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Inside South Africa's Rural Healthcare Crisis - Voice of America

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:41:17 GMT

Inside South Africa's Rural Healthcare Crisis
Voice of America
May 01, 2012 Inside South Africa's Rural Healthcare Crisis Health workers in South Africa say the country's rural public health sector is increasingly chaotic. It's plagued by a high burden of infectious diseases, severe doctor and nurse shortages, ...

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Cuba signs healthcare agreement with South Africa - Cuba Standard.com

Sat, 26 May 2012 19:15:55 GMT

Cuba Standard.com

Cuba signs healthcare agreement with South Africa
Cuba Standard.com
South Africa's healthcare services will “receive a major injection of human resources” as part of an agreement signed with Cuba May 25, the South African Government News Service reported. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and his Cuban counterpart ...
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Significant Demand for Service Delivery Drives Growth in South Africa's Social ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:20:37 GMT

Significant Demand for Service Delivery Drives Growth in South Africa's Social ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The South African Government is under increasing pressure to advance programmes and incentives that will drive the maintenance, upgrading and construction of housing and healthcare ...

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Life Healthcare to Expand South Africa Mental Health Unit - Bloomberg

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:42:45 GMT

Life Healthcare to Expand South Africa Mental Health Unit
Bloomberg
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. (LHC), South Africa's largest private-hospital owner by market value, plans to expand its operations in the country's “grossly underserviced” mental-health industry. “In terms of capacity to demand, in South Africa ...

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Life Healthcare to Expand South Africa Mental Health Unit - BusinessWeek

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:43:47 GMT

Life Healthcare to Expand South Africa Mental Health Unit
BusinessWeek
By Janice Kew on May 11, 2012 Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. (LHC), South Africa's largest private-hospital owner by market value, plans to expand its operations in the country's “grossly underserviced” mental-health industry.

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Scholar Urges Increased Investment in Health Research in South Africa - Voice of America

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:21:58 GMT

Voice of America

Scholar Urges Increased Investment in Health Research in South Africa
Voice of America
A South African medical scholar has called for heavy government investment in medical research to improve the country's healthcare delivery to all citizens. Bongani Mayosi, professor of medicine at the University of Cape Town and the chief physician at ...

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Pillay Lecture Exposes Human Rights Deficit - AllAfrica.com

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:21:49 GMT

Pillay Lecture Exposes Human Rights Deficit
AllAfrica.com
How he thought he would achieve this feat considering Pillay's experience as a High Court judge in South Africa and as an accomplished international civil servant boggles the mind. Pillay, a South African, was the first non-white woman on the High ...

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Bonds quiet due to US Memorial Day - BusinessLIVE

Mon, 28 May 2012 10:59:46 GMT

BusinessLIVE

Bonds quiet due to US Memorial Day
BusinessLIVE
Credit default swaps are derivatives that function like an insurance contract for debt. If a borrower defaults, sellers compensate buyers. Spain's ailing banking sector, bloated by toxic real estate loans, took a further blow late on Friday after ...

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Retired presidents counsel Africa on energy security - IPPmedia

Mon, 28 May 2012 05:56:07 GMT

Retired presidents counsel Africa on energy security
IPPmedia
... South Africa, on Friday, retired African presidents mentioned three areas that the current leaders ought to critically address for Africa to attain sufficient energy security. They mentioned them as supra-regional structures, human resources ...

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Why We're in South Africa, By Dickson - AllAfrica.com

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:23:34 GMT

Why We're in South Africa, By Dickson
AllAfrica.com
Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has explained that the reason he led the state investment delegation to South Africa, saying it was due to his administration's determination to attract investment to the state.

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