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/ 13 October 2011
The auditor general’s reports reveal almost half of provincial health departments’ projects contravene procurement and contracting procedures.
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/ 23 September 2011
South Africa’s Department of Health had "failed women" by not making it easy to access contraception.
Several medical supplies’ companies in Gauteng have not been paid for months, despite regulations requiring payments to be settled within 30 days.
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/ 28 January 2011
Gauteng has denied that hundreds of newly-appointed doctors at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital would not be paid because of a bureaucratic bungle.
The health department has vowed to stem the rising number of maternal deaths after a 20% increase between 2005 and 2007.
South Africans should not panic over swine flu, which is spreading in some parts of the world, the Health Department said on Tuesday.
The Gauteng Health Department is considering dismissing doctors who continued striking on Monday.
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/ 12 February 2008
The North West department of health on Tuesday rejected suggestions that young people were trained to become sex workers. ”The three complainants from Schweizer Reneke were invited to attend a workshop in Mmabatho to teach the youth about HIV, drug abuse and crime,” said a spokesperson.
The Health Department is intensifying its HIV-prevention programme, particularly for mother-to-child transmissions, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Tuesday. The minister was speaking at the first Global-World HIV/Aids Alliance conference held in Richards Bay.
Four national government departments owe the Gauteng health department more than R43-million for patients treated at hospitals, the department said on Monday. Spokesperson Zanele Mngadi said the provincial department is in talks with the affected national departments for payment.