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SAfrica to limit trans fats as heart disease rises
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s health department says it will draft regulations aimed at reducing the trans fats South Africans consume.
Congo forest protector shares alternative Nobel
JOHANNESBURG — Rene Ngongo, honored with the “alternative Nobel” this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.
Study: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth
JOHANNESBURG — More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.
Report: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth
JOHANNESBURG — More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study released Tuesday.
UN: 4 million on AIDS drugs, others still in need
LONDON — About 4 million people are now getting AIDS drugs worldwide — a 10-fold jump in five years — but 5 million others are still in dire need of the medicine, U.N. health officials estimated in a report issued Wednesday.
SAfrica track chief keeps job after sex-test flap
JOHANNESBURG — An athletics official says South Africa’s athletics chief is keeping his job even though he admitted to lying about his role in gender tests done on runner Caster Semenya.
South Africa launches child vaccination campaign
JOHANNESBURG — The doctor praised for re-energizing South Africa’s Health Ministry launched a major campaign Monday to get vaccinations and immunity-boosting vitamins to 3 million children across the country over the next two weeks.
