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An ambitious new partnership to save the lives of a million of the poorest children in the world has been launched by GSK and Save the Children. This unique collaboration will see the two...
This morning, more than 100 children under the age of five received their first dose of polio drops and measles vaccine at Thusanang Daycare Centre in Muldersdrift, West Rand.
The beneficiaries...
The Chairperson of the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS), Lieutenant General Elias Mawela, just after midnight this morning, congratulated all member departments on...
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsolaedi on Friday praised the development of the newly launched Shandukani Maternal and Child Health Centre in Hillbrow, which focuses on antenatal, post-natal and...
“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...
South Africa's health facilities - both hospitals and clinics - are ready for the 2010 FIFA World CupTM • South Africa is ready to provide health services of an international...
The Democratic Alliance on Tuesday released its social development policy, which aims to break the cycle of poverty by extending opportunities to all South Africans. Briefing the media at...
A quarter of child deaths could be prevented by immunisations, according to the head of a multi-billion-dollar vaccine procurer, who warned on Wednesday that economic woes could soon damage public...
About 9.7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday from diseases that could be prevented with simple, affordable measures, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday....
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned the Sudan government that
its restrictions on vital supplies and relief workers distributing
them in Darfur constituted a violation of international...
The Medicines Control Council (MCC) has approved the first human
clinical trials for a phase 1 HIV vaccine trial in South Africa,
with the use of cutting edge technology.