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NCDs Northern Cape meeting
November 5th the Horseshoe Inn played host to the first Northern Cape NCDs workshop. The workshop was in partnership with the Northern Cape Department of Health and the SA NCD […]
NCDs report card 2010-2015: slow progress & help needed
In 2011 President Jacob Zuma and the South African government committed to NCDs prevention and control in line with global conventions. Since then many more commitments have been undertaken. As […]
Sharjah NCDs declaration adopted: civil society united towards 2030
Over 200 civil society representatives from 6 contents adopted the Sharjah Declaration on NCDs at the first Global NCD Alliance forum. South Africa was represented Elize Joubert (CEO CANSA) and Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson. Click […]
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Utopian dream or plausible plan?
Health-e News September 28, 2015 For the next 15 years, the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will guide what donors fund and what countries push – and the world may […]
Fix The Patent Laws Workshop – Mobilizing Action
Fix the Patent Laws (FTPL) leas partners Medecines Sans Frontiers held their first training workshop and civil society consulting meeting on July 24th-25th at the offices of Section 27 in Johannesburg. […]
Fix The Patent Laws Workshop – Mobilizing Action
Fix the Patent Laws (FTPL) leas partners Medecines Sans Frontiers held their first training workshop and civil society consulting meeting on July 24th-25th at the offices of Section 27 in Johannesburg. […]
Show us the money for NCDs – draft health budget
Numbers don’t lie, especially if you take a look at the place of NCDs in the draft health budget. The words about NCDs imply commitment to solving a huge health […]
Gauteng Health NCDs committee shows the way
Gauteng leads the way by holding regular intersectoral NCD prevention and control co-ordination meetings. Its goal is to co-ordinate and facilitate action and planning for NCDs in the province. At the […]
Gauteng Health NCDs committee shows the way
Gauteng leads the way by holding regular intersectoral NCD prevention and control co-ordination meetings. Its goal is to co-ordinate and facilitate action and planning for NCDs in the province. At the […]
Poor management blamed for bulk of drug stock outs
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has blamed manufacturers for shortages of medicines including HIV and tuberculosis drugs, but a civil society coalition has alleged 80%of stock outs are due to […]