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| The International Generic Drug Regulators Pilot (IGDRP) is promoting the movement to permit pharmaceutical companies to register a product only once in the country of their choice, in order to market it elsewhere in the world. read more>>
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 | The annual Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) Southern African Conference will take place from 24-27 August 2014 at the ICC in Durban. read more>> | | |
 | The Psychology Festival of Learning takes place this year in both Cape Town, on 2-3 September 2014, and in Johannesburg on 4 September. read more>> | | |
 | A 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks could cut the number of obese South Africans by almost a quarter of a million, saving lives and money, local research has found. read more>> | |  |
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 | This National Pharmacy Week, 1-8 September 2014, the spotlight is on the importance of antibiotics and their correct application. read more>> | | |
 | To improve the understanding of kidney disease and its consequences, National Renal Care (NRC) Sedibeng is hosting a health awareness day on Tuesday 2 September 2014... read more>> | |  | Cari Van Wyk Last week saw the convergence of leaders in various industries at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town for the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Conference hosted by Frost & Sullivan. read more>> | | |
 | Andrew Edwards Women's Month is a good time to check your medical scheme's preventative benefits, as the early detection of serious medical conditions helps members stay healthy. read more>> | |
|  | A new cellphone application, MomConnect, allows all pregnant women in the country to sign up for a free SMS service, which provides information and advice on pregnancy, and can be used to notify the Department of Health about poor services at clinics. read more>> | |  | South Africa has imposed a total travel ban for all non-citizens traveling from identified high risk countries to prevent the spread of Ebola to the country. read more>> | |  | President Jacob Zuma has told Ministers, Premiers and Mayors, who are part of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), that they must jointly develop a problem-solving culture and fix infrastructure problems facing South Africa. read more>> | |  | Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane says the public sector must challenge itself to be creative and embrace innovation as a new way of doing government business more smartly and delivering its services. read more>> | |  | The Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, says South Africa's tourism sector is not under threat from the Ebola Virus Disease even though a number of Asian visitors have cancelled planned trips to this country. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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