South Africa Activates Coronavirus Emergency Operations Centre
The Health Department has activated an emergency operations centre to deal with the global outbreak of the Coronavirus.
“The emergency centre was activated last night...
Botswana Registers First Case of Suspected Coronavirus
Botswana registered its first ever suspected case of corona virus on Thursday, 30 January 2020. The suspected case was registered at Sir Seretse Khama...
CORONAVIRUS: Global Health Emergency Declared
Following the advice of the Emergency Committee today (30 January 2020), the WHO Director-General has declared the outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a Public...
SA Medical Association Condemns Killing of Joburg Anaesthetist
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has condemned the senseless killing of Joburg anaesthetist, Dr Yasmin Ibrahim, who was allegedly shot and killed by...
South Africa Beefs up Surveillance Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The South African National Health Department says while there is no cause for panic with the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus in China, it...
WHO Issues Advice on Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Which Has Killed 17 in...
As more than 500 people have been infected by a viral pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus (named by WHO as 2019-nCoV), and at...
South Africa Steps Up its Game to End Mother-to-Child Transmission of...
South Africa’s prevention of mother-to-child transmission programme has achieved remarkable successes in recent years. It has improved the health and life expectancy for pregnant...
Carte Blanche Investigates Stories of South African Sperm Donor Siblings
Carte Blanche covers a Rolex murder, Sperm Donor Siblings, DNA database disasters plus more, on Sunday 5 January - on DStv Now if you’re...
South African Government to Intensify Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Deputy President David Mabuza has conceded that while the South African government has made significant inroads in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, more...
South Africa Pledges Fiscal Discipline and Ramaphosa Lists Benefits in Sweeping...
South Africa's proposed switch to universal health coverage - known as the National Health Insurance (NHI) program - will be managed in a fiscally...
