Whose Genome is it anyway?

 

 

The job is his. The well-oiled cogs of his five-year plan are turning. Slickly. Champion of Business, Change Management Consultant extraordinaire. IQ, EQ and the barage of psychometric tests reveal an open-minded, adaptable, gifted, persuasive, ingenious, prudent risk taker, a strongly goal- orientated strategist. He has charisma a ‘can do’ attitude and is on top of his game. His body is his temple and his habit Armani. Confident, smiling, he is master of his universe. And a tough negotiator – his proposed financial package is impressive – the cost to company staggering. This is the casting agency’s final call for the role of Merger and Acquisition Director. A sample of DNA swabbed expertly from inside his cheek.

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A Healthcare Case Study: A Sequence Of Miracles And Sustainable Collaboration

 

IN THE BEGINNING

It all started with the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) being tasked by Government in 2009, to ensure business participates in the HIV Counselling and Testing Campaign (HCT) with the Global Fund as the international funding agency. This was in line with the goals set out in the Government’s National Strategic Plan (NSP) for HIV, STIs and TB:

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Biker girls off on new ‘life’ ride

 

It’s way more than the usual concept of a bikers’ Sunday breakfast run. Speed and cornering won’t be very important but patience, guidance and saving lives will.

The 2012 Journey of Hope IS a bike ride but not by a bunch of heavies in leather, though some of the good ones generally tag along as escorts; the primary riders will be 16 breast-cancer survivors carrying a message of hope to women across (this time) kwaZulu-Natal that breast cancer needn’t kill.

The brave 16 will cover 1800km from October 6-14 riding and reaching out to rural communities by riding motorcycles from Pretoria to Bethlehem and focusing on the Eastern Free State then heading through the KZN Midlands and ending at uShaka Marine World in Durban.

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