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Low-calorie foods spur healthy weight loss
While most diets focus on foods you shouldn't eat, those that emphasize adding low-calorie foods, like fruits and vegetables, can promote healthy weight loss, new research shows. 30 May 2007 14:36
Younger women in Africa are using condoms
There is good news for prevention campaigns. 30 May 2007 14:01
Trichomonas and HIV infection
Infection with the common Trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of HIV infection. 30 May 2007 13:57
Risk of male to female transmission of HIV unexpectedly high in South Africa
The risk of HIV transmission from men to women appears to be much higher than previously reported. 30 May 2007 13:55
XDR TB more common than bird flu
South Africa has now detected 284 cases of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB), according the the Medical Research Council. 30 May 2007 13:32
Public-private partnership builds hospital in Northern Cape
[Nozipho Dlamini] The Northern Cape Health Department, the Dettol Trust and the Nelson Mandela Foundation Trust's joint initiative has built the new Joe Slovo Hospital, replacing the old and dilapidated hospital. 11 May 2007 17:21
SA to recruit doctors from Tunisia
Representatives of the Tunisian Agency for Technical Cooperation have been in South Africa to inspect public health facilities, as part of helping to recruit Tunisian doctors to work in South Africa's under-serviced areas. 20 May 2007 17:12
Johannesburg and Maputo hospitals partner
[Bathandwa Mbola] The Johannesburg and Maputo Hospitals have entered into an agreement which will lead to patient referral and exchange of health professionals between the two. 11 May 2007 16:58
Low-calorie foods spur healthy weight loss
While most diets focus on foods you shouldn't eat, those that emphasize adding low-calorie foods, like fruits and vegetables, can promote healthy weight loss, new research shows. 29 May 2007 13:40
SA's winter freeze highlights homeless crisis
The unusually severe blast of winter weather that recently swept across South Africa, killing at least 17 people through exposure, highlighted the country's chronic housing shortage. 29 May 2007 13:33
Kala azar – the lurking killer
While the fight against HIV/AIDS is successful in Ethiopia, deadly kala azar is still largely forgotten. 29 May 2007 12:13
Global health partners mobilize to counter yellow fever
The US$58 million GAVI contribution to prevent highly contagious disease in 12 West African nations, promises to significantly boost efforts against tellow fever. 29 May 2007 11:50
Madagascar recovering from blow after blow
Much of Madagascar had already been suffering from drought before the worst cyclone season in years hit the Indian Ocean Island, leaving aid agencies and the government struggling to help communities cope without food, schools and hospitals. 29 May 2007 11:39

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