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by Betty Beard More employers now realize they need to recruit and retrain older workers -- especially Baby Boomers. But many aren't sure how to go about that. And at the same time, mature applicants are seeking jobs in drastically changed workplaces that have gone…

By William Foster In the for-profit world, the term investment has clear meaning and investors have sophisticated techniques for spotting and growing the most promising companies. Yet foundations and other nonprofit donors have not developed similar clarity or approaches. As a result, the nonprofit sector's…

We are now 15 years into our democracy and we have yet to remove one of the most important barriers to access to health by the poor - money. The 1994 National Health Plan of the ANC called for ensuring that all South Africans, rich…

PASSION, empathy and extensive research have put a Durban academic at the forefront of the fight against the HIV/Aids infection among young children in South Africa. Prof Anna Coutsoudis, a leading expert in mother-to-child transmission of the HI virus, has proved together with her colleagues…

Americans who lack health insurance during any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for healthcare services and will receive $56 billion in uncompensated care while uninsured, a new report funded by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation finds. Published in the…

Original Source Da Nang, August 15 (VNA) - The East Meets West (EMW) Foundation marked the 20th anniversary of its operation start-up in Vietnam on August 15, announcing it doled out 55 million USD for charity activities during the period. Focusing on education, health care,…

by Mogomotsi Magome and Siyabonga Mkhwanazi The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has warned the public to be wary of medical practitioners who practice without being registered with the body. The HPCSA will this month erase about 12 000 practitioners from its database…

The department of Health's decision to finally table proposals in Parliament for a social health insurance is one that is long overdue. South Africa cannot blindly adopt the national health insurance (NHI) systems of First World countries like Australia, Canada and Switzerland. We need to…

Original Source BY PAUL ARFIN Paul Arfin is president of Intergenerational Strategies, which is a partner with Dowling College's Center for Intergenerational Policy and Practice. As millions of baby boomers approach traditional retirement age, many experts are warning that such a massive workforce exodus could…

13 Jul 2008 Original Source By Tanika White, Sun reporter After four years of medical school and three years of internal medicine training, Jessica Colburn could have chosen just about any field of medicine to practice. Gastroenterology would have been lucrative, brain surgery exciting. At…