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WHO country profile focussing on Tuberculosis control: covering surveillance, epidemiology and the implementation of the Stop TB strategy.
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World health statistics 2008 presents the most recent health statistics for South Africa, including mortality rates, life expectancy, immunisation rates and national health expenditure.
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Produced by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
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Types of Cancer common in South Africa and their prevalence.
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WHO’s annual compilation of data from its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and targets. This edition also contains a new section on reported cases of selected infectious diseases.
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This booklet was compiled several years ago by Soul City, the Department of Health and Health-e. Some of the chapters such as the contact details are outdated. However, issues such as Ethics and Media are still relevant and may be especially useful for journalism students.
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The WHO releases a report on the state of Tobacco Control annually.This provides the latest data from all WHO countries for up to 2011.
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The effects of a stroke can be devastating and can result in early death or permanent disability. Furthermore, when someone does survive a stroke, it often puts an enormous burden on family members and/or carers. Moreover, stroke-related medical costs and disability put major strain on our healthcare system and the economy as a whole. So just how big is the problem?
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This paper highlights the provisions and regulations relating to smoking in workplaces and discusses the reported cases in which the various bargaining council arbitrators have dealt with the issue of employers’ and employees’ rights in cases relating to smoking at workplaces.
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Every day, approximately 1,000 women die in childbirth or from a pregnancy-related complication.The vast majority of these deaths can be prevented if access to emergency obstetric care is ensured.
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This report details key activities in 2011 that support IAVI’s mission to develop a safe, effective, accessible, preventive HIV vaccine for use throughout the world. Navigate to a specific section of the report below, download the entire report, view partner profiles and watch a message from IAVI CEO Margaret McGlynn. http://www.iavi.org/Pages/Annual-Progress-Report-2011.aspx#
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Health Policy and Planning blends such individual specialities as epidemiology, health and development economics, management and social policy, planning and social anthropology into a lively academic mix that constantly stimulates and keeps readers abreast of global health, focusing on issues of particular relevance to low and middle income countries. http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/current