In preparation of the conference,
Healthcare In Africa, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa on 6-7 March 2012, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), published the report
The Future Of Healthcare In Africa, commissioned by Janssen Pharmaceutica NV.
1 Mar 2012 16:17
PARIS, FRANCE: France's top diet guru Pierre Dukan is urging the government to grade students on their weight in a bid to curb growing obesity.
5 Jan 2012 12:33
BERLIN, GERMANY: According to
scidev.net, Olive Shisana, CEO of the South African Human Sciences Research Council, said at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany that infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, are expected to decline while non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, will increase in Africa over the coming decades.
4 Nov 2011 11:47
Renier Marx will trade 18 years of profitable business in electrical engineering in Africa's largest economy, South Africa, to become a non-salaried volunteer in one of the continent's poorest nations, Sierra Leone.
30 May 2011 06:08
Rapid urbanisation over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services says a new UN report released this week.
24 Mar 2011 10:04[Jennigay Coetzer] SMS is used more in customer relationship management (CRM) in developing countries like SA than in other markets because more individuals have cellphones than internet access.
17 Mar 2011 13:40 
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a person who is exposed to even tiny amounts of asbestos and who then contracts mesothelioma has a claim for compensation from the company or persons responsible for the exposure.
15 Mar 2011 08:37
LONDON, UK: According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, SMS will remain a significant source of revenues and traffic for mobile operators on a global basis until at least 2015. The company reckons SMS traffic growth will be driven by enterprise, emerging markets and social networks.
27 Jan 2011 08:28
Unilever has announced plans to halve the environmental footprint of its products by 2020, to help 1 billion people improve their health and well-being and to source all of its agricultural raw materials sustainably.
16 Nov 2010 13:17
Standard Bank's HIV/Aids programmes have touched the lives of an estimated 160 000 Standard Bank employees and their families, says Sim Tshabalala, the bank's chief executive.
12 Oct 2010 13:57
SHANGHAI, CHINA: Spitting is a national habit in China. The Public Health Bureau Of Shanghai wanted an anti-spitting public awareness campaign to target migrant workers in an attempt to squash the habit.
12 Oct 2010 10:55
The recently published report
The Impact of Mobile Connectivity on the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in Africa, shows that quality and availability of health and education services improved due to access to mobile connectivity. It also shows increased benefits were identified for small businesses by reducing transportation costs and supporting micro business preconditions such as price and market information being accessible.
28 Sep 2010 11:51
On World Tourism Day - today, 27 September 2010 - International SOS celebrates its 25th year in business.
27 Sep 2010 13:04
David Chubb and Graham Frost of PwC were appointed joint administrators of Archial Group PLC ("the Group") and certain subsidiaries (see Notes) on 22 September 2010.
23 Sep 2010 10:09
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