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The first 1000 days of a child’€™s life ‘€“ from conception until the age of two ‘€“ largely determine what kind of a future that child will have.
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi tabled his 2011/2 budget in parliament on Tuesday. The health department’s budget has increased from 21,7 billion in the 2010/11 financial year to 25,7 billion in the 2011/12 financial year.
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South Africa has some of the most progressive anti-tobacco legislation in the world, however the informal sector is proving to be a major source of cigarettes for minors.
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It is impossible not to notice David Mkefa’€™s unusually hoarse voice. A tall and strong man, Mkefa smiles easily when he talks about living with cancer and his belief that it is directly linked to the fact that he smoked cigarettes.
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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.