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Swine flu deaths continue to rise
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25 Sep 2009 -
Johannesburg - The number of H1N1 flu deaths in South Africa continues to climb with the figure now standing at 59 deaths, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said on Friday. "Of the 59 deaths, almost half were pregnant women," NICD sp...
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SA urges urgent reform of global financial institutions
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24 Sep 2009 -
New York - President Jacob Zuma has called for urgent reforms of global financial institutions so that poorer countries have a greater say in how they are run. In an address to the annual General Debate at the 192-member United Nations (UN) General Assemb...
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KZN expands H1N1 education campaign to churches
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07 Sep 2009 -
Durban - As the number of H1N1 flu cases continues to increase, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has taken its swine flu education campaign to churches. Head of Department, Dr Sibongile Zungu, visited the United Congregational Church of South Africa...
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Swine flu death toll continues to climb
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02 Sep 2009 -
The NICD said that by Tuesday there were 27 confirmed H1N1 deaths, with 12 of them being pregnant women. At least seven people have died from the flu in the province while 1 753 infections have been confirmed. The majority of illness in persons without c...
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H1N1 deaths rise
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25 Aug 2009 -
Pretoria - As the number of H1N1 Influenza deaths increase, with 20 lives being lost in the pandemic, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has issued a directive to healthcare workers to put all pregnant women with flu-like symptoms on Tamiflu. "The directive...
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Another pregnant woman dies of H1N1
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21 Aug 2009 -
Port Elizabeth - The H1N1 Influenza, or swine flu, has claimed the life of another pregnant woman, taking the number of deaths related to the pandemic to eight. Provincial health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo told BuaNews on Friday the woman was ad...
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Swine flu deaths climb to seven
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20 Aug 2009 -
Pretoria - South Africa has recorded its seventh H1N1 Influenza death. The latest H1N1 Influenza, or swine flu victim, is a 20-year-old Pretoria woman. Department of Health spokesperson, Fidel Hadebe told BuaNews on Thursday that the department had recei...
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KZN kicks-off H1N1 Influenza campaign
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19 Aug 2009 -
Pietermaritzburg - The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health has launched a campaign to educate the province on the H1N1 influenza, known as swine flu. Department spokesperson Chris Maxon said on Wednesday that department officials had visited taxi ranks an...
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Swine flu hotline ready
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18 Aug 2009 -
Pretoria - The public will be able to request more information or ask specific questions related to the H1N1 Influenza, or swine flu, via a hotline, from Wednesday. Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, said last week a hotline will be put in place to...
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NICD discourages overuse of Tamiflu
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18 Aug 2009 -
Pretoria - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has again discouraged the overuse of testing and the use of Tamiflu by people with symptoms of H1N1 Influenza, known as swine flu. "This pandemic is regarded as moderate, not severe and no...
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