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10 February 2012

07 Feb 2012

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Transmission occurs through the airborne spread of infectious droplets. When an infectious...

27 Jan 2012

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In the run-up to the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) June policy conference, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to lobby aggressively for a change to the current...

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...

05 Dec 2011

DA: Statement by Mike Waters, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of health, on the NHI (05/12/2011)

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Over the last few months, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been studying the government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) proposal. We have also held a series of workshops with key...

04 Dec 2011

SACP: Statement by Malesela Maleka, South African Communist Party spokesperson, on the central committee meeting (04/12/2011)

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The SACP Augmented Central Committee met in Randburg over the weekend of 2 – 4 December 2011. It has become the practice of the SACP to hold an augmented meeting that includes districts...

02 Dec 2011

Daily podcast – December 02, 2011

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World economies are sliding as a result of eurozone debt problems and failure by European leaders to make the right decisions to resolve the crisis will have massive consequences for the global...

01 Dec 2011

New HIV/Aids plan unveiled

HIV/AIDS

President Jacob Zuma has launched the new National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV and Aids 2012 – 2016, which promises to do much more to tackle TB and issues of violence against women.

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the launch of the National Strategic Plan for HIV and Aids, Port Elizabeth (01/12/2011)

2011

ood morning to you all. On this day each year, the world gathers to reflect on progress made in the fight against HIV and AIDS, and to recommit to taking the battle forward.

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