Joan Deare’s colorectal cancer experience – Joan Deare’s cancer journey started in November 1991. Unlike many, it wasn’t due to her own health or a diagnosis in the family. Throughout the 1990s, Joan was working very closely with cancer patients and with the help of her team, she assisted in transforming the face of cancer within rural communities across South Africa. At this time, cancer was regarded as a death sentence, and Joan hoped to change this outlook. Her personal experience with cancer began on a dreary London Monday morning in July, while working as a social worker in a... Continue Reading
By: WASH R&E “Media” Network – Along the Liberia-Guinea border, where six suspected Ebola cases have occurred, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Improved Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IWASH) Program is delivering materials to prevent potential spread of the disease. Materials have been distributed to health facilities that are in the “front line” in responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Foya District border region, in Lofa county. The IWASH team, with staff from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (Lofa County Health Team) and the Ministry of Public Works, visited 3 clinics and the District... Continue Reading
By Gbenya Julius – Even when we were bankrolled and aided by donors at the end of the eleven years civil conflict, yet the situation remained the same – with continuous deaths of children under five, pregnant women and lactating mothers, which had always placed Sierra Leone at the bottom rung of the United Nations Human Development Index, not until when God’s sent President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma came and salvaged the plight of this vulnerable group of Sierra Leoneans. With the unveiling of the free health care initiative barely four years ago by President Koroma the country’s entire health... Continue Reading
05 March 2014:- Adcock Ingram’s recent upgrade of its distribution centre in Cape Town is paying dividends as customers enjoy ‘next day’ delivery across the product range. As the only locally-based pharmaceutical company doing its own distribution, Adcock Ingram has distribution hubs in Midrand, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth. Recent expansion at the Midrand and Cape Town sites has given the company not only increased capacity and improved service levels, but also earned regulatory approval from the Medicines Control Council and the SA Pharmacy Council. “The expansion in Cape Town, which cost R20 million, was a necessity to ensure dependable... Continue Reading
Ignoring a gut feeling can be fatal. But ignoring physical changes and discomfort in your colon and stomach can be just as dangerous. Often the persistent symptoms we push aside or ignore can be a sign or precursor to colorectal cancer. March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month (CCAM) – an initiative that is held every year across the world, and specifically observed by South Africa during the month of April. For the past five years, Be Cancer Aware (BCA), a cancer information hub that aims to increase awareness around various forms of cancer, has hosted their “Ignoring a Gut Feeling”... Continue Reading
