November 2014 News Archive

GEMS Procurement Information Session >

GEMS recently updated its Supplier Chain Management policy.

All GEMS service providers/prospective service providers are invited to a procurement information session.
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Invitation to bid >

Procurement Consultant services

GEMS requires the services of a suitably qualified and experienced service provider.

The contract will be for a period of one year commencing on 1 March 2015. The contract may be annually renewed for a maximum of two successive periods.
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17th Public Sector Trainers' Forum >

The Forum will be held from 24-26 November at the CSIR Convention Centre, Gauteng.
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Ebola challenges our assumptions>

A world Bank study published last week estimated that the economic cost of the Ebola epidemic to West Africa could be as high as $33bn if the disease is not largely contained to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
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Medunsa to be split from University of Limpopo >

The Medical University of South Africa (Medunsa) is being separated from the University of Limpopo (UL) and will in January next year become a part of the new Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU). 
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UK health workers strike over rejection of pay hike >

Hundreds of thousands of workers in England's state-run National Health Service (NHS) went on strike yesterday for the first time since 1982 following the state's rejection of a pay rise. 
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SA's contribution to Ebola fight is gaining ground >

South Africa's government and big business are donating everything from a mobile crematorium to scooters to help win the still-distant fight against Ebola, but Africa's overall contribution is hard to compute.
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UCT medical school best in Africa >

The University of Cape Town's 102-year-old school of medicine, the oldest in the country, has been named the best institution of its kind in Africa in the world university rankings compiled by The Times of London's higher education supplement.
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Limpopo mental health patients demand equal rights >

Patients using local mental health services in Limpopo's Tshiombo village say they deserve to be treated with respect while accessing treatment.  
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Too many moms dying >

Amnesty International has called for child grants to be extended to pregnant women, saying that the death of 1 400 women in childbirth every year in this country is "simply unacceptable". Maternal death is frequently used as an indicator of the state of a country's health system.
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Ebola is the biggest challenge since AIDS >

A top US health official has said the Ebola outbreak is the biggest global health challenge since the emergence of AIDS. Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that in the 30 years he has been working in public health, the only thing like this has been AIDS). 
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