Government, Gauteng Executive Council welcomes the mid-year population estimates for 2013 by Statistics South Africa (17/05/2013)

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The Gauteng Executive Council (EXCO) has welcomed the mid-year population estimates for 2013 by Statistics South Africa, which found that people live longer in Gauteng. EXCO held its monthly...

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)

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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...

The SA Department of Health – worth its salt

Spoor & Fisher

The Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has recently signed into law the Regulations Relating to the Reduction of Sodium in Certain Foodstuffs and Related Matters made under the Foodstuffs,...

SA: Statement by the Department of Health, Minister Aaron Motsoaledi appoints Ministerial Advisory Committee on the prevention and control of cancer in South Africa (16/04/2013)

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The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Gwen Ramagopa had today, Tuesday 16 April 2013, officially opened and led discussions of the inaugural meeting of the newly appointed Ministerial Advisory...

SA: Statement by Department of Health, on World Health Day (09/04/2013)

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Sunday, 7 April 2013, was World Health Day and the WHO theme for this year is “high blood pressure”. High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. This killer disease is caused by high...

Incremental Innovation: Adapting to Patient Needs (March 2013)

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The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) today launches a new report on Incremental Innovation: Adapting to Patient Needs. The report emphasizes the...

SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, a on the occasion of the Bongi Ngema-Zuma Foundation’s sponsors dinner promoting the fight against diabetes, Hilton Hotel, Sandton, Gauteng (02/03/2013)

SPEECH

One of our government’s foremost goals is to promote a healthy nation and increase the life expectancy. We have done well with the fight against HIV and AIDS and other communicable diseases. We...

Netherlands: Statement by Philips, multi-national electronics company, on launch of “Fabric of Africa” campaign to raise awareness on non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health and strengthening of healthcare systems (27/02/2013)

STATEMENT

Royal Philips Electronics has launched “Fabric of Africa” - a collaborative campaign to drive public-private partnerships and to improve healthcare access across the continent. The main...

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...

SA: Gwen Ramokgopa: Address by the Deputy Minister of Health, during an opening ceremony of the sixth World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Cape Town International Convention Centre (18/02/2013)

SPEECH

She said that “since 2011 facts such as these are being increasingly recognised globally and certainly in South Africa. Just prior to the United Nations high level summit on non-communicable...

Addressing the gaps in global policy and research for noncommunicable diseases (February 2013)

HEALTH

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death globally, killing more people each year than all other causes combined. The four main NCD categories – cardiovascular disease,...

UICC: Statement by the Union for International Cancer Control, global cancer prevention non-governmental organisation, on the prevention of 1.5-million premature cancer deaths (04/02/2013)

STATEMENT

The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) today announced that 1.5 million lives which would be lost to cancer, could be...

From silos to systems: Dealing with population health challenges in the world today

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In a recent blog post,(2) Devi Sridhar draws attention to the fragmentation that has accompanied the interpretation and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This...

SA: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane: Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on World AIDS Day, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (01/12/2012)

SPEECH

President Zuma said on World AIDS Day in 2009 when launching government’s renewed efforts at combating the scourge of HIV and AIDS that:

SA: Hope Papo: Address by Gauteng Provincial MEC for Health, on the occasion of the introduction of the 2011/12 Annual Report, Gauteng Provincial Legislature (21/09/2012)

SPEECH

The World Health Organisation defines Health Services as: “…the most visible part of any health system, both to users and the general public. Health services, be they promotion, prevention,...

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