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DURBAN – South Africa needs to revisit its stubborn policy of not employing foreign qualified doctors from other African countries, despite the fact that they are already in the country, the country’s first TB conference has heard.
Independent health economist, Alex van den Heever, says the country’s public health system does not have the capacity to accommodate foreign migrants. The statement follows a series of reports of foreign migrants being denied access to health care.
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DURBAN – Workers at health facilities are increasingly infected with tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB) as they come into close and lengthy contact with infected patients, the first national TB conference heard yesterday (Wednesday).
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Thirty three of the 82 patients with extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB admitted at the Brooklyn Chest Clinic in Cape Town have died and only four have been cured.
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DURBAN – South African health workers should become more afraid of tuberculosis (TB) and the impact it is having on health resources and people living with HIV, infectious diseases expert Professor Anton Stoltz has told the opening session of the country’s first TB conference.
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A single, oral dose of vitamin A, given to infants shortly after birth can reduce the risk of death in the developing world by 15 percent, according to a study released this week.
Smoke-free policies are reducing heart disease related to smoke exposure, the prevalence of smoking in adults and the exposure of both adults and children to second-hand smoke.
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In a breakthrough which will have a major impact on curbing the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in developing countries, including South Africa, the endemic disease will in future be diagnosed within a day and not the standard two to three months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.
Hope is at hand for South African women unable to afford a new vaccine to combat cervical cancer as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI Alliance) has announced it plans to get the vaccine to high burden populations.
Political interference is increasingly making it difficult for public service health professionals to provide the best quality care to patients. In ‘Dare to care’, a book to be published next month, Dr Thys von Mollendorff, gives a personal account of how deadly this interference can be.
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The Department of Health has awarded tenders valued at over R3-billion for the procurement of antiretroviral drugs over the next two years.
Treasury officials are sent to hospital to investigate donor funds for dual therapy as KwaZulu-Natal MEC intensifies her campaign against Manguzi Hospital.