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Government has revealed the ‘National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan’ in the event of an outbreak of Swine Flu in the country.
Many in the health sector have expressed disappointment over the removal of Barbara Hogan as health minister and have adopted a wait-and-see attitude towards her largely unknown replacement Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Education MEC in Limpopo.
While South Africans wait with baited breath whether incoming President Jacob Zuma re-appoints Barbara Hogan as health minister, Time magazine included her in their top 100 list of the world’s most influential people.
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MASENO: (PlusNews) – “I knew the danger I was putting my child through but I did not want to arouse any suspicion and I complied with my husband and his mother’s demands,” said HIV-positive Eunice Omulo, 33, who lives in Maseno, western Kenya. Against the advice of the hospital, she bowed to family pressure to give her baby solid food at just three months of age.
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WITBANK: (PlusNews) – After a demanding training session on the soccer pitch, the entire Black Aces football team has squeezed into a small, stuffy room at the club’s headquarters in Witbank, a town northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa, for training of a different kind.
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This is the last of two conversations with married men about why they seek other partners outside the confines of marriage, even when it puts them at risk of contracting HIV. This week we meet J, as he would like to be known for purposes of this report.
The South African government has re-assured the nation of its ability to contain any Swine Flu outbreak. The flu first broke out in Mexico about two weeks ago.
Having multiple and concurrent partners, has been identified as one of the causes for rising HIV infections, particularly in southern Africa. Research has shown that the practice is considered as normal. In this report, we meet a man who tells us why he has more than one partner.
The health department and striking doctors returned to the bargaining council yesterday (wed)after the affected parties reached an agreement on Tuesday night to immediately halt illegal strike action which started two weeks ago at various hospitals.
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Respected medical journal The Lancet this week released an editorial on the swine influenza A virus which is spreading around the world.
Health Minister Barbara Hogan recently established an Interim Advisory Committee, to help the Health Department in improving quality of care, to guarantee patient safety and to strengthen infection control measures in the public health care system.
There are still no reports of the A/H1N1 swine influenza (swine flu) that has allegedly killed people in Mexico of reaching South African shores. The flu is believed to have claimed 152 lives in Mexico including 20 which have been confirmed to have resulted from the flu with over 50 cases now reported in the US.