Surgery - Policy, Law & Economics News

SA: Statement by Gauteng Health, on reducing backlogs in public healthcare facilities (06/05/2013)

The Gauteng Health Department is prioritising improving the waiting periods for patients who are in need of surgery. The department has implemented interventions to reduce the backlog such as...

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...

Where is Eritrea heading?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

The secret world of Eritrea has begun to unravel at a stunning pace. Just two weeks ago, on 21 January 2013, mutinous soldiers overran the Ministry of Information. Reported to number roughly 100,...

SA: Statement by Theuns Botha, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health, on World Cancer Day (04/02/2013)

STATEMENT

On Monday, 4 February, I will receive a memorandum from the Cancer Alliance. This forms part of a campaign to create awareness about the illness, of our lifetime - cancer. The number of people...

IFP: Statement by Hilda Msweli, IFP Spokesperson on Health, calls on the Department of Health to speed up the process of employing qualified surgeons in Cecilia Makiwane Hospital (11/01/2013)

STATEMENT

The IFP calls on the Department of Health in the Eastern Cape to speed up the process of employing qualified surgeons in Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane.

Daily podcast – January 7, 2013.

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The government said on Sunday that former South African President Nelson Mandela has recovered from a lung infection and surgery to remove gallstones that kept him in hospital for nearly three...

SA: Statement by Hope Papo, Gauteng Department of Health MEC, urges communities to donate blood this festive season (12/12/2012)

STATEMENT

This morning, Gauteng Department of Health MEC Hope Papo gave a gift of life by donating blood at Cresta Shopping Centre in Randburg.

What Constitutes a Method of Treatment by Surgery at the EPO?

ADAMS & ADAMS

Article 53(c) of the European Patent Convention (EPC 2000) excludes methods of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy or surgery from being patentable at the European Patent Office (EPO)....

IFP: Statement by Hilda Msweli, IFP Parliamentary Spokesperson for Health, calling for police presence in healthcare facilities (21/08/2012)

STATEMENT

The IFP has called for the Departments of Health and Police to work in collaboration to ensure stringent law enforcement in South Africa's healthcare facilities, even if this means creating a...

DA: Statement by Patricia Kopane, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Health, challenging Minister Motsoaledi to spend a day as a Limpopo patient (19/07/2012)

STATEMENT

It is clear that critical hospital equipment shortages in Limpopo are endangering the lives of patients and infringing on their right to have access to health care services. Minster of Health Aaron...

The price of health: Exploring cost-effectiveness analysis in public health

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

With the current global burden of health problems, proper allocation of limited resources is essential. A challenge facing public health professionals is determining how to successfully execute...

R2K: Statement by the Right 2 Know Campaign, on the Protection of Information Bill (29/08/2011)

Statements

Parliament wants us to accept a Secrecy Bill that's only half bad – but the Bill is fundamentally flawed.

One full year ago, on 31 August 2010, the Right2Know campaign...

Death of the Swiss?

ADAMS & ADAMS

Section 25(11) of the South African Patents Act 57 of 1978 prohibits the patenting of any invention for “a method of treatment of the human or animal body by surgery or therapy or of diagnosis...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the funeral of Albertina Sisulu, Soweto (11/06/2011)

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Date: 11/06/2011
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the funeral of Albertina Sisulu, Soweto

The...

US: Statement by the US Embassy, on HHS agencies partnering with PEPFAR to transform African medical education (08/10/2010)

Statements

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is partnering with the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with a plan to invest $130 million over five years to transform...

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