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A profile of Tintswalo hospital
3 September 2010
Some doctors that were placed by Africa Health Placements have taken it upon themselves to start a website to promote their hospital. Tintswalo Hospital is in the province of Mpumalanga and recently got a face lift as the provincial department of health restored old buildings and supplied the hospital with new equipment. Check out the new website for more information on this hospital Read full story
Wits University introduces a Division of Social and Behaviour Change Communication
2 September 2010
In what is believed to be an African "first", the Wits School of Public Health and the Soul City Institute have launched a division of "Social and Behaviour Change Communication", in response to what John Molefe (Soul City Institute) describes as "a growing need for quality health communication interventions to ensure social and behaviour change in Southern Africa". According to Nicola Christofides (Wits Public Health) explains the motivation: "Sub-Saharan Africa has many preventable illnesses...social and behaviour change communication has a critical role to play in addressing the social and behavioural aspects of health..." Read full story
2010 RuDASA conference a success
2 September 2010
The 2010 conference for the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa took place over the last weekend in August. In a bid to extend awareness of rural issues to the southern African region, it was held in Swaziland this year, and was well attended by representatives of the Swazi Health Ministry. Read full story
AHP doctors hanging in there during the strike
26 August 2010
