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NHI: New study raises 17 critical questions
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
The Health Justice Initiative (HJI), a lobby group, has raised red flags over how people will access life-saving medication under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill. The HJI’s new study highlights several concerns, including access to critical medicine. The National Health Insurance (NHI) is a financing system designed to pool
Breast cancer: Five tips from an expert on catching it early and keeping safe
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. Every year it claims more than 650,000 lives. Breast cancer affects more women in high-income countries like the US and the UK. But people in low- and middle-income countries, such as Nigeria, are most vulnerable. This is mainly because people
Measles: More cases detected in Limpopo
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Another four measles cases have been detected in the Greater Sekhukhune District in Limpopo, bringing the total number of cases to seven. Health authorities are now busy with contact tracing and screening for suspected cases.. On Monday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases(NICD) said that those infected range from nine
Government should lead the march to support breastfeeding
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South Africa celebrated World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) earlier this year when South Africa was coming to terms with the devastating news of children in the  Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal dying from severe acute malnutrition. Most shockingly, in January and February alone, 199 children succumbed to malnutrition in hospitals across the
COVID-19 Vaccines: Tested? Yes, but not against transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virusÂ
Lilita Gcwabe
Pfizer maintains the BioNTech vaccine was tested but the  trials were not designed to evaluate the vaccine’s effectiveness against the transmission of the coronavirus disease-causing virus but rather its ability to prevent infection In an email interview with Pfizer South Africa’s external communications manager Willis Angira, explained the phase 3
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