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HIV Vaccine launched in SA
Landmark HIV vaccine trial launched in SA History is being made in South Africa as a trial using the only vaccine in the world proven to offer some protection against HIV gets underway. Nkosiyazi Mncube, 23, was one of the first people to be vaccinated in…
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SA leads continent's asthma death rate
According to the 2014 Global Asthma Report by the Global Asthma Network, South Africa has the highest age adjusted asthma death rate per million of population. Of the estimated 3,9m South Africans with asthma, 1,5% die of this condition annually. “Asthma prevalence in Southern Africa…
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African States Urged to Prioritise Vaccination
Addis-Ababa — A group of eminent African politicians and medical experts attending sessions of the inaugural African Development week in the Ethiopian capital, have made a fervent appeal to Governments across the continent to allocate 0.5 to 1 per cent of their budgets to buy vaccines and…
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World Health Day 2016: WHO calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes
The number of people living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults, with most living in developing countries. Factors driving this dramatic rise include overweight and obesity, WHO announced ahead of World Health Day. WHO is marking its annual World…
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Cancer: Africa's silent Killer
With more than 600,000 new diagnoses and over 450,000 deaths per year, cancer is a major killer in Africa. A study published in the September 2015 issue of The Breast medical journal shows that in the Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) respectively 68% and 63% of all…
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