South Africa Wellness Hubs

The South Africa Wellness Monitor ^tm 3509 aggregates the main Local Wellness Stories regarding South Africa as reported and submitted by South Africa and Global Media Sources. Our motto is simple : You Report SA Wellness  - We Give It the Buzz. Global and Local Wellness audiences interested in South Africa Wellness issues subscribe to  the South Africa Wellness Monitor RSS Feed  to stay abreast of local wellness stories, issues and activities in South Africa. The South Africa Wellness Monitor is reproduced courtesy of Local Wellness Pages and Local Wellness Coaches:

South Africa: New Vaccine Could Save Thousands … Johannesburg — South Africa is set to become the first country in Africa to provide its children with a life-saving vaccine that experts say could prevent the deaths of an estimated 5.4 million children globally in the next two decades…

South Africa: Schools to Get ABC’s But No Free Condoms Education authorities will not be making condoms available to pupils at school, Education Minister Naledi Pandor says. Pandor who visited the University of the Western Cape (UWC) on Tuesday, said her ministry could not be responsible for asking teachers to distribute condoms…

SOUTH AFRICA: Scrutinize! An in-your-face HIV prevention campaign Source: IRIN They are like no other HIV awareness adverts you’ve seen before. Instead of earnest celebrities or solemn voiceovers imploring the youth to abstain or practice safe sex, they feature attention-grabbing graphics and wise-cracking cartoon characters delivering HIV messages in catchy phrases.

Tutu: Best in People is Always Possible Iconic human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu believes the best in humanity always is possible — even in the worst of times. He believes this because he has seen it, lived it. “Many predicted that (my) country was going to be devastated by a racial bloodbath” once South Africa dismantled its oppressive apartheid system.

A Photographic Safari to Africa Ken Tremblay captured the beauty and wildness of the Serengeti with a click of the shutter on his Nikon digital camera. The wildlife and landscape photographs he snapped during his January 2008 trip to Africa are this month’s featured exhibit at ARTspace in downtown Chatham.[...]

Learning African Culture Through Dance Several students at South Charleston High School received a history lesson about Africa through dance and music.

Naked Mole Rats May Hold Clues to Successful Aging Naked mole rats might not win any beauty contests, but they may hold the secret to successful aging. These rodents from East Africa have extraordinarily long lifespans with good health almost until the end. Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have found that naked mole rat tissues are remarkably efficient at discarding damaged proteins.

South African ‘loses bag’ with €150k of cannabis A SOUTH AFRICAN dementia suffer lost a bag containing €150,000 worth of cannabis in the airport, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard….

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Zuma, Motlanthe agree on climate change solutions President Kgalema Motlanthe and ANC president Jacob Zuma have said South Africa should move away from its dependence on coal-fired energy.

South Africa: Madiba ‘Still Going Strong’ - Grandson Although 90 years old, Nelson Mandela “is still going strong”, his grandson, Mandla Mandela, told the Cape Argus

Rezidor opens Radisson Blu hotel in Johannesburg The Rezidor Hotel Group has opened its new Radisson Blu hotel and wellness centre in Johannesburg’s Sandton district, South Africa.

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Medical Tourism: Vaccinated Against the Recession? | By Lorenza Alessie Reading the economic section of the newspaper has never been more depressing than over the last few months. The news is dominated by headlines of the failing economy with stories about the crumbling financial and real estate industries, the halt of manufacturers’ production lines as well as companies announcing yet another wave of job cuts. The tourism industry has not gone untouched. In …

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Wellness Hub South Africa has for decades been one of the premier global tourism destinations with annual arrivals exceeding the 6million mark in 2007. Approximately 1million of these visitors came from Europe, 220,000 from the US, 155,000 from Asia with the bulk of the remaining visitors came from Africa in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular.

What makes Wellness Hub South Africa stand out head and shoulders above established and emerging wellness hubs in Africa and elsewhere? Is it the scenic country with varied panoplies of breathtaking landscapes along the coastal regions and the majestic inland mountains, resorts and game lodges on the savannah plataeu?

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Or, is it the culturally fascinating travel destination representing a melting pot of African, European and Asian cultures which crystallized over a century in Nelson Mandela’s vision of a rainbow nation? Or, is it may be even the much talked about, favourable exchange rate with the rand currency, which makes it possible for visitors to enjoy a holiday of a lifetime at a fraction of its cost in Europe, North America and Asia? Your guess would be as good as mine.

My take is that the figure of the approximately 4,5 million  annual African arrivals provides more than a clue about the reasons behind the emergence of South Africa as the premier medical tourism hub on the African continent and amongst the best in the world. A closure examination of the statistics show that the bulk of the medical wellness tourist are the business and social elite from various African countries and the european and asian expatriates posted as diplimats or business persons in sub-saharan african. This is to be expected due to the under funded public health infrastructure in these countries.

However, an equally important portion of the African visitors is accounted for by American, European and Asian expatriates deployed in the mining, trading, financial services and the diplomatic sector in sub-Saharan African countries. They have always viewed and continue to regard Wellness in Hub South Africa as their nearest value for money choice when it comes to affordable world class healthcare, education and leisure. The infrastructure and services standards are second to none and the exchange rate offers an unbeatable advantage.

One of the driving forces behind the success of Wellness Hub South Africa is without doubt the global network of South African Tourism Offices with its current signature advertising campaign: “South Africa – It’s Possible”. Other equally important driving forces are the numerous members of the South African Travel, Hospitality and Wellness Trade and most notably, South African Airways, the country’s flagship international carrier. As the company CEO, Khaya Ngqula said in a recent interview: “SAA fully supports the drive from the alliance to further build on its presence in Africa,” he said. “As SAA, we see our primary role in the Star Alliance network as bringing customers from around the world to Johannesburg, the financial capital of the continent, and then taking them into the rest of Africa.”

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