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When maternal mortality almost doubled in fourteen years, health leaders in Namibia decided to make maternal health a priority ‘ and set up a pilot in Khomas region.
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Screening air passengers for Tuberculosis (TB) is inefficient and unlikely to prevent the spread of infections, a Lancet study has shown.
An innovative process aimed at unblocking health service delivery by building a strong, united team of health leaders is being piloted in Namibia by a partnership of management and development organisations.
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The National Council Against Smoking (NCAS) has urged finance minister Pravin Gordhan to review tobacco tax rates in South Africa.
The legal fraternity is being called upon to play a meaningful role in the response to AIDS, especially to combat prejudice and discrimination against people living with HIV and AIDS.
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Every year, over 12 million people receive a cancer diagnosis and 7.6 million die of the disease – accounting for nearly 1 in 5 of all deaths in developed countries and the leading cause of death worldwide ¹. Yet, according to the International Union against Cancer (UICC) more than 40% of all cancers could be prevented by better lifestyle choices.
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KIGALI: (PlusNews) – Doreen Uwimana, in her early 20s, carries condoms in her bag even when she goes to classes at a college in an upmarket suburb of the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – The Kenya Prisons Service has won praise for its HIV programmes, including education, testing and the provision of anti-retroviral drugs to prisoners, but specialists say unless the issue of unprotected sex is addressed, HIV transmission will continue unchecked.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – A sexy new South African television drama is set to show people that love, life and the risk of HIV does not stop after they turn 30.
Western Cape health MEC Theuns Botha yesterday accused the African National Congress of mismanaging the province while in control, but in the same forum described national health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as ‘the best news to health services this country has seen for a long time’.
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The health department is redesigning the new ARV tender in the hope of procuring cheaper antiretroviral medicine amid claims that South Africa is paying around 30% more than the global rate for the drugs.
Rural doctors have invited President Zuma to shadow a rural doctor for a day, adding that if he ignored them it could mean he didn’t care about the people they serve.