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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...
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...
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...
In the State of the Province address, the Premier Nomvula Mokonyane, highlighted that the implementation of the Health Turnaround Strategy in the current financial year has yielded positive results...
In an effort to accelerate the delivery of quality health services to communities of the North West, the Department of Health has dispersed 19 new ambulances procured at a cost of R7 930 912.23....
Over 6 000 donated red T-shirts were pinned together to create a 1.5km-long HIV/Aids awareness ribbon, which was 50% longer than the previous record. The ribbon has yet to be ratified as a new...
I am greatly honoured to welcome you here today in keeping the candle of hope and compassion burning and as well as the promise that we have made that we will defeat HIV and Aids. Today as we...
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,...
The Gauteng Department of Health has appointed five senior managers, as part of its on-going efforts to achieve faster turnaround and stability. The department launched its turnaround strategy last...
South Africa spends more on health care than many other countries yet patient care is declining, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday. "We exceed GDP [gross domestic product] of health...
The goal of any health care system is to provide universal access to appropriate, efficient, effective and quality health services, in order to improve and promote people’s health. In most...
According to the City of Cape Town census, more than a third of the families in Mfuleni (bordering Khayelitsha, in the Cape Flats) live in informal shacks without water and electricity. In this...
Health stakeholders from the private and public sector have pledged their support for the National Health Insurance (NHI), although some are still concerned about how the scheme will be implemented.
Thank you for joining us on this World TB to raise awareness about the disease and to discuss coordinated responses aimed at eradicating TB within this lifetime.
Step by step, brick by brick, the African National Congress (ANC) led government, together with the people of this country, are busy at work, building a future democratic society as envisioned by...