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22 May 2013
                       
 
 
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15 May 2013
 
 
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)
SPEECH
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...
 
 
10 May 2013
 
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)
STATEMENT
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...
 
 
UK: Statement by GlaxoSmithKline and Save the Children, form unique partnership to save the lives of one million children (10/05/2013)
STATEMENT
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...
 
 
03 May 2013
 
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...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – April 2, 2013.
PODCAST
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of all political prisoners on Monday. The move was cautiously welcomed by the opposition in the tightly-controlled African country....
 
 
27 Jan 2013
 
SA: Jacob Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, during the high level event on the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (27/01/2013)
SPEECH
Excellencies, Let me begin by underlining that it is of critical importance for the African Union to prioritise women and child health. Discussing the matter at this highest level of African...
 
 
06 Dec 2012
 
Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding exclusive breastfeeding in Southern Africa - Part 2
CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Only 38% of children less than six months of age in the developing world are exclusively breastfed.(2) This very low rate in the uptake of a practice that contributes to the health and well-being...
 
 
31 Aug 2012
 
Medical Research Council to reassess research priorities
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
The Medical Research Council (MRC) is reassessing its research priorities as it moves to tackle its declining scientific stature and to achieve greater effect on improving health in South Africa....
 
 
04 May 2012
 
 
 
Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth (May 2012)
MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH
Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth - the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth- shows preterm birth is on the rise in most countries, and is now...
 
 
13 Aug 2011
 
Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, welcoming expanded ARV rollout (13/08/2011)
Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions warmly welcomes today’s announcement by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe that all people with HIV with CD4 counts below 350 cells/mm3 are to...

 
 
10 Feb 2011
 
 
 
WHO recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children (February 2011)
HIV/AIDS
To improve survival and quality of life among the 2,5-million children living with HIV, a comprehensive package of prevention, care and treatment is required. This package should include management...
 
 
11 Jun 2009
 
WHO: Chan: Statement by the WHO director-general on the 2009 influenza pandemic (11/06/2009)
Topics

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...

 
 
18 Sep 2008
 
Vaccines could prevent quarter of child deaths
INTERNATIONAL
A quarter of child deaths could be prevented by immunisations, according to the head of a multi-billion-dollar vaccine procurer, who warned on Wednesday that economic woes could soon damage public...
 
 
05 Jun 2008
 
SA: Tshabalala-Msimang: Health Dept Budget Vote 2008/09 (05/06/2008)
Topics
Budget speech of the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, in the National Assembly
 
 
21 May 2008
 
SA: Tshabalala-Msimang: World Health Assembly (20/05/2008)
Topics
Address by the Minister of Health of South Africa, Dr ME Tshabalala-Msimang, at the 61st World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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