International Narcotics Control Board Archives

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Pharmaceutical

Rwanda's cheap, generic morphine production model

January 8th, 2020 By putting morphine production and distribution under government control a, Rwanda has become a model for Africa. As thousands die from addiction in rich countries...

Addiction

The African opioid epidemic you haven’t heard about

August 29th, 2019 Weakly regulated painkillers are causing untold damage in West Africa, but stricter controls could have dire consequences for patients with chronic pain. Laura...

Medico-Legal

Cannabis for medicinal use, SA draft guidelines published for comment

March 15th, 2017 The Medicines Control Council (MCC) has published draft guidelines for the cultivation and processing of cannabis for medical use, proposing strict controls at every...

Medico-Legal

AG warns urgent intervention needed to prevent provincial health collapse

South Africa's Auditor-General has warned that without urgent intervention, a number of provincial health services face collapse, writes...

Cape Town surgeon ‘pays’ for tax submission failures with ops

A Cape Town orthopaedic surgeon who for nine years failed to submit his company income tax returns had charges withdrawn after he completed a...

Charlotte Maxeke workers disciplined for human rights violations

The Gauteng Health Department has handed two-month suspensions and final written warnings to 40 employees of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg...

No-fault compensation fund rules released for ‘rushed’ comment

The regulations on the government's proposed Covid-19 vaccine injury no-fault compensation scheme were posted on the Department of Co-operative...

ANC’s chief whip to answer for son’s ‘regrettable’ PPE deal

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina has said she is willing to subject herself to Parliament’s Ethics Committee to explain her son’s involvement in a...

COVID-status certificates may be discriminatory — UK rights watchdog

COVID-status certificates being considered by the UK to help open up society could amount to unlawful indirect discrimination, the UK government’s...

Pretoria sperm donor’s quest to access son — SA first

Judgment was reserved in an application launched by a sperm donor to have access to his biological son after the child’s biological mother and her...

Gauteng Health MEC appeals party’s ‘disrepute’ finding

Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku said he is appealing against a finding by an ANC disciplinary committee that he had brought the party...

Testimony of UCT-trained doctor in Chauvin trial challenged

On day 14 of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in the US, the prosecution rested its case, with the former policeman invoking his...

US trial of opioid drug makers’ starts over 500,000 overdose deaths

Four drugmakers, including Johnson & Johnson and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd have gone to trial over claims they helped fuel an opioid...

Hate speech tweet by Durban ‘doctor’

A racist tweet by a Durban person could see them in hot water after a Durban civic association sought to lay criminal charges for utterances that...

Life Esidimeni inquest date announced

The formal inquest hearing into Life Esidimeni is due to start on July 19 in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria). The National Prosecuting Authority...

Dates of COIDA Amendment Bill public hearings

The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour is set to hear verbal submissions related to the COIDA Amendment Bill. The committee will hear from...

Job Listings

Medical Officer (Doctor) – (Fixed Term Contact ends 31/3/2024)

Wits Health Consortium - MRU, Medical Officer (Doctor) - (Fixed Term Contact ends 31/3/2024), Durban - KZN

Pharmacist (Fixed Term Contract ends 31/3/2024)

Wits Health Consortium - MRU, Pharmacist (Fixed Term Contract ends 31/3/2024), Durban - KZN

Healthcare Facility Manager

Witkoppen Clinic, Healthcare Facility Manager, Fourways, Johannesburg

Laboratory Manager

Wits Health Consortium - VIDA, Laboratory Manager , Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto

Research Clinician (Medical Doctor)

Wits Health Consortium - RHI, Research Clinician (Medical Doctor), 22 Esselen street - Ward 21 CRS - Hillbrow, Johannesburg

Research Nurse / Research Assistant (Fixed Term Contract ending September 2021)

Wits Health Consortium , Research Nurse / Research Assistant (Fixed Term Contract ending September 2021), Relevant Hospitals in Gauteng

Medical Technician (TB Lab) – (2 Year Fixed Term Contract)

Wits Health Consortium - CLS, Medical Technician (TB Lab) - (2 Year Fixed Term Contract), Spencer Lister Building, Braamfontein

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