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British American Tobacco South Africa (Batsa) has failed in a high court bid to have parts of the country’€™s tobacco advertising ban declared unconstitutional.
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One of the ways in which companies can object to a decision made by the Medicines Control Council (MCC) is to appeal the decision in terms of Section 24 of the Medicines and Related Substances Act (Act 101 of 1965). By Roy Jobson.
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South Africa should set a bold example to the rest of the world by resolving to triple the number of people on antiretroviral medication by 2015.
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Some Gauteng clinics have recently experienced shortages of critical antiretroviral drugs placing patients at risk of developing resistance to their treatment.
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A multi-national study shows that if an HIV-positive person starts taking antiretroviral therapy early on, that is, when their CD 4 count is still high, their chances of infecting their HIV-negative partner can decrease by as much as 96%.
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CAPE TOWN ‘€“ A multi-million rand AngloGold Ashanti investment in a malaria control programme in Ghana has led to massive reductions in productivity losses, school absenteeism, infant mortality and treatment costs, a report released at the World Economic Forum has shown.
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A clinical trial aimed at investigating whether an antiretroviral pill a day could prevent women from getting HIV was abandoned yesterday (Mon 18 April).
Over 2.6 million babies are stillborn globally every year, but a million of these could have been prevented if mothers had received proper care during pregnancy and birth.
A crucial meeting between the nursing profession and the Health Department ended on a high note in Johannesburg, this week. The meeting sought to address deficiencies of a profession that is despised by many South Africans who receive nursing care in government health facilities.
SANDTON – Nurses should invoke the spirits of their noble predecessors Florence Nightingale, Cecilia Makiwane and Henrietta Stockdale and restore the profession to its rightful place in society, President Jacob Zuma told a Nursing Summit.
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Dis-Chem this week responded to criticism after their involvement in the tour to South Africa of vitamin salesman and author Patrick Holford.
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In a profession often marred by disillusionment, poor resources and negative publicity, some nurses still manage to uphold their ethics and even risk their lives by working in highly infectious environments.