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2009/04/23
B Hogan to brief media on strike of medical doctors
Health Minister Ms Barbara Hogan will address a press conference today, 23 April 2009 on the on-going strike by doctors in public hospitals and plans to end. Members of the media re invited to this press conference scheduled to take place as follows: Date: 23 April 2009 Time: 15h30 Venue: National Department of Health offices (Cnr Prinsloo and Pretorius streets) Parking available at the State Theatre at own cost. For more information please contact: Fidel Hadebe Tel: 012 312 0663 Cell: 079 ... [highlighted result]
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2009/04/15
B Hogan to announce establishment of ministerial advisory committee to improve healthcare, 17 Apr
South Africa's healthcare system is set to undergo a major overhaul as Health Minister Barbara Hogan announces the establishment of a Ministerial Advisory Committee for quality, safety and standards on Friday, 17 April 2009 in Birchwood, Boksburg. The establishment of the committee follows on the Department of Health's plans to improve the quality of healthcare in the country in line with the patients' needs. In her address, the Health Minister will announce and introduce to the public ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/18
B Hogan to unveil tuberculosis (TB) facility in Klerksdorp, 20 Mar
South Africa's fight against TB is set to receive a major boost as Health Minister Barbara Hogan unveils a newly built TB facility in the North West town of Klerksdorp (Matlosane) on Friday, 20 March 2009. Construction of the R23 million facility was started in May 2008 as part of the Department of Health's programme to further enhance access to healthcare but also as part of its commitment in the fight against TB, especially multi drug resistant (MDR) and extreme drug resistant (XDR) TB. The... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/09
B Hogan: Social Cluster Programme of Action media briefing
The National School Nutrition Programme supports about 5,6 million learners in approximately 18 000 schools. In order to popularise and implement measures for the prevention and management of Learner Pregnancy, tools for the Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy have been made available to all public schools. With regard to Implementing the Rural Transport Strategy for South Africa by establishing an Integrated Rural Transport Development Programme (RTDP) in six rural districts, ... [highlighted result]
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2009/03/05
B Hogan on Free State health system challenges
Minister of Health, Ms Barbara Hogan visit the Free State Department of Health. The Minister of health, Mrs Barbara Hogan's visit today has brought further hope for the improvement of the health care system in the Free State. Our discussions also focused on the strategic initiatives the province can embark on to ensure improved quality health care services' said Ms Hogan, Minister for health. [highlighted result]
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2009/03/04
B Hogan to visit Free State health facilities, 5 Mar
Health Minister Barbara Hogan will tomorrow embark on an intensive working visit in the Free State to assess the situation regarding health facilities in that province and interact with various stakeholders as part of seeking solutions to the challenges facing the health system there. Among the facilities that Minister is expected to visit are: Pelonomi Regional Hospital and facilities at the Motheo District Services including Poly Clinic, the antiretroviral (ARV) clinic and Heidedal ... [highlighted result]
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2009/02/13
I want to say that we cannot see the National Parliament in isolation of the Provincial Legislatures - health is a concurrent function. The national Department of Health (NDoH) is a department that primarily sets standards, and is responsible for quality assurance and it is therefore not really at the coal-face of health service delivery. We therefore appreciate as the national department, this initiative and we congratulate Parliament, and we hope that in the next Parliament, we will have a ... [highlighted result]
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2009/02/09
B Hogan: Debate on State of the Nation Address
We are unable to say at this moment exactly what they are, but from the national Department of Health, we have assembled a team of over 15 people, under the leadership of the ex Deputy Auditor-General, with the consent of all our MECs and our health departments which we reached at our National Health Council last week. But the National Health Insurance must become a very important debate in our country. This does not mean to say that we are now going to attack the private sector, take away ... [highlighted result]
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2009/02/09
B Hogan on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV and AIDS patients
Health Minister Barbara Hogan says she will do whatever she can to ensure that all patients in the country have reasonable access to healthcare services including life saving medicines. Minister Hogan said additional funding was and is being sought through donors, and she is also in discussion with National Treasury in this regard. Hogan said: "I can assure you that it is the intention of the government, the ministry, the national Department of Health and the MECs for health to ensure that ... [highlighted result]
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2009/01/25
Health Minister Barbara Hogan has highlighted a number of steps to contain the outbreak of cholera across the country. * Is working with National Treasury and the Limpopo Department of Health to secure additional funding for Limpopo to help it contain the disease. Hogan said 'The Department of Health gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the Hospital Association of South Africa in setting up a cholera desk to assist with the response to the outbreak of the disease. [highlighted result]
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2009/01/13
B Hogan on National Convention on Dispensing (NCD) meeting
The Minister of Health and Deputy Minister of Health met with the representatives of the National Convention on Dispensing (NCD) yesterday afternoon. The Minister is very pleased that the NCD shares her very real concerns that the dispensing fee should not prejudice availability, affordability and the sustainability of supplies of medicines. Finally, the Minister wishes to recognise the very valuable role that the dispensing doctors play in South Africa to make medicines available to people ... [highlighted result]
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2008/12/08
B Hogan to lead senior officials to Limpopo to assess cholera outbreak, 9 Dec
Health Minister Barbara Hogan will tomorrow morning, 9 December lead a high level team of senior officials, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), World Health Organisation (WHO) representatives and experts from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases as part of plans to contain the further spread of cholera in Limpopo and some parts of the country. The visit tomorrow will see the health Minister getting a briefing from the team stationed in Musina and then make a tour of Musina show ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/28
B Mbete and B Hogan to commemorate World AIDS Day, 1 Dec
Deputy President and Head of South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Baleka Mbete, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele, Minister of Health Barbara Hogan, Members of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, Executive Council and the Executive Director of the United Nations on AIDS Dr Peter Piot will be amongst those who will join hands in commemorating World AIDS Day on 1 December 2008. Addressing a meeting of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Council on AIDS on 11 November 2008, Premier ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/26
B Hogan: Cholera outbreak Zimbabwe and South Africa
In response to the outbreak the Department of Health (DoH) has: * Deployed the National Outbreak Response Team (NORT) and the Provincial Outbreak Response Team (PORT) in Musina on 17 November 2008, to respond to the outbreak. The meeting involved the National Department of Health (NDOH), Departments of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) DWAF, Limpopo Province (LP), Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG), SA Military Health Service (SAMHS), World Health ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/17
B Hogan: Convention of Parties Conference
According to the WHO World Health Statistics Report (2008) tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable deaths in the world today. It is for this reason therefore that one should pause and pay special tribute to the WHO framework convention on tobacco control for the stewardship in the fight against tobacco use. The principal legislation controlling tobacco products in the country was first passed in 1993 known as the Tobacco Products Control Act. [highlighted result]
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2008/11/21
B Hogan: Healthcare Quality Improvement Programme
The charter was launched in November 1999 and a National Policy on Quality in Health Care for South Africa followed suit to provide a strategy to improve the quality of care in the public and private sectors, to encourage the many health professions to work together to improve professional standards and to foster a partnership between the public and private sectors. To a very large extent the National Health Act of 2003 has also become a significant statutory public health initiative in the ... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/25
B Hogan and S Anyangwe to brief media on cholera situation, 26 Nov
The Minister of Health, Ms Barbara Hogan together with World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in South Africa, Dr Stella Anyangwe will brief the media on the government response to the cholera situation in South Africa. The briefing will take place as follows: Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2008 Time: 14h00 Venue: Room 153, Union Buildings, Pretoria Note: There will be a link-up to Imbizo media centre, 120 Plein Street, Cape Town [highlighted result]
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2008/11/19
B Hogan and M Sefularo to address National Indaba, 21 Nov
"Along with improving our services for those with HIV and Aids and tuberculosis (TB), improving the quality of care we offer will be one of government's top priorities over the coming period," said Health Minister Barbara Hogan in announcing the National Indaba due to take place on Friday, 21 November 2008, in Birchwood Conference Centre, Ekurhuleni. Among the many stakeholders expected to participate in the Indaba are health Members of Executive Council, representatives from the World Health... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/15
B Hogan to brief media on SADC health ministers meeting, 16 Nov
The Chairperon of the SADC Health Ministers Ms Barbara Hogan will tomorrow, 16 November 2008 host a press conference to brief media on the outcomes of the two day meeting with her counterparts from the SADC region. Among the issues that were discussed at the meeting in Durban were the increasing burden of diseases in the region, malaria, HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis (TB), 'brain drain' in the health sector, male circumcision and the SADC sexual and reproductive health strategy for the region... [highlighted result]
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2008/11/12
B Hogan to chair SADC health ministers meeting, 15 to 16 Nov
Diseases, nutrition and 'brain drain' will all come under the spotlight as Health Minister Barbara Hogan chairs the Southern Africa Development Community health ministers meeting (SADC) from 15 to 16 November 2008 in Durban, South Africa. Health and its delivery is a complex issue that needs as much collaboration and co-operation as possible," says Hogan as she prepares for this two-day meeting to be preceded by the SADC Malaria Day on Friday morning in Jozini, Northern KwaZulu-Natal to be ... [highlighted result]
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