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An expensive gift has cast new shadows over the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health’s controversial decision to purchase and use an unsafe circumcision device called the Tara Klamp.
The training of more doctors, the refurbishment of nursing colleges, the appointment of retired nurses and specialists and the building of more hospitals and medical faculties are some of the plans presented by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
South Africa tends to focus too much on high performance sport, dismissing the physical education of those children who do not make the top teams at school, according to a South African sport scientist.
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The Conquer Cancer Foundation of ASCO works to achieve a world free of the fear of cancer. ASCO is pleased to announce to you and your membership the 2012 Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program. For over 25 years, the Conquer Cancer Foundation Grants Program has awarded over $70 million to deserving researchers.
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The world is at the ‘hot edge’ of developing groundbreaking HIV prevention interventions and on many fronts South Africa is in the thick of things, according to a leading clinical researcher.
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A campaign to boost the low number of black bone marrow donors has been launched in the lead-up to Bandana Day on Wednesday.
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Finding out that one has HIV at an early age can be a huge challenge for many young people, especially when they didn’t think they were at risk of infection. Two university students share their stories.
I started smoking when I was 17 years old. I will never forget that first drag- the headrush, the thrill and the smell and taste. It is now 8 years later and am still in an on/off relationship with cigarettes.
Health-e is very proud of our Vodacom winners. TV reporter Fathima Simjee won the best TV news category in the highly competitive southern and northern region for “Positive Heroes”, about HIV positive people who ran the Comrades Marathon.
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While anti-tobacco legislation and campaigns have increased globally, there is still much that needs to be done to stop the six million people from dying due to smoking cigarettes or second-hand smoke every year.
This podcast by Planet Money reveals a cost analysis commissioned by the Czech Republic government who were concerned about their economic depression. Smoking was admitted to be less costly for governments and Philip Morris admitted that death saves money
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World Health Organisation (WHO) released the second edition of the smoke-free movies report. It underlines the fact that, in some countries, many of the youth-rated films that contain tobacco imagery are the recipients of significant government production subsidies.