Faith sector needed for UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets
Faith-based organisations had an important role to play in fighting HIV, the SA AIDS Conference in Durban heard.
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11 June 2015
More than R130 million slated for new TB drugs
In just four years, South Africa has seen a 40-fold increase in health facilities treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) as government pledges more than R130 million for new medicines.
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Drug stock outs hit more than one in 10 health facilities
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) drug stock outs have hit about 14 percent of health facilities nationwide in the last nine months, according to a new study released today by civil society coalition the Stop Stock Outs Project.
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Report: 2014 Stock Outs Survey
The Stop Stock Outs Project's second annual survey was conducted among about 2,500 of the country's 4,200 health facilities and shows slightly worse results than its previous 2013 survey.
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Sex education must start as early as Grade R
With many children becoming sexually active at 14 years old, the Department of Basic Education’s Chief Director for Care and Support in Schools Dr Faith Kumalo has warned that sex education and life skills must begin as early as Grade R.
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