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SHENZHEN ‘ Over 3 000 international cancer experts are currently meeting in China to renew their fight against a disease which is killing millions every year and to renew their efforts to control tobacco.
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Landmark report shows that cancer has the greatest economic impact from premature death and disability of all causes of death worldwide.
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SHENZHEN ‘ The drive to prevent, treat and control cancer is facing a major turning point with the disease set to be given higher global priority.
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Intensifying their search for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection, scientists are planning to run an improved version of the successful Thai HIV vaccine trial in South Africa next year.
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Surgeons at Red Cross have given a group of children with facial anomalies a reason to smile.
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In his column published in the Sowetan on 27 July 2010 (‘Research on HIV prevention gel put black lives at risk’), Andile Mngxitama viciously attacks South African researchers who recently announced a huge breakthrough in the development of a microbicide, a gel that they hope women will be able to use to reduce their risk of being infected with HIV from sex.
The U.N. General Assembly has declared access to safe, clean drinking water and sanitation to be a “‘human right’ in a resolution that more than 40 countries including the United States didn’t support. South Africa did support it.
Advocacy organisations in the US and Uganda have welcomed the announcement that the U.S. global AIDS program, PEPFAR, has reversed severe restrictions that capped enrollment of new HIV patients on life saving treatment in Uganda.
The Public Service Accountability Monitor has issued a statement revealing details on the dire state of the Eastern Cape health department’s finances. It also called on the department to reveal how the situation will impact on patients.
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Huge strides could be made towards reducing child deaths in South Africa by following the example of those who fought for the rights of people living with HIV.
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Gauteng Department of Health and Social development is urging pregnant women, patients with chronic lung and heart diseases, diabetic, school going learners under the age of 20 as well as senior citizens over 65 years to immunize against H1N1 virus by Friday, 31 July 2010.
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The Children’s Act which came into force on April 1 places the onus on doctors and other health professionals to seek consent from their young patients for certain medical conditions including HIV testing, surgery and contraception.