Pragmatism is the key to reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths: The present ‘puritan’ approach to defeating the health risks posed by tobacco smoking should be abandoned by anti-smoking lobbyists and regulators in favour of a pragmatic approach which recognises that alternatives like vaping are up to 95% less harmful, and have the potential to meaningfully reduce the toll on the health of tobacco smokers around the globe. So says Prof Daniel Malan – an ex-smoker and director of the … [Read more...] about Pragmatism is the key to reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths
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Pragmatism is the key to reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths
Pragmatism is the key to reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths: The present ‘puritan’ approach to defeating the health risks posed by tobacco smoking should be abandoned by anti-smoking lobbyists and regulators in favour of a pragmatic approach which recognises that alternatives like vaping are up to 95% less harmful, and have the potential to meaningfully reduce the toll on the health of tobacco smokers around the globe. So says Prof Daniel Malan – an ex-smoker and director of the … [Read more...] about Pragmatism is the key to reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths
Renewed commitment to fighting HIV and related diseases
Renewed commitment to fighting HIV and related diseases: A commitment to efforts to curb the spread the HIV/Aids and the rampant rape culture and sex for marks trend that has gripped many tertiary institutions was reinforced at the provincial launch of the Higher Education AIDS (HEAIDS) First Things First Campaign at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University yesterday. Source: NMMU News Latest News. … [Read more...] about Renewed commitment to fighting HIV and related diseases
The National Department of Health, National Health Laboratory Service, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, and Right to Care invite you for a Media Briefing of South Africa’s Viral Load/ Cd4 Monitoring Dashboard for Better National HIV / Aids Planning
The National Department of Health, National Health Laboratory Service, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, and Right to Care invite you for a Media Briefing of South Africa’s Viral Load/ Cd4 Monitoring Dashboard for Better National HIV / Aids Planning: The most significant measure of the success of South Africa’s HIV/ Aids programme can be measured using viral load and CD4 counts. Until now it has not been possible to track these national results effectively. Right to Care in … [Read more...] about The National Department of Health, National Health Laboratory Service, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, and Right to Care invite you for a Media Briefing of South Africa’s Viral Load/ Cd4 Monitoring Dashboard for Better National HIV / Aids Planning
