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Health department Director General Thami Mseleku, a destructive leftover from former health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’€™s reign, will leave the end of the month, with the Western Cape’€™s Director-General for Health Professor Craig Househam set to step in.
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The Red Cross Children’€™s Hospital has once again placed itself at the forefront of excellent specialist care for children with the opening of a high-tech surgical centre consisting of eight theatres.
Dr Nono Simelela, newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer of the South African National AIDS Council, promises to improve the way in which SANAC will function in the future.
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In the coming weeks, results will be released from an AIDS vaccine phase III trial in Thailand. This test-of-concept trial is the largest AIDS vaccine trial ever conducted and will focus on whether there was any evidence of vaccine impact on HIV infection and/or viral load.
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Researchers have made what could be a significant discovery in the long-term search for an AIDS vaccine, identifying two new broadly neutralizing antibodies to HIV (bNAbs for short) that reveal what may be an Achilles heel on the virus.
More infants could be born free from HIV in South Africa. This follows the recent introduction of the National Plan for Acceleration of the Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission programme, or PMTCT A-Plan.
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Despite industrialised countries being on track to meet the MDG 4 goals by reducing their under 5 mortality rate, many countries in Africa are lagging well behind with one in seven children in sub-Saharan Africa dying before their fifth birthday.
The latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference. This presentation by Sipho Ngidi, Chairperson Board of Trustees, Bankmed.
The latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference. This presentation by JOE SEOLOANE, curator of Pro Sano Medical Scheme.
The latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference. This presentation by BLUM KHAN.
The latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference. This presentation by DR CLARENCE MINI.
The latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference. This contribution by Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana.