The Board of Trustees of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) announced the resignation of Dr Eugene Watson, Principal Officer and founder of the Scheme. Dr Watson will be leaving GEMS in the next few months to take up a senior position in another organisation.
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New international HIV-testing guidelines are encouraging couples to be tested together and urging the immediate initiation of antiretroviral therapy for a person testing positive with the virus.
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One-third of all HIV-positive South Africans are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) far exceeding the enrolment targets of the country's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2007 to 2011.
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South Africa's new national strategic plan for health, which will for the first time include treatment of TB alongside HIV, has been hailed for its forward thinking.
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The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa joins the world in celebrating International Nurses Day on May 12.
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The International Council of Nurses (ICN), which is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide, commemorates International Nurses' Day each year with the production and distribution of the International Nurses' Day (IND) Kit.
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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) recently launched the Nursing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention and Wellness Project in the North West Province of South Africa..
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A local study has found that South African teens are right up there with their US and UK counterparts when it comes to being overweight. The study said SA teenagers were inactive and spent too much time on social networks, on their cellphones and in front of the television.
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