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South Africa: Only a vaccine will break the back of HIV – Health Minister

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says South Africans should welcome any initiative aimed at finding an effective HIV vaccine, adding that many battles against diseases were won using vaccines. He was reacting to...

22 July, 2016

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Pneumococcal vaccine roll out cuts hospitalisations by 70 percent

New data shows that South Africa’s expensive pneumococcal vaccine roll out has cut childhood hospitalisations due to meningitis, pneumonia and rotavirus by 70 percent in just five years, according to Minister of Health...

7 May, 2015

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Alarming scale of multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis requires rapid response to prevent emerging global crisis

Of the 9.4 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases diagnosed each year, approximately 5% are multidrug resistant (MDR).

29 March, 2012

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