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In the last 10 years or so, Africa has experienced a wave of innovative efforts in the technology, agriculture and services sectors, which have immensely improved the lives of Africans. For...
The Joint Committee on HIV/AIDS has called for an intervention to deal with the increase of new infections, particularly among young women.
This follows the South African National Aids...
Africa has been plagued by conflicts since the colonial era, and long thereafter. In the period between the 1960s and the 1990s, 48 African countries experienced about 80 violent changes of...
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...
The Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, announced in December last year that the Department of health will be rolling-out a Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) antiretroviral pill that combines three...
The North West Provincial Government has committed to partnership with the Moses Mauane Kotane (MMK) Foundation to advance unity through social transformation especially for the rural poor. This...
The Gauteng Department of Health has trained all its pharmacists, ordered sufficient stock for Priority 1 category patients and is ready to roll out the fixed-dose combination (FDC) of...
Steadily approaching the title of the second highest cause of disability in the world, mental health disorders are an international health concern that is gaining considerable attention.(2) Of the...
Hospitals in the North West province have been fitted with Gene Xpert for quick diagnose of Tuberculosis (TB). The Gene Xpert is a new test for tuberculosis. It can find out if a person is infected...
The Department of Science and Technology, working closely with its Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), invests in capacity at UCT, and other institutions, by providing seed funding and related...
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 36 million people die each year from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and nearly 80% of these are from low- to middle-income countries...
Part 1 of this paper defines corruption in its generality and offers an overview of the different scales, methods and causes. It presents an overview of corruption in Uganda and states that...
A recent decision by the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Lee v Minister of Correctional Services and Others case CCT 20/12 [2012] ZACC 30 ("the Lee decision") has shed further light on...
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...
The DA is fully committed to the global theme for World Aids Day of 'Zero New HIV infection, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS related deaths' and applauds the strides made by Government in the...