Cancer under the covers
After the bouts of radiation and chemotherapy are over, many cancer survivors are left to face the illness' often unspoken sexual side effects in the bedroom.
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2013
Clinics may not be ready for mental health
The Department of Health is set to move mental health care out of specialised hospitals and closer to communities, but clinics may be far from ready for this
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Child support grant keeps sugar daddies away
Child support grant may help protect young women from contracting HIV by keeping sugar daddies away, according to a new study released today.
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South Africa gears up to tackle cancer, non-communicable diseases
For years, HIV and tuberculosis have dominated South Africa’s health care programmes but the country is looking to pay more attention to cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NDCs) with the introduction of a new national plan.
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National Health Insurance pilot district business plans 2012-2014
Buisness plans from South Africa's 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts outlining 2012/13 activities funded by the government-issued NHI conditional grant.
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Vhembe school busts students for dagga
Police bust three pupils caught with dagga at Limpopo's Mamphodo Secondary School in Gumela Village.
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SA Men’s Health Barometer
On Tuesday, the 19th November, as the world commemorated International Men's Day, Brothers For Life, a national campaign representing the combined efforts of over 100 organisations, released the first Men's Health Barometer.
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Report: EC Health Crisis Action Coalition November update
The civil society Eastern Cape Health Crisis Action Coalition provides an analysis of proposed plans to fix the province's health system.
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Women not feeling the female condom
Women in Jourberton, North West are not warming to wearing what they say are noisy female condoms.
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Patients drink water from used urine cups
Ermelo Clinic patients say they have been drinking water from used urine containers after the cups were left near an outside tap.
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Cancer groups threaten legal action against Gauteng Department of Health
As hundreds of cancer patients wait months for treatment in Gauteng hospitals, at least one patient group has threatened to take the province to court.
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Africa’s health could go up in smoke
While regulation and taxation have halved South African smoking rates in the past 20 years, rates in the rest of Africa are rising steadily.
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R30 million in medicines found wasted at illegal depot
Expired medicines worth around R30 million were recently discovered in an unauthorised medical depot in Libode near Mthatha.
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Booklet: Budget Justice
Published by Cape Town's Alternative Information and Development Centre, this 84-page booklet describes processes and trends in public expenditure for service delivery, including health.
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Commuters worried about their health
Klerksdorp - Commuters who use Jouberton Taxi Rank are worried about their health as they board taxis in the foul-smelling surrounds.
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