News and Speeches for Department of Health and Wellness
National Polio Eradication Awareness Week: 3-9 April 2006
4 April 2006"The last case of polio that was reported in South Africa was in 1989", Minister Uys said. "But as long as there are still cases of the poliovirus elsewhere in the world, polio can be imported to a polio free area such as the Western Cape", he said. Read More
World TB Day
23 March 2006Be smart; get tested for TB from the start! By creating a focus area every year on tuberculosis on World TB Day, Government hopes that more support will be forthcoming to support the fight against the disease. Read More
Primary Health Care Information System for Community Health Centres
21 March 2006The Western Cape Provincial Department of Health has launched a Primary Health Care Information System at 13 Community Health Centres in the province. This system allocates each patient with a unique number, which can be used universally throughout... Read More
World Kidney Day - Early Detection and Prevention
8 March 2006FACT - chronic kidney disease and other major chronic non-communicable diseases will claim the lives of 36 million people by the year 2015. Read More
Pregnancy Education Week : 18 - 26 February 2006
17 February 2006The aim of Pregnancy Education Week is to provide pregnant women, their partners and the broader community with the knowledge of how to ensure a safe pregnancy outcome for both the mother and her baby. Read More
Condom / Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Week
9 February 2006"29 million condoms will be distributed by the Health Department in our province alone this year " Minister Uys said today. They are freely available at all our facilities throughout the province and there is no excuse for people to have unprotected... Read More
Tygerberg's School of Nursing Delivers Excellence in Training
8 February 2006Tygerberg Hospital Nurse Training School excel Read More
Smoking Habit in Cape under Global Spotlight
7 February 2006Researchers based at the University of Cape Town (UCT) have been probing the implications of the high smoking rates in Ravensmead and Uitsig communities. Read More
High Anti-Retroviral Adherence Rates
6 February 2006Data compiled by the Western Cape Health Department's HIV and Aids Directorate indicate high adherence rates to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in the province. Results show that 9 745 (93%) of the 10 515 patients on ART in December 2004 remained on... Read More
New Oncology Equipment Installed on the Eve of World Cancer Day
2 February 2006The acquisition of a new R 3,2 million Oncology Afterloader, installed at the Tygerberg Hospital, is celebrated on the eve of World Cancer Day on 4 February. Read More
New Oncology Equipment and World Cancer Day
2 February 2006The acquisition of a new R3,2 million Oncology Afterloader, installed at the Tygerberg Hospital, is celebrated today (3 February) on the eve of World Cancer Day (4 February ) Read More
Western Cape Health Minister Welcomes High Anti-Retroviral Adherence Rates
1 February 2006Data compiled by the Western Cape Health Department's HIV and Aids Directorate indicate high adherence rates to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in the province. Results show that 9 745 (93%) of the 10 515 patients on ART in December 2004 remained on... Read More
National Reproductive Health Month
30 January 2006Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the National Minister of Health has announced that as from 2006, February will be designated as National Reproductive Health Month. The National theme for 2006 is 'Save the Nation, Strengthen Reproductive Health'. Read More
February is Reproductive Health Month
30 January 2006Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the National Minister of Health has announced that as from 2006, February will be designated as National Reproductive Health Month. The National theme for 2006 is 'Save the Nation, Strengthen Reproductive Health'. Read More
Western Cape Provincial Department Announces February as Reproductive Health Month
30 January 2006Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the National Minister of Health has announced that as from 2006, February will be designated as National Reproductive Health Month. The National theme for 2006 is 'Save the Nation, Strengthen Reproductive Health'. Read More
Re-Introduction of the Medical Emergency Helicopter Service in Oudtshoorn
29 January 2006"Advanced Life Support services in the Southern Cape will receive a huge boost from Monday, thanks to the re-introduction of the medical emergency helicopter service by the Health Department of the Western Cape and the SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service... Read More
New Hope for Breast Cancer Sufferers
26 January 2006New state-of-the-art equipment was installed at Tygerberg Hospital to service the community more effectively. The afterloader, that was acquired at a cost of R3,2 million, will increase the spectrum of radiation treatments available to patients in... Read More
Call to Celebrate! 50 Years at Red Cross Children's Hospital
16 January 20062006 is the 50th Anniversary of our hospital and we intend celebrating the event. The formal handing over of the Hospital by the S.A. Red Cross Society to the Provincial Administration of the Cape of Good Hope, was held on 29th February 1956. Read More
Statement by Provincial Health Minister, Pierre Uys: Opening of New Ambulance Station at Leeu Gamka
12 December 2005"An Emergency Medical Service, including ambulance and medical rescue services, has been established at Leeu-Gamka along the so called "road of death" between Laingsburg and Beaufort West. With more then a million vehicles travelling on this road... Read More
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