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 South Africa is one of 12 countries worldwide where the infant mortality rate is increasing. At the 63rd World Health Organisation Assembly in Geneva in May 2010, National Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi pledged to reduce the high number of maternal, infant and child mortalities in South Africa. This month at Parliament, he reconfirmed this as a top state priority. Read more >> By yesterday, 22 February 2011, more than 800 000 anti-malaria bed nets had arrived and been distributed in Zambia three months ahead of schedule and before the peak of the deadly rainy season. This is thanks to a deal reached by the government of Zambia, the World Bank, UNICEF, Stanbic Bank Zambia, part of the Standard Bank Group and the United Nations Foundation, supported by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance and the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria. Read more >>Emergency Procedures
 One of the reasons often given by people for not attempting first aid in emergency situations is a lack of confidence and a fear of doing more harm than good. Yet a Norwegian study on four and five-year-olds published in BioMed Central's open access journal Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine shows that even young children are able to learn and perform basic first aid. Read more >>Hospital Groups
Hospital Association of South Africa (Hasa) CEO Kurt Worrall-Clare has announced he is stepping down from Hasa. Read more >>Malaria
 New findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial toxin could be a highly effective, specific and environmentally friendly tool for combating malaria, at a time when the effectiveness of current pesticides against malaria mosquitoes is declining. Read more >>Medical Research
 A study of more than 3000 children shows that low vitamin D levels are associated with increased likelihood that children will develop allergies, according to a paper published in the 17 February 17 online edition of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University headed the study. Read more >> Scientists working with Environmental Health Trust (EHT), a non-profit research and educational group, say that new studies showing that cell phone radiation excites the brain strengthen the need for a major research program on cell phones and health, revamping approaches to setting standards, and putting warnings on cell phones. Read more >> Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha have reported that markedly higher intake of vitamin D is needed to reach blood levels that can prevent or markedly cut the incidence of breast cancer and several other major diseases than had been originally thought. The findings are published February 21 in the journal Anticancer Research. Read more >>A huge leap forward in understanding Huntington's disease may give patients hope for a cure. Read more >>Medical Technology
MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria. Read more >>Mental health
 Scientists are eyeing a rare genetic glitch for clues to improved treatments for some people with schizophrenia - even though they found the mutation in only one third of 1% of patients. Read more >>Neurology
Head Injury Awareness Day falls on March 20th every year and looking at the number of people who suffer from a mild bump on their head to severe brain injury, we do know how important this day is. Read more >>Nutrition
 In reaction to the Carte Blanche programme that revealed that consumers are being misled about the quality and origin of the olive oil they are served by the restaurant and supplier industry, the SA Olive, the voluntary association representing the interests of the SA olive industry, decided to start probing into the importing and selling of defective and inferior oils on South African shelves. Read more >>Oncology
 An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumours express a molecule associated with increased risk of disease progression or recurrence, US researchers have found. Read more >> US scientists said on Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men. Read more >>Paediatrics
In a project supported by Genome BC, a Vancouver paediatric pathologist at the BC Cancer Agency/University of British Columbia is leading the team that will explore the genomes (DNA) of four of the most challenging childhood cancers known. Read more >> Scientists have discovered the first evidence linking brain function variations between the left and right sides of the brain to size at birth and the weight of the placenta. The finding could shed new light on the causes of mental health problems in later life. Read more >>Public health
 More than two billion people, mostly in low-income countries, lack adequate access to life-saving surgical procedures, which is a potential obstacle to achieving health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), say specialists. Read more >>Five nurses and a civilian appeared in Nelspruit Magistrate's Court on charges of theft relating to leaked examination papers, police said. Read more >>The Hawks have admitted they blundered when they arrested six foreigners for using bogus qualifications to work as doctors in South Africa. Read more >> The 2nd Biennial Health Care Waste Summit and Expo 2011 will be taking place from 18-19 May 2011 at Emperor's Palace, Gauteng. Read more >>Print - Print any item in this newsletter.
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