Newsroom
all
Animated HIV/AIDS Educational Videos
6 January 2012
HEARD and RATN have come together to produce a series of educational animated videos highlighting various issues with an aim of providing a cost effective and entertaining way of learning about HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa Read full story
Key Health Issues: 2011 in Review
5 January 2012
In 2011, there was important progress in a number of areas. Reports published by WHO on AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria all indicated fewer deaths – and fewer new infections. The UN General Assembly met to agree a global agenda for noncommunicable diseases – only the second time (after HIV/AIDS) that a health-related theme was selected as the topic for a UN high-level meeting. Read full story
A New Category of Health Care Workers
4 January 2012
A new cadre of health care workers called Clinical Associates, which are positioned just above nurses and just below doctors will join the country's health care workforce and strengthen health care services especially in rural areas Read full story
The Adventures of The Sploop
21 December 2011
Dr. Joshua Rosenberg chronicles his journey working at Isilimela Hospital in rural Eastern Cape Read full story
