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KwaZulu-Natal premier and chair of the ANC’s health and education committee Dr Zweli Mkhize responds to the NHI debate in this piece which was published on Sunday and also appears in the party’s newsletter.
Mental conditions and illnesses manifest themselves in different and complicated ways. One of them is the mysterious Autism, a developmental disorder that strikes from a young age.
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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – Food aid and plastic sheeting are the hallmarks of every disaster, but not always condoms and antiretrovirals, even though humanitarian agencies recognize the link between emergencies and the increased risk of HIV and AIDS.
Health minister Aaron Motsoaledi for the first time shared some of his thoughts on the National Health Insurance plan.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – The routine offer of an HIV test to children admitted to a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, resulted in more than 3,000 being diagnosed with the virus over an 18-month period.
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CHIMOIO, 10 June 2009 (PlusNews) – Carlito, just nine years old, is sitting at the edge of a sandy field in Chimoio, in the central province of Manica, Mozambique, where he and his friends play soccer, putting the finishing touches to an unusual ball to play the beautiful game.
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JOHANNESBURG: (PlusNews) – Findings from a clinical trial in Haiti bring the first conclusive evidence that HIV-positive people in developing countries have a significantly better chance of survival if they start antiretroviral (ARV) treatment earlier.
CAPE TOWN ‘ African health and human rights activists have called on leaders attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on Africa to ‘not use the same pie and split it between more people’, but to make the pie bigger.
CAPE TOWN – Diabetes, respiratory diseases, some cancers and cardiovascular disease, the cause of over 50% of the disease burden in the world, can be decreased substantially by focusing on nutrition, encouraging physical activity and curbing smoking, Dr Craig Nossel of Discovery Health told a debate at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa.
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Last week we heard how Tender Mavundla, a musician who showed her mettle in Idols 2007, is on a mission to warn the youth about HIV. This week, Tender answers some questions about her own life with HIV.
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While South Africa’s HIV prevalence rate remains stable at 11 percent, there have been significant reductions in HIV among children and young people.
Fifteen years of failing to address the systemic challenges facing the health of the country lends itself to over compensation in the form of the grand gesture. By Alex van den Heever