Malaria cases per year in South Africa: 1999 – 2007
South African Department of Health Annual Data
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South Africa TB Profile
WHO country profile focussing on Tuberculosis control: covering surveillance, epidemiology and the implementation of the Stop TB strategy.
World Health Organisation Core Health Indicators 2008
World health statistics 2008 presents the most recent health statistics for South Africa, including mortality rates, life expectancy, immunisation rates and national health expenditure.
Summary of HIV Statistics for South Africa
Produced by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
Cancer in South Africa
Types of Cancer common in South Africa and their prevalence.
World Health Statistics 2009
WHO’s annual compilation of data from its 193 Member States, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and targets. This edition also contains a new section on reported cases of selected infectious diseases.
Behaving ‘better’? The media, HIV/AIDS and stigma
Speaker’s notes for Centre for the Study of AIDS forum, 2004. Kerry Cullinan.
Discussion about the role of the media in reporting on HIV/AIDS, particularly stigma and denial, tends to rest on two popular assumptions: 1. That the media has a major role to play in reducing AIDS stigma and denial, and that it is obliged to do so. 2. Once people know how HIV is transmitted, they will change their sexual behaviour (“health belief model”).
HIV/AIDS: A resource for journalists
This booklet was compiled several years ago by Soul City, the Department of Health and Health-e. Some of the chapters such as the contact details are outdated. However, issues such as Ethics and Media are still relevant and may be especially useful for journalism students.
Who, what, where, when and how? – reporting the full HIV and AIDS story
Idasa and the Journalism Department at the University of Stellenbosch held a workshop for community journalists, tackling the issue of Governance and HIV/AIDS. Health-e journalist Anso Thom spoke to the participants.
Media needs to stop sitting on the sidelines
Government committed itself to having 53 000 people on antiretrovirals (ARVs) by the end of 2004. What are the challenges government faces in rolling out? What is the hold up? Is government dragging its feet, is there a lack of political will or are there real problems with implementation? And what role do the media have to play in all of this? The HIV/AIDS and the Media Project and the Journalism Department at the University of Stellenbosch hosted a panel discussion addressing these very questions. Anso Thom was one of the panellists.
Narrating from the body: Health and the state of our nation
Kerry Cullinan delivered a paper at the Narrative Journalism Conference hosted by the Nieman Foundation and the Wits Journalism School.
World Health Organisation 2011 Tobacco Control Report
The WHO releases a report on the state of Tobacco Control annually.This provides the latest data from all WHO countries for up to 2011.
Stroke – the silent killer
The effects of a stroke can be devastating and can result in early death or permanent disability. Furthermore, when someone does survive a stroke, it often puts an enormous burden on family members and/or carers. Moreover, stroke-related medical costs and disability put major strain on our healthcare system and the economy as a whole. So just how big is the problem?
Smoking in the workplace in South Africa: Law and practice
This paper highlights the provisions and regulations relating to smoking in workplaces and discusses the reported cases in which the various bargaining council arbitrators have dealt with the issue of employers’ and employees’ rights in cases relating to smoking at workplaces.
Maternal Death: The Avoidable Crisis
Every day, approximately 1,000 women die in childbirth or from a pregnancy-related complication.The vast majority of these deaths can be prevented if access to emergency obstetric care is ensured.