2015年9月2日 星期三

2015-09-03 South Africa Health


Times LIVE
   
Medical schemes that pay their bosses the most   
Times LIVE
Consumers love to hate medical aids. This is inevitable as medical aids are a "grudge purchase". According to Discovery Health Medical Scheme‚ 80% of consumers will spend more on premiums than they get back from a medical aid each year.
Seven medical schemes on solvency watch   Moneyweb.co.za
Medical Schemes Healthy Despite Fewer Members Joining   AllAfrica.com
Medical schemes healthy overall - report   Independent Online
BDlive   
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Health24
   
South Africa: Condom Crisis - SA Is Not Running Out of Condoms   
AllAfrica.com
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) warned on Tuesday that South Africa can't afford shortages of condoms given that more than six million people in the country are HIV positive. However, the Department of Health has indicated that the country is not ...

Condom crisis: SA is not running out of condoms   Health24
Unwise teens don't condomise   Independent Online
Study shows condoms do not lessen sexual pleasure   The Swazi Observer

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Voice of America
   
Living Longer, But Healthier?   
Voice of America
There's good news and bad news about life expectancy. The good news is people are living longer. The bad news is there's a bigger risk for poor health. Around the world, life expectancy has risen by six years since 1990. A new study says much of that ...
With Life Expectancy Up Globally, Octogenarians Could Be New Norm in Developed ...   Yahoo News
Americans Are Living Longer But Sicklier   Health Aim
Your Life Will Be Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier   U.S. News & World Report (blog)
i24news   
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Reuters
   
Sierra Leone to vaccinate 200 people connected to Ebola victim   
Reuters
FREETOWN Sierra Leone is to vaccinate around 200 people who came into direct or indirect contact with a woman who died of Ebola on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the U.N. World Health Organisation said on Wednesday. The death of the woman, a trader ...


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Pacific Standard
   
Paying for HIV Treatment Saves Money   
Pacific Standard
A study of a South African mining company indicates shelling out for AIDS drugs could save $1 million or more every year. Avatar: Nathan Collins; Author: Nathan Collins; Publish date: 8 hours ago; Social count: 16. A study of a South African mining ...
HIV treatments at work save company money   Vaccine News Daily
South Africans living with HIV still face rejection   Health24
Providing HIV treatment shown to be cost-saving for companies   HealthCanal.com
EurekAlert (press release)   
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Independent Online
   
Research Chairs awarded to UCT five   
Independent Online
Staff Writer. FIVE researchers at UCT have been recognised for their work by being given SA Research Initiative Chairs. The awards are part of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF) efforts to promote ...


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Leadership Newspapers
   
80% Of Developing Countries Patronise Traditional Medicine – NAFDAC   
Leadership Newspapers
The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr Paul Orhii has urged herbal medicines practitioners to conform to acceptable standards of quality, safety and efficacy as about 80 per cent of the ...
WHO Calls for Regulation of Traditional Medicine in Africa   Voice of America
Africa Traditional Medicine Day Marked   AllAfrica.com
A vital role for science-based traditional medicine in Africa   The Africa Report

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RT
   
Scientists call for urgent debate on 'designer babies' as GM technology advances   
RT
Scientific research bodies in the UK are calling for an urgent debate on the ethical implications of genetically modifying human embryos to cure diseases and create “designer babies.” Britain's leading research funders have declared their support for ...
Medical specialists urge more debate on gene-editing technology   Yahoo! Maktoob News

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Fox News
   
Deaf mice cured with gene therapy   
Fox News
Boston, Massachusetts - In a laboratory at Boston Children's Hospital a cure for genetic deafness is taking shape. Lead researcher Jeff Holt says that if all goes as planned, children of the future who lose their ability to hear due to genetic mutation ...

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The Hindu
   
Rwanda Marks World Breastfeeding Week   
AllAfrica.com
From 24-28 August, Rwanda joined the world in marking World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), a global celebration held every year in August across more than 120 countries worldwide. To mark the celebration, in Rwanda, weeklong activities were held in ...

Your View: Breastfeeding — good for your baby and you   Coos Bay World
Delhi needs to take baby steps   The Hindu

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