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SA pledges $5m to Africa CDC Ebola response
9+ hour, 39+ min ago (133+ words) PRETORIA - South Africa has announced a $5-million contribution to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to support the continent's Ebola response. The pledge comes as seven new Ebola infections are confirmed in Uganda. Suspected cases in the Democratic…...
Public Protector: Poor coordination, mismanagement delayed Charlotte Maxeke repairs
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (226+ words) JOHANNESBURG - The Public Protector's report into delays at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital is an act of administrative justice, according to Progressive Health Forum's Dr Aslam Rasool. The report sheds light on the reasons for the prolonged repairs at the hospital,…...
High Court blocks Agriculture minister's foot-and-mouth vaccine prohibition
21+ hour, 37+ min ago (135+ words) JOHANNESBURG - The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that farmers can now order and use Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines on their own, without the state's involvement. The Minister of Agriculture has been blocked from interfering in the private commercial relations…...
Godongwana, Motsoaledi to visit Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (98+ words) JOHANNESBURG - The health and finance ministers Enoch Godongwana and Aatron Motsoaledi will on Tuesday visit Charlotte Maxeke Hospital. They will assess repair work after a damning Public Protector report. It comes amid concerns over a R1. 7 billion funding shortfall, required to…...
Heatstroke kills 16 in India as temperatures climb
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (294+ words) At least 16 people have died of heatstroke in southern India so far this summer, officials said Sunday, as a heatwave grips swathes of the country following official health warnings. India is no stranger to scorching summers but years of scientific…...
Major delays mar repairs at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (101+ words) Major delays marring repairs at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital e NCA Literacy initiative expands further with a donation of 2, 010 trolley libraries, including braille books to cater for different learner abilities Mutual Wellness: How Saving and Investment Should Work for You The…...
'Filter of fantasy': Japan trials anime therapy to treat depression
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (647+ words) The Professional Provident Society (PPS) has delivered a record-breaking R6. 88-billion in profit share to its members. TOKYO - As a teenager struggling to fit into life in rural Sicily, psychiatrist Francesco Panto found refuge in anime, where he discovered characters that…...
Riot hits DR Congo hospital as Ebola response angers victims' families
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (759+ words) The Professional Provident Society (PPS) has delivered a record-breaking R6. 88-billion in profit share to its members. BRAZZAVILLE - Rioters have burnt down hospital tents in a hotspot of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola epidemic, as many Congolese wrestle with fear,…...
Health authorities monitor after poliovirus strains found in Cape Town wastewater
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (130+ words) The Professional Provident Society (PPS) has delivered a record-breaking R6. 88-billion in profit share to its members. CAPE TOWN - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has detected two poliovirus strains in Cape Town's wastewater treatment plant. The finding comes after…...
DR Congo Ebola risk high regionally, low worldwide: WHO
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (776+ words) The Professional Provident Society (PPS) has delivered a record-breaking R6. 88-billion in profit share to its members. GENEVA - The risk from a deadly Ebola outbreak is high in central Africa but remains low globally, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday,…...