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South Africa: Natural medicines take lead in industry
By Florence de Vries Submit your comment The sales of complementary alternative medicines are growing at a faster rate than traditional or prescribed medicines in pharmacies, according to key players in the industry. Health care retailer Clicks, as well as homeopathic and natural medicines brands, Natura and Vital ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-02-08)

South Africa: Natural medicines take lead in industry
By Florence de Vries Submit your comment The sales of complementary alternative medicines are growing at a faster rate than traditional or prescribed medicines in pharmacies, according to key players in the industry. Health care retailer Clicks, as well as homeopathic and natural medicines brands, Natura and Vital ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-02-08)

Ghana: THREE GENERIC HIV/AIDS DRUGS DE-LISTED…PENDING FURTHER TESTS
Three generic HIV/AIDS medicines have been removed from the international list of medicines available to developing countries because manufacturer had not ensured the drugs were equivalent to the original medicines they were supposed to copy. In bioequivalence tests, volunteers take the generic medicines and their blood is tested after ...

Read Story at The Accra Daily Mail (2004-08-06)

Africa: Making the case against counterfeit drugs
LOME, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - The fight against fake medicines requires a united public-private front to overcome people"s resistance to health warnings and to dismantle increasingly sophisticated trafficking networks, medical professionals said at a meeting in the Togolese capital Lomé. The deadly industry of counterfeit medicines thrives ...

Read Story at IRINNews (2010-02-05)

Angola: Benguela Medicines Distribution Programme Reinforced
About 54.000 lots of essential medicines were acquired recently by the Government of central Benguela province to reinforce the Programme of Supply and Distribution of Medicines to main hospitals, local Governor, Dumilde Rangel, said. The programme which was launched two years ago includes the quarterly supplying of essential medicines to ...

Read Story at AngolaPress (2004-06-15)

South Africa: South Africa's abalone industry thrives
South Africa's abalone farming industry has reached maturity after 20 years. Production has nearly doubled in the last three years, while catches in the wild have more than halved. The increased production could help diminish the effects of poaching and exploitation of the natural resource. South Africa has 13 ...

Read Story at SABCNews (2005-09-15)

Angola: Malanje: Local Hospital Faces Shortage Of Medicines
The provincial hospital of Angola`s northern Malanje province is running out of medicines to assist a high number of patients. The fact was revealed on Thursday by the provincial supervisor of the essential medicines programme, Jose Hote, adding that there are only some quantities of various medicines to assist the ...

Read Story at AngolaPress (2004-01-30)

South Africa: Metal, engineering in artisan project
The metal and engineering industry has embarked on a project to alleviate the shortage of artisans in South Africa, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (Seifsa) said in statement. The project would identify the largest companies in the sector to act as lead employers and indenture ...

Read Story at Sunday Times (2006-07-06)

South Africa: Tourism business ready for 2010 FIFA World Cup
South Africa"s tourism industry is ready to host the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Tanya Abrahamse, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa executive director, said today. "South Africa as a whole is poised to welcome visitors from the farthest reaches to our shores. We have a robust tourism industry with ...

Read Story at SABCNews (2004-05-15)

South Africa: Big potential in SA’s telecoms industry: investors
Investors attending a two-day International Investment Council meeting say South Africa has huge opportunities in the services industry, particularly in telecommunications. Juergen Schrempp, the former chairperson of Daimler Chrysler, says South Africa should take the lead from a growing powerhouse like India and offer more services to other countries. ...

Read Story at SABCNews (2006-10-28)


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