Medical Authority: 24 Hours

TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Traveling this holiday? Here is a list of all the telephone numbers of the SA Military Health Service Units that will be able to assist you. >> read more

Arrive Alive!

With the holiday season around the corner many of us will travel far to get to holiday destinations or to family and friends. Please remember that one life lost is one too many. Road accidents can be avoided and many lives can be saved. Road safety does not happen by accident. >> read more

Holiday Crime Prevention Tips

The rush and good will that surround the holidays can increase the opportunities for criminal activity. The SA Police Service suggests these simple tips to assist you in having a safe and happy holiday season. >> read more

3 Military Hospital Presented Open Day for VPA Members

Col Derick Matthee, OC of 3 Mil Hosp, and Lt Col Lynn de Clercq with three VPA members who attended the Open Day

On 17 September 2008 3 Military Hospital presented the second Open Day for its VPA members. The aim of the day was to familiarise the VPA members regarding the facilities and procedures at the hospital and to strengthen relationships between the hospital and retired members of the SANDF. >> read more

Act Against Abuse: 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children

The 16 Days of Activism: No Violence Against Women is an international campaign that takes place annually from 25 November (International Day of No Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day). During this time, the South African Government runs a 16 Days of Activism Campaign, which aims to increase awareness of the negative impact of violence on women and children. It also aims to use this campaign to mobilise all sectors of society to act against abuse.  >> read more

3 Military Hospital Reaches out to the Pholoho Special School on Casual Day

Pholoho Special School

3 Military Hospital for the second consecutive year reached out to those in need. The Pholoho Special School for Intellectually Challenged Learners in Bloemfontein was spoiled on the morning of 5 September 2008 with a cup of soup in the one hand and a slice of bread in the other. The 504 learners vary between the ages of 6 and 20. The Headmaster of the school, Mr van den Berg, explained that subsidies from the state are rare and that any contribution towards the school would be welcome. >> read more

3 Military Hospital Presents Craft Market and Unit Day

WO1 Esther Louw at her table during the hospital’s Craft Market

On 17 September 2008 3 Military Hospital presented a Craft Market in the Tempe Church Hall for both military personnel in Tempe and civilians from outside the SANDF. The aim of the day was to promote the image of the hospital, create an event where both the military - and the public member could mingle, and to put the hospital on the map. >> read more

People's Republic of China delegation visited the SA Military Health Service

The Surgeon General of the SA National Defence Force, Lt Gen. VI Ramlakan, receives an official gift from Major General Li Jianhua, the Director General of the Health Department of the People's Republic of China

The delegation of the People's Republic of China visited the SA Military Health Service from 6 to 10 July 2008. >> read more

Algerian Health Services delegation visited South Africa

From left to right: SG Lt Gen V.I. Ramlakan being presented with a plaque from the Algerian Surgeon General, General Bendjelloul Abdelkader.

The Algerian Health Services delegation visited South Africa from the 26th to 29th June 2008. >> read more

Substance Abuse Prevention In the SA National Defence Force

The Surgeon General as the custodian of the health status of the members of the SANDF is tasked to ensure that the misuse of substances such as alcohol and illegal drugs do not influence the status of military security, operational readiness and discipline in the SANDF.

It is important to realise that the DOD is a micro-cosmos of the wider society and thus the prevalence within the DOD is representative of the population at large. >> read more

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 24 March 2007

Microscopic view of Tuberculosis

 World Tuberculosis Day, held annually on 24 March, commemorates the date in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch presented his discovery of the TB bacillus to a group of doctors in Berlin. This year, World TB Day will focus on the efforts of frontline TB care providers and their crucial role in stopping TB.

What is TB? >> read more

Combating HIV/AIDS through Spiritual and Ethical Conduct: A Research Evaluation of the SA National Defence Force Chaplain General’s Program to Combat HIV/AIDS
Presented by Col J. Dill, Chaplain

Col J. Dill

 Behaviour change theories address the question of how people change their behaviour in positive or healthy directions. By implication, they also address the question of why people tend not to change their behaviour and continue to engage in unhealthy practices.

This paper will discuss the unique value-based program of the Chaplain General of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) and specifically look at the scientific significance (wrt reliability and validity) of what it intends to achieve.

Ultimately, for our purposes, behaviour change theory helps us to know better how to intervene in a way that makes it more likely that people will change their behaviour in response to the value-based program. Hereby the SANDF Chaplains would like to prove that their value-based program do have a major role to play to prevent high risk behaviour and attitudes that could lead to HIV/Aids infection.  >> read more

The Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care, Management and Treatment (CCMT) Plan for the South African Department of Defence (DOD) including the Provision of ARV’s

Microscopic View of the HIV Virus

Over the last 25 years, the HIV and AIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) epidemic has escalated worldwide to pandemic proportions. This pandemic has continued to highlight obstacles to progress in the global development agenda. Of the eight key areas covered by the Millennium Development Goals, six, namely reduced poverty and child mortality, increased access to education, gender equality, improved maternal health and efforts to combat major infectious diseases; are being undermined by high rates of HIV in many low- and middle-income countries. Sub-Saharan Africa, and in particular South Africa, has experienced the most devastating impact of this epidemic.

Since the cause of AIDS was identified in the early 1980s, standards of treatment and care have evolved considerably, primarily in high-income countries. Yet, the human immunodeficiency virus has spread across political, social and economic boundaries much more quickly than have the clinical and public health responses that help curb the epidemic and its impact. Until recently, antiretroviral therapy (ART) was accessible only to the fortunate few, while millions were denied their fundamental right to benefit from the advances of science. >> read moreI

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April 2007

18 April 2007: No 15/07: MALARIA TIPS FOR TRAVELERS WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA

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