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CAPE TOWN – Millions of newborns, children and mothers continue to die needlessly, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where rates of child mortality are the highest in the world. In this region one out of every eight children die before their fifth birthday, twenty times the rate of industrialised countries.
CAPE TOWN – For National Health Insurance (NHI) to be successful the quality of public healthcare must improve ‘tremendously’ and a stop must be put to the pricing of private health ‘which is running away with us’, health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi told the Healthcare in Africa meeting last night (TUES).
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Pregnant women that want to quit smoking will not find a lot of relief in nicotine patches, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dudley Lee’s case reveals how overcrowding and a struggling court system are fuelling a TB epidemic. By Nathan Geffen
It took a while for many of Patrick Ngwenya’s neighbours to accept that he really was a qualified as a doctor.
A preliminary audit report of South Africa’s health facilities shows a majority of institutions to be dirty and also questions patient safety in these services.
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Women with a history of endometriosis are at an increased risk of developing three types of ovarian cancer, according to a new study published in The Lance Oncology.
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It is tougher to diagnose cancer among certain groups of patients, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Oncology.
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Anal cancer rates are higher among people infected with HIV, according to new data published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Six of the country’s 10 most deprived districts are in KwaZulu-Natal, with Umzinyathi and Umkhanyakude being the poorest in the country.
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There is outrage among anti-tobacco activists over the ‘small increase’ in tobacco tax announced in the budget.
Read the 2012 budget speech here and get more details on how much money is being put aside for health.