Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural Limpopo says she was denied
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A double sentence: Prisoners at significantly higher risk for TB
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Karabo Rafube (41), a former inmate who contracted tuberculosis (TB) in prison says it’s concerning that the fight against the infectious disease continues to be neglected within South African prisons. He was speaking after the recent launch of a new global study that found a significantly higher incidence of TB
Cash strapped Limpopo health department is faced with a dire shortage of healthcare workers
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
“I regret being a nurse in Limpopo. We are under-staffed and working under constant pressure. We are working with ‘skeleton’ teams and we have to do double the work, no matter how tired and fatigued we are,” says Shirly Sithole*. 33-year-old Sithole, a nurse stationed at Nkhensani Hospital in Giyani,
North West: high reports of medicine stockouts and unfriendly clinics
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Critical stockouts and shortages of essential medications are among the leading issues faced by the North West Department of Health. Long waiting times, staff shortages and hostile services for key populations are other key challenges. Ritshidze, a community monitoring organisation, revealed the findings of its third NW State of Health
Male fertility crisis: what environmental contaminants have got to do with it
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Daniel Marcu, University of East Anglia; Liana Maree, University of the Western Cape, and Shannen Keyser, University of the Western Cape The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently reported that around one in six couples globally are affected by infertility. For many years people tended to blame women for a couple’s
South Africa’s patent system encourages profits over lives
Candice Sehoma
Current patent laws granted J&J monopoly status, thus preventing cheaper generics from entering the South African market. Co-authored by Candice Sehoma, Access Campaign Advocacy Advisor and Nirvaly Mooloo, Access Campaign Intern In South Africa, access to affordable, life-saving medication is often still a pie-in-the-sky dream due to high costs and
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