Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award offers Cape Town opportunities

The fifth international Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, worth R750 000, has opened for entries from projects based in the Cape Town metropolitan area that meet the criterion of benefiting urban communities and local residents by improving their urban environments. Entries close at 4pm on 24 February 2012 and the award will be presented on 19 April, in Cape Town. 2 Dec 2011 11:42

Nigeria: Gas flaring wrecking Delta communities

Civil society groups in the Niger Delta region have warned that the government is destroying communities' health and Nigeria's environment by flouting laws against gas flaring, a technique used in oil production. 13 Dec 2007 05:58

Ghana probes effects of cooking over fires

Ghana's Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) has started a study into harmful cooking practices, such as cooking over open fires, which may cause adverse respiratory tract infections. 12 Dec 2007 13:45

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New travel clinic opens at Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital

A brand new Netcare Travel Clinic has opened its doors in the Cape last week. 12 Dec 2007 08:37

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Industry news: Pfizer tops global list as largest corporate donor

For the third year in a row, Pfizer, the leading global pharmaceutical company, has been listed as the largest corporate donor in a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, a publication for non-profit organisations. 12 Dec 2007 08:32

Do parents care if kids are fat?

[Krista Hopson] Christmas is coming and that means food and yet more food, but even before and after the festive season, many children continue to feast - there's no famine… no let-up in the consumption, and that presents a problem - particularly when parents apparently do not seem to be aware of the potential a bad diet can have to harm a child's health. 12 Dec 2007 08:56

Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn to tour South Africa in 2008

Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, internationally renowned for his work as a scientist, writer and meditation teacher engaged in bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society, will tour South Africa for the first time in May 2008. 12 Dec 2007 08:46

AIDS at 26, are we there yet?

Coinciding with World AIDS Day, the Editor-in-Chief of Retrovirology, Kuan-Teh Jeang has published an editorial commenting on the progress made and challenges that still remain, 26 years after AIDS was first recognised. 12 Dec 2007 08:41

Burundi: HIV/AIDS programmes dealt a severe blow

Burundi's AIDS program has been dealt a severe blow after its request for funding from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria was rejected. 14 Dec 2007 07:06

Yemen: Some 30 percent of children aged 2-5 severely stunted

An international report has said child malnutrition remains a concern in Yemen as nearly one-third of children aged 2-5 are severely stunted. 14 Dec 2007 07:07

MSM are playing with fire

A lack of HIV prevention efforts among men who have sex with men (MSM) is fuelling an increase in new diagnoses, JAMA commentary says. 29 Nov 2007 08:36

Mauritius: Clean needles out of reach for injecting drug users

Every weekday afternoon, two outreach workers go to a derelict apartment block that used to house men working on the docks at nearby Tombeau Bay, on the outskirts of Mauritian capital, Port Louis. 29 Nov 2007 08:30

HIV in Thailand appears more deadly

Two studies led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that people infected with HIV in Thailand die from the disease significantly sooner than those with HIV living in other parts of the world. 29 Nov 2007 08:52