South Africa: Health Workers' Union Says Strike Action Is Growing
[GroundUp] Patients turned away from some hospitals as public sector wage strike continues (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 8, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Vedanta chief Agarwal makes ‘zero debt’ pledge after investor sell-off
Mining mogul says merger of Indian and South African zinc assets is the ‘right thing to do’#southafrican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Our AIDS Response Must Acknowledge and Bridge Gendered Digital Inequalities
In our region, women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 63% of the region’s new HIV infections in 2021, write the authors. Credit: ShutterstockBy Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Eva KiwangoJOHANNESBURG, Mar 7 2023 (IPS) Recent crises have pushed the gender inequality gap even wider and new technology has brought new threats to women’s autonomy and safety. This year’s International Women’s Day celebrated under the theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” is an opportunity to strengthen efforts to uplift and empower women and girls’ digital participat...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - March 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne Githuku-Shongwe and Eva Kiwango Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations International Women's Day 2023 Source Type: news
Anti-Coal Protesters Target South African Energy Minister
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Shoprite Boosts South African Market Share as Profit Climbs
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Patients Turned Away At Clinics As National Strikes Get Going
[Scrolla] Dozens of patients were turned away from Lusikisiki Village Clinic today as strike action kicked in - and they now wait with uncertainty as it remains unclear when things will return to normal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 7, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa Rand ’s Volatility Rises Amid Ramaphosa Farm Robbery Scandal
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Health Condemns Violent and Disruptive Actions At Health Facilities
[Govt of SA] The Department of Health has noted with concern the violent and disruptive actions by some members of trade union NEHAWU at some health facilities around the country which affect access to some facilities, mainly major hospitals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Public Sector Strike to Go Ahead - South African News Briefs - March 6, 2023
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Should SA's Public Hospitals Go Solar?
[spotlight] For businesses and households that can afford it, solar panels and batteries offer a way to keep the lights on during South Africa's ongoing bouts of loadshedding. Such technologies may also offer a solution for healthcare facilities, where a reliable energy supply can be a matter of life and death. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Underinvestment in Healthcare Infrastructure Will Cost Us in the Long Run
[spotlight] Investment in public health facilities is crucial as the country weathers storms on various fronts - from drought (water shortages) and flooding putting strain on health infrastructure to a harsh economic climate that makes private healthcare unaffordable to more and more people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 6, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
It appears scientists are closer to making a vaccine that blocks tuberculosis
Researchers in South Africa have made a breakthrough on developing a vaccine for tuberculosis. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nurith Aizenman Source Type: news
Soaring Cost of Fries Drives Up South African Shisa Nyama Index
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries highlights impact of ...
UNOSSC, IBSA and India-UN Fund outreach for development of least developed countries
5 March 2023, Doha – On the sidelines of the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, the catalytic power of South-South cooperation to enable transformational development in least developed countries was celebrated. Eminent personalities from India, Brazil, The Gambia, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Timor-Leste and officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), U...
Source: WHO EMRO News - March 5, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
South Africa ’s Eskom Ups Electricity Outages to Cut 4,000MW
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
