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Over 1 in 3 people affected by neurological conditions, the leading cause of illness and disability worldwide

Over 80% of neurological deaths and health loss occur in LMICs and access to treatment varies widely

EDITORIAL: With elections and NHI, this is a big year for healthcare in SA

2024 tipped to be a big year for health with elections and NHI – and NCDs woes feature in the last bit…..

Comment on Prevention & treatment for substance use draft policy

“Abuse of substances — such as alcohol, illicit drugs and prescription medicine–has reached allarming levels in South...

NCDs in the South African National Development Plan – a change of heart?

NCDs have been missing from the top planning document for 20 years. Will the National Development Plan at last include NCDs meaningfully?

Letter to minister -NCDs strategic plan implementation & resourcing

Most recent letter to the minister of health asking to work together to solve the NCDS through collaboration and coproduction. date 19 April...

Food labelling & advertising regulation for comment by 14 July 2023

3 months to comment on food advertising and labelling regulations, it only took 9 years since the last draft regulations

NHI Bill- Health Committee briefed by Parliamentary Legal Service & State Law Advisors

NHI Bill inching forward to promulgation..

? NCDs outcomes NDoH March 2023?

So let’s check progress NDoH NCDs performance in March 2023

1st-ever WHO list of essential diagnostic tests

Summary: 1st WHO essential diagnostic list focusing on mainly communicable diseases with a recommendation to include more NCDs in a future edition. PHC and facility level essential package. Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson […]

WHO – Model list of essential in vitro diagnostics – first edition (2018)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The World Health Organization (WHO) published the first edition of the Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics (EDL) in May 2018, in recognition that IVDs are an essential component to advance universal health coverage, address...

Global NCDs target to reduce the harmful use of alcohol

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Heart disease and stroke, cancers, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cause tens of millions of deaths per year, the majority of which occur during the most productive years of life....

Country Implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 5.3

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)1 and its Parties acknowledge that the tobacco industry represents a serious threat to the achievement of the Convention’s goals and objectives. In fact, Article 5.3 of the...

VAT panel to report in June on zero-rated food

Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene says the panel that has been established to review a list off zero-rated food products will submit its report next month. The Minister said this when […]

Air pollution another silent killer, it’s about more than the lungs – WHO

9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows […]

Hooked for life – How big tobacco companies seduce youth – CANSA

Available for download: CANSA Campaign Logo (jpg): English | Afrikaans Infographic: Tobacco Companies Target Youth (pdf) English | Afrikaans Powerpoint: Tobacco Companies Target Youth (pdf) English | Afrikaans Hooked for Life – How Big Tobacco Companies Seduce Youth The Cancer […]

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