SAHRC finds rotting food in Limpopo hospital
Limpopo’s health care facilities face the scrutiny of the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) – and falls short.
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MSF: Secret medicine prices cost lives
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is calling upon governments to put an end to the secrecy that rules in the field of pharmaceutical products when they meet this week at the World Health Organisation Fair Pricing Forum to discuss access to essential medicines.
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Medicines stockout crisis in North West
The cash-strapped North West Health Department has said that the lives of chronically ill patients in the province are now threatened due to ongoing workers strikes as medical supplies have been heavily affected.
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No more delays: Accelerating access to medicine
Late last month, Heads of State and governments from across the continent gathered in Addis Ababa for the 28th African Union (AU) Summit writes Yolanda Moyo of PATH South Africa.
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Diabetes and inequality: Most Africans undiagnosed
Almost a century after the discovery of insulin diabetes is still killing many people, especially those in poorer nations.
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Access to treatment still a crisis
Global AIDS gains are in danger of being rolled back unless donors step up their contributions, getting treatment to 20 million HIV positive people currently excluded.
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Call for contributions to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Access to Medicines
The United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines is calling for proposals to enhance and strengthen the promotion of innovation and access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics.
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Cancer myths about kids kill
What we do not know about cancer could be killing our kids as experts estimate at least 500 children die annually in South Africa from cancer without receiving any care.
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