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21 Nov 2008

SA: Hogan: Speech by the Minister of Health Barbara Hogan at the Colloquium on Quality Improvement Programme for South Africa (21/11/2008)

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Date: 21/11/2008

Source: Department of Health

Title: SA: Hogan: Speech by the Minister of Health Barbara Hogan at the Colloquium on Quality Improvement Programme for South...

11 Sep 2008

Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health (September 2008)

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This report provides an analysis of social determinants of health and offers concrete examples of actions that have improved health and health equity in different countries.

28 Aug 2008

Independent WHO study backs universal health care

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Major inequalities in health and life expectancy persist worldwide, according to an independent World Health Organisation commission which on Thursday called for all countries to offer universal...

10 Jun 2008

Funding gap for Aids help persists - Global Fund

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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria requires another $7-billion to $8-billion to reach its funding goals for 2008, the fund's executive director, Michel Kazatchkine, said...

07 May 2008

Study finds Africans get substandard malaria drugs

AFRICA

Many Africans are getting substandard malaria drugs, with more than a third of the pills tested failing quality tests, according to a report published on Tuesday. Tests of 195 different packs of...

25 Apr 2008

UN urges world to help Africa fight malaria

UNITED NATIONS

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a new campaign on World Malaria Day on Friday, calling on the world to ensure that all of Africa has access to basic malaria control measures by the end...

23 Apr 2008

UN says Darfur death toll may be 300 000

DARFUR

As many as 300,000 people may have died in the five-year conflict in Darfur, a dramatic increase over earlier estimates of 200,000, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday. Sudan's U.N....

18 Mar 2008

WHO says TB killed 1.7-million globally in 2006

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

The rate of tuberculosis incidence fell slightly worldwide for a second straight year in 2006, but there were still 9.2 million new cases and the disease killed 1.7 million people, the U.N. health...

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