Press Releases 2001

 
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
28 December Protect yourself and help prevent the spread of Cholera
19 December Response of Health Minister and MECS to judgment on Nevirapine
1 December Light a flame for life, Pledge to care 01 December 2001
28 November Light a flame for life on World Aids Day 01 December 2001
28 November Government and SABC partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa
23 November Court case on mother-to-child transmission of HIV
21 November Government unveils World AIDS Day 2001 CAMPAIGN
26 October Special focus on Haemophilia
19 October Meeting to facilitate research on HIV testing
16 October Release of MRC report on AIDS-related mortality in adults
11 October Comment on MRC'S AIDS mortality study
10 October Statement by the Minister of Health on the Mental Health Day
9 October Partnership against Aids 3rd Anniversary
9 October Communities stand up and celebrate Partnership against Aids 3rd Anniversary
 October Overview of breast cancer
1 October October is breast cancer awareness month
10 September Mortality figures and programme priorities in the social sector
7 September Access to quality affordable medicine – Your right!
23 August New faces at the helm of Maternal Deaths Monitoring System
22 August Smoking in public places - Ministry of Health asserts Tobacco Law is solid
22 August Health Department Awards Aids Communication Tenders
21 August TAC court action on public sector use of Nevirapine
16 August Legislation on smoking in public places
6 August Health Department launches first guidelines on Genetic disorders &Amp; Birth Defects
6 August Fetal Alcohol Syndrome among world's highest in SA
2 August Developing World's First Genetic Births Defects Conference
2 August Immunisation Awareness week August 6 - 12
2 August Contaminated Olive Pomace Oil from Spain
25 July Aids helpline to be launched
25 July Health Department and PMA set up consultation structure
9 July Health Minister reviews funding for Santa
6 July Health Minister and MECS meet health sector unions
4 July Comment on UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS

29 June

The Minister of Health on the outcome of the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS
29 June Comply or Face Penalties
28 June Tobacco Regulations - Final day for structural changes
4 June Medicines Control Act Regulations ready for public comment
30 May Second hand smoke kills - Let us clear the air
4 May Response to the Mail &Amp; Guardian on the PSNP and Peanut Butter
19 April Minister of Health's comment on drug companies' withdrawal
11 April Diflucan now within reach of AIDS patients
29 March South Africa Signs a health agreement with Cuba
28 March Sefularo gets tough against negligence by health workers
28 March North West shows decrease in HIV infection
23 March Kwazulu-Natal Health MEC has called on the private sector to improve the socio-economic status of workers to help fight Against TB and HIV/AIDS
23 March An Epidemiologist from WHO arrives for 6 months to assist in KZN Communicable Disease Control Programme
22 March Gauteng Department of Health: World TB Day - "dots cure for all"
22 March Gauteng MEC for Health  extends condolences to family on death of pregnant woman
20 March Release of National HIV Prevalence Survey at Public Sector Ante-Natal Clinics
20 March South African Health Ministry hosts major International Health Consultation
20 March Kwazulu-Natal MEC for Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize visits Edendale Hospital to view Tele-Medicine Units
18 March Government's decision to decline HIV test donation
13 March Statement on the 'Aids Drugs Emergency'
6 March South African Medicines Act case postponed
28 February South African Health Ministry hosts major International Health Consultation

^ top