University of Venda opens campus clinic
University of Venda students no longer have to travel off campus to collect medication of receive check ups as the university recently unveiled a new campus clinic.
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Universitas Hospital gets Cutting-Edge Robotic SurgeryÂ
Surgeons will benefit from enhanced visual and tactile feedback during operations, enabling them to perform procedures more accurately and safely. Â
Unique childcare grant drive underway
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Union displeased by assaulted nurse’s dismissal
The National Educators and Health Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) isn't happy with the manner in which the case of a nurse who was allegedly assaulted by a nursing manager, was handled.
UNICEF to help South African AIDS orphans
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Unhealthy lifestyles in SA kill almost as many as HIV
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Unhappy Boitumelo nurses bring hospital to a standstill
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Unfriendly services keep HIV patients away from Free State clinicsÂ
This year’s World AIDS day theme of “Equalise and integrate to end AIDS” was a call to action to end the pandemic across the country – and we should start at the frontline of service delivery. Critical to the HIV…
Unemployment, substance abuse driving GBV in Botshabelo
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Unemployed doctors spend a night outside KZN health offices
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Underspending threatens provinces’ health care
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UNAIDS, AIDS community heartbroken at Nelson Mandela’s passing
GENEVA, 5 December 2013—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is greatly saddened by the death of South Africa’s former President, Nelson Mandela, one of Africa’s greatest leaders and a passionate advocate for people living with HIV.
UNAIDS head accused of plotting to dismantle agency
The international AIDS conference opens in Amsterdam tonight (23 July) amid a funding crisis for the epidemic, and a rumour that the Joint United Nations Agency on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) is on the brink of being closed.
UNAIDS and PEPFAR spotlight global progress in eliminating new HIV infections among children
WASHINGTON '€” Speaking at a satellite session today at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), commended countries and their international partners for recent progress in preventing new HIV infections among children and saving mothers'€™ lives.
UN envoy urges Africa to invest in TB
Dr Jorge Sampaio, the United Nations Special Envoy on Tuberculosis recently addressed the 59th World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa in Kigali, Rwanda. He reminded ministers that putting money in TB is one of the most cost effective public health investments.