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Written by Dave Chambers for Jive Media Africa, research communications partner to GIFT A South African innovation designed to screen for inflammation associated with HIV infections and improve women’s sexual and reproductive health has been manufactured and has entered its first in-field clinical studies. Almost 700 women will be involved
Patients in South Africa living in limbo amid stoma bag shortage in government hospitals
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
“I don’t even want to leave the house. I am scared that I might leak urine or faeces in public – this usually happens when I am at home. I am stressed most of the time, and live with consistent fear and worry. Most people don’t even understand the daily
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