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17 May 2013

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...

09 Apr 2013

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

STATEMENT

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...

02 Mar 2013

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...

23 Jan 2013

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...

22 Mar 2012

JHB: Tau: State of the City address, by the mayor, Johannesburg (22/03/2012)

Topics

We all have fond memories and great experiences of this city. We call it by many names, and it represents different things to us.

02 Mar 2012

The Future of Healthcare in Africa – New possibilities for a continent (March 2012)

HEALTH

“The Future of Healthcare in Africa” is a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) based on research commissioned by Janssen and presented in Cape Town, South Africa, in March 2012....

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...

06 Aug 2011

SA: Chabane: Address by the Minister in the Presidency, at the intergrated youth development strategy national convention, Kimberley (06/08/2011)

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Date: 06/08/2011
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Chabane: Address by the Minister in the Presidency, at the intergrated youth development strategy national convention,...

21 Feb 2011

GP: Mokonyane: State of the Province Address, by the Premier, Johannesburg (21/02/2011)

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Date: 21/02/2011
Source: The Gauteng Provincial Government
Title: GP: Mokonyane: State of the Province Address, by the Premier, Johannesburg

Madam...

15 Mar 2010

SA: Motsoaledi: Speech by the Minister of Health at the Opening of the Centre for Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition (15/03/2010)

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Date: 15/03/2010
Source: Department of Health
Title: SA: Motsoaledi: Speech by the Minister of Health at the Opening of the Centre for Study of Social and Environmental Determinants of...

26 Feb 2010

SA: Motsoaledi: Speaking notes for the Minister of Health, at the launch of the Southern Africa Development Community Healthy Lifestyles day, Khayalitsha (26/02/2010)

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Date: 26/02/2010
Source: The Department of Health
Title: SA: Motsoaledi: Speaking notes for the Minister of Health, at the launch of the Southern Africa Development Community Healthy...

28 Jan 2010

US: Obama: State of the Union Address by the US President, Washington (27/01/2010)

Newsletter - Alert

"One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt. Experts from across the political...

11 Jun 2009

WHO: Chan: Statement by the WHO director-general on the 2009 influenza pandemic (11/06/2009)

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Date: 11/06/2009

Source: World Health Organisation

Title: WHO: Chan: Statement by the WHO director-general on the 2009 influenza pandemic

Ladies and gentlemen,

In...

05 Dec 2007

SA: Hlongwa:Tabling of 2006/07 Annual Report (04/12/2007)

2007

Speech by Gauteng MEC for Health Brian Hlongwa on the occasion of the 2006/07 Annual Report

01 Oct 2007

SA: Tshabalala-Msimang: International Day for Older Persons (01/10/2007)

2007

Address by the Minister of Health M Tshabalala-Msimang at the International Day for Older Persons, Ugu District, KwaZulu-Natal

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