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MSF calls for cheaper child vaccines

On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that high prices for new vaccines could put developing countries in the precarious situation of not being able to afford to fully vaccinate their children in the future.

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April 29, 2013

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Community hopes SANAC meeting will strengthen commitment to HIV

GERT SIBANDE. – In April all eyes were on Mpumalanga as the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) held its first plenary meeting for the year here.

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April 29, 2013

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Malaria is not someone else’s problem, it is everyone’s

MEDIA RELEASE: This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its “Invest in the future. Defeat malaria” campaign, says Dr Pete Vincent of Netcare Travel Clinics and Medicross Family Medical and Dental Centres. Read more here.

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April 29, 2013

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Sugar drinks increase diabetes risk by 22% – Study

MEDIA RELEASE: Drinking one (or one extra)* 336ml serving size of sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can be enough to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22%, a new study suggests.

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April 29, 2013

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H7N9: No evidence of person-to-person transmission

MEDIA RELEASE: Scientists in China have confirmed for the first time that the influenza A H7N9 virus has transmitted from birds—specifically, chicken at a wet poultry market—to humans, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet. Since its…

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April 29, 2013

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Wits Faculty of Health Science Professor receives South Africa’s highest honour

MEDIA RELEASE: On the 27th April 2013 President Jacob Zuma honoured Wits Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Glenda Gray with South Africa's highest honour - the Order of Mapungubwe - for her life-saving research focusing on the mother to child transmission of HIV.

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April 29, 2013

Health, Health Systems

Long lines, poor service at Kgabo Health Centre

TSHWANE. - The staff and patients at Kgabo Health Centre in Winterveld are unhappy with the conditions at the facility ' the staff complain that do not receive support from the regional office while patients are concerned about the long waiting periods.

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April 29, 2013

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Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim awarded the Order of Mapungubwe

MEDIA RELEASE: Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa) is being bestowed with the Order of Mapungubwe: Bronze by the South African State President on Freedom Day (27 April 2013) in recognition of her 'outstanding work in the field of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis research and health policy development.' The Order of Mapungubwe is South Africa's highest honour.

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April 27, 2013

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SMS reminders help HIV patients take meds

VHEMBE. - The clinic management and staff at Matavhela clinic came up with a strategy to help their HIV/AIDS patients take their antiretrovirals (ARVs) regularly.

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April 26, 2013

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World Malaria Day: Gold speeds up malaria diagnosis

It's hard to imagine that gold is more than a rich person's trinket and actually plays a role in healthcare. But tiny nano-particles of gold are being used in rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) that can identify malaria in 20 minutes, according to the World Gold Council.

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April 25, 2013

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Stop smoking to reduce risk of pneumonia in HIV+

HIV-positive smokers are at high risk of contracting bacterial pneumonia - a common and serious lung infection in people living with HIV - compared to their non-smoking counterparts.

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April 25, 2013

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No immunisation at Limpopo clinics, hospitals

THOHOYANDOU. - The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is urging everyone who was turned away from clinics and hospitals in the region because of medicine stock outs to go back and get assistance.

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April 25, 2013

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H7N9: No evidence of person-to-person transmission

MEDIA RELEASE: Scientists in China have confirmed for the first time that the influenza A H7N9 virus has transmitted from birds'specifically, chicken at a wet poultry market'to humans, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet.

Health-e News
April 25, 2013

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40% of W Cape high school kids smoke

A third of high school pupils in the Western Cape are using tobacco, alcohol, and dagga, a survey by the Medical Research Council (MRC) revealed.

Health-e News
April 25, 2013

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Youth learn about their sexual health rights

TSHWANE. - A youth camp with the theme: 'Together taking responsibility to end HIV infection; 'No' to teenage pregnancy, 'No' to discrimination, and 'No' to gender based Violence' was recently held at the Stoney Ridge camp site in Magaliesburg.

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April 25, 2013

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