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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...
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...
Much coverage in the mainstream and scientific press in the developed world has focused on the dispute over whether or not to publish the studies as some fear they could provide recipes for...
“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...
Date: 17/05/2010 Source: The World Health Organisation Title: WHO: Chan: Address by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, at the 63rd World Health Assembly,...
The first clinical trial of an HIV/Aids vaccine designed and developed in South Africa was launched in Cape Town on Monday. Medical Research Council president Anthony MBewu said the development of...
US Secretary of State Colin Powell told the world Wednesday that
Iraq was doing everything to hide its weapons of mass destruction
as he pressed the US case for tough action to disarm Saddam
Hussein.