December 2011 News Archive

Invitation to bid: Reminder ›

Suitably qualified and experienced service providers are required for the rendering of services to GEMS.
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Invitation to bid ›

Suitably qualified and experienced service providers are required for the rendering of services to GEMS.
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New hope for tackling TB in the community ›

The results of a seven-year-long study into TB in the Western Cape and Zambia shows how home visits by counsellors can dramatically reduce TB prevalance.    
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Turns out the New Delhi superbug isn't all that super ›

The four patients at the Life Glynwood private hospital in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, who were reported to have died from superbug New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) in fact, succumbed to other complications, according to a spokesperson for the Life hospital group, Marietjie Shelley.   
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Superbugs are not going away ›

Antibiotic resistant "superbugs" in South Africa's hospitals are likely to make headlines in the coming years as the world faces the threat of an end to potent and cost-effective treatments for many infectious diseases.  
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SA women having fewer babies ›

South Africa's population hit 50-million this year, but the country's population growth is considerably slower that that of Africa's 39 high-fertility countries.
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