News Archive March 2012

Invitation to Bid: Member Survey

GEMS requires a service provider to conduct a member survey.
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Invitation to Bid

GEMS requires the services of an IT Administration and related services provider
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The age-old conundrum ›

Dealing with South Africa's declining fertility rate.  
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Attitude change, treatment plans slice AIDS claims ›

Improved HIV/AIDS treatment plans and AIDS policies in the workplace have helped return more people to work, enlarging productivity, according to findings by life insurer Old Mutual.   
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TB is top killer ›

Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one killer of the black population in South Africa, according to the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR).
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Half of HIV infected are child-bearing women › 

Half of the 5.58 million people living with HIV in South Africa are women of child-bearing age, with the majority of HIV infected people living in Kwa-Zulu Natal according to studies.
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Chemo OK during pregnancy › 

Chemotherapy in pregnant women does not harm the unborn baby, according to new research by Leuven Catholic University in Belgium..
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HIV rate way down thanks to condoms › 

The rate at which South Africans contracted HIV fell by 30 percent between 2000 and 2008, mostly due to increased condom use, according to a new study published in the Royal Society journal "Interface" last month.  
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