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US historian Arthur Schlesinger once remarked that leadership makes the world go round but love smooths the way. Madiba Magic – serving tea to adversaries – certainly smoothed South Africa’s way. But it was Nelson Mandela the tough politician who persuaded right-wing Afrikaners to participate in the 1994 elections.
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Mashup Score: 60
A new HIV prevention injection is now available to a select number of people in South Africa (SA). A major selling point is that a single shot provides two months of protection. How much of this jab is available, and who is choosing to get it?
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Excited to hear the real world experiences starting to accrue on PrEP choice here #CROI2024 It’s a Prevolution @apha_sa @DTHF_SA https://t.co/oJOhiaSwJC
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Mashup Score: 2AngloGold Ashanti’s malaria initiative is a game-changer - 3 month(s) ago
The global company’s malaria prevention programme in Ghana shows how the mining industry can be a force for good.
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“Started with an indoor spraying programme and the provision of bed nets to all homes, the initiative now safeguards almost 1.3 million people from malaria. Work and school absenteeism have fallen by more than 90%.” https://t.co/BpWZv96Oiv
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Former Statistician-General Dr Pali Lehohla believes the past 15 years have been marked by a reversal of South Africa’s democratic gains. Next year’s elections should be postponed, he argues, to hold Codesa-like discussions on the country’s future.
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Next year’s elections should be postponed, says former Statistician-General Pali Lehohla (Part One) https://t.co/61ByOIAaZe
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With the expanded scope of biosecurity involving human, animal, and plant-based pathogens, there is a need for increased collaboration across sectors — human health, veterinary and agricultural authorities must work together to address potential biosecurity threats comprehensively.
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“It’s time to re-evaluate health surveillance protocol and laboratory biosafety” writes my @Brown_SPH @pandemiccenter colleague @wilmotjames https://t.co/5lLVtduDZ7
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Mashup Score: 25Medical Day Zero – catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals - 6 month(s) ago
The CEOs of the Western Cape’s three academic hospitals have warned that, because of severe funding cuts, they could run out of cash by 15 January.
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Beyond heartbreaking and the effect on teaching the next generation of clinicians as well as the impact on patients is beyond distressing. Medical Day Zero - catastrophic budget cuts endanger Western Cape’s three academic hospitals https://t.co/B8Gt4qKz5G
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Mashup Score: 3WhatsApp - 9 month(s) ago
As Professor Glenda Gray sees out the final months of her 10-year term at the South African Medical Research Council, she looks to what lies ahead and why her new work will matter as much.
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Pleasure to be a friend and colleague of the great: Glenda Gray, the elephant and the search for lifesaving vaccines https://t.co/3T4LWWTM8J
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Moving reflections on the early days of South Africa's democracy and Nelson Mandela's leadership in addressing extremism by my @pandemiccenter colleague @wilmotjames. Lessons for the US and other democracies embroiled by deep division. https://t.co/8ktvmTH03h