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New building boost for African research
By Caitlin Ross. A state-of-the-art Life Sciences building – the best of its kind on the continent – was officially opened on Tuesday at the University of the Western Cape. Speaking at the opening ceremony, attended by an illustrious guest list including figureheads in education…
Author: West Cape News
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Dept of Education awards first ever clinical training grants for nursing
In a historic move for nursing in South Africa, the Department of Education has awarded clinical training grants totalling R124-million which will benefit 4000 nursing students for their first degree. The grants are awarded over two years (2010-2011; 211-2012) to universities and universities of technology…
Author: UNESDA
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Health reform challenge in Australia: Repairing the fundamentals and building on stronger foundations
Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership. It is good to be back home; it’s good to be back in Brisbane; good to be…
Author: Prime Minister of Australia
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Drug shortages heap more woes on ailing healthcare system
Public health is in disarray as many hospitals and clinics countrywide experience medical supply shortages. The stock shortfall is so grave that some patients have had to leave the health facilities empty-handed, writes S’THEMBISO HLONGWANE. FOR four hours, Prudence Mnyandu shifted from one wooden bench to…
Author: City Press (South Africa)
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Health Critic Brings a Past and a Wallet
Health Care for America Now is an Atlantic grantee. By JIM RUTENBERG WASHINGTON — Richard L. Scott is unusual in these tough economic times: a rich, conservative investor willing to spend freely on a political cause. Mr. Scott is starring in his own rotation of advertisements…
Author: The New York Times
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Northern Ireland's universities 'world leading'
Some of the research by Northern Ireland’s universities is world-leading, a report said today. Civil engineering, nursing and midwifery and electrical engineering were among subjects attracting the highest praise, a review by other colleges said. The University of Ulster (UU) and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB)…
Author: Belfast Telegraph
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Tracking a New Generation
Recruiting starts next month for the largest long-term study of children’s health ever conducted in the U.S. by Claudia Kalb American kids are about to get some much-needed attention. Next month, after 10 years of strategizing, researchers will finally start recruiting participants for the largest…
Author: Newsweek