2015年6月3日 星期三

2015-06-04 South Africa Health


Independent Online
   
Gauteng appoints new health boss   
Independent Online
Johannesburg - Gauteng premier David Makhura has appointed Dr Barney Selebano as the head of the provincial health department. “Dr Selebano is a qualified medical professional and has held various senior positions in the public and private sector.
2 246 patients waiting for surgery at Charlotte Maxeke - Jack Bloom   Politicsweb
Government promises to tackle surgical backlogs at Johannesburg hospital   Sowetan Live (press release) (registration) (blog)

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Hindustan Times
   
Who knew? Every third man feels pressured by women to get perfect body   
Hindustan Times
It has been revealed that men too can often feel self conscious about their body. (Shutterstock). The recent furore over a recent ad campaign by weight loss supplement brand Protein World that asks the question "Are you beach body ready?" highlighted what ...

Men Pressured by Women to Have a Hot Body?   94Country WKKJ
Men also feel 'beach body' pressure   iAfrica.com
Almost one third of men feel pressured by women to have the 'perfect body'   The New Age Online
New York Daily News   
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Jamaica Observer
   
WHO lauds Health Minister for progressive strides in tobacco control   
Jamaica Observer
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr Fenton Ferguson, Minister of Health, was commended by World Health Organization consultant, Dr Stella Bialous, for leading Jamaica towards full compliance of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). He was ...

Parliament Urged to Pass the Tobacco Control Bill 2014   AllAfrica.com
Smoking in Indonesia: Government's Mixed Tobacco Control Policies'   Indonesia Investments (press release)
Why Singapore still needs tobacco control measures   The Straits Times
Rappler   
Jakarta Globe   
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Independent Online
   
Row over new skin graft technique   
Independent Online
Cape Town - Stellenbosch University says it has begun a process of dialogue between two parties - one a UCT professor and the other a Stellenbosch lecturer - claiming to have invented a local first and low-cost way to harvest and grow skin for burn victims.

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News24
   
'I had to fight or die,' says Bloem resident   
News24
Bloemfontein - Bloemfontein resident Johan de Beer is living proof that one man can challenge a big company on an environmental issue and come out victorious. He is over the moon about the SA Human Rights Commission's finding that EnviroServ's ...


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Inquirer.net
   
Deployment ban to Liberia lifted   
Inquirer.net
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has lifted the total deployment ban it imposed in Liberia following World Health Organization's (WHO) declaration that it is now Ebola-free. “The POEA Governing Board, in a meeting duly convened, ...

Ebola Diaries: From Denial and Fear to Action   Infection Control Today
Singapore Lifts Temporary Visa Requirement On Liberia   AllAfrica.com
A new lease on life: Realty assistant aids Ebola response efforts in Liberia   DVIDS (press release)
Wirral Globe   
Sun.Star   
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3News NZ
   
Worrying figures reveal rise in gay Kiwi men infected with HIV   
TVNZ
Health officials are concerned with news that more than 200 New Zealanders were diagnosed with HIV last year. 217 people were newly reported with HIV - higher than any year since 2008. "This is the third year in a row that the number of gay and bisexual ...

START study supports early HIV treatment   Bay Area Reporter
Harmony, AFC bring awareness to testing, treatment, holistic health needs   Windy City Times
NZAF determined to head off HIV increases   Gay NZ
Scoop.co.nz (press release)   
VICE   
TheBody.com   
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TIME
   
How the Gates Foundation Aims to Cut Childhood Mortality in Half   
TIME
Filling bellies: Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation are going after one of the leading J. Countess; Getty Images Filling bellies: Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation are going after one of the leading killers of babies. Jeffrey Kluger is Editor at Large for ...

Gates Foundation to double spending on hunger to $776 million over six years   Reuters
New partnership launched to combat undernutrition   Jakarta Post

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GhanaWeb
   
Children at risk of exposure to tobacco   
GhanaWeb
Ghana on Tuesday joined the world to mark the 2015 International No Tobacco Day with a caution that children are gradually being endangered by their exposure to tobacco substances. Statistics from the Ghana Health Service's Disease Control and ...

Pacific Northwest e-cig regulations hurt addicts, medical basis lacking   Watchdog.org
Tobacco Consumption High in Three Northern Regions - Says Ghana Health ...   AllAfrica.com
Health Advocates See Tobacco Tax Benefits Slipping Away   HPPR
Medical Xpress   
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CIDRAP
   
Who Warns Rainy Season Hampering Ebola Response In West Africa   
Bernama
GENEVA, June 4 (BERNAMA-) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an increase in the intensity and geographic area of Ebola transmission in Guinea and Sierra Leone, warning that the onset of the rainy season "from now onwards" will ...

Sierra Leone News: Only half of Salone has access to water – IGR report   Sierra Leone Times
UN health agency warns rainy season now hampering Ebola response in West ...   Big News Network.com
Ebola activity heats up as West Africa's rainy season begins   CIDRAP
U-T San Diego   
WSLS   
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