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I need a blanket, but I also need to survive: Bloemfontein’s homeless brace for a freezing winter
Molefi Sompane
Homeless are among the most vulnerable to illness.
March and March deny high-risk baby health care
Phumzile Mkhungo
The family is from Ethiopia and is in the country legally as an asylum seeker. She showed her papers, as well as the baby’s clinic card and Road to Health book.
PCOS VS PMOS: What’s in a name?
Ina Skosana
PCOS causes metabolic dysfunction, and metabolic dysfunction can lead to cardiac issues, cardiac failure and eventual death.
The diabetes type that affects the poorest, but isn’t in any textbook
Sipokazi Fokazi
Due to extremely low insulin reserves, patients with this form of diabetes may develop dangerously low blood sugar when given insulin.
We want to know about HIV, not just hypertension and diabetes, say pensioners
Lerato Kodisang
Elderly women who received the first roll-out of HIV treatment in 2005 and who are still alive have been “swallowed” by the healthcare system, with little long-term support available.
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Different clinics, different readiness. Inside the first week of Gauteng’s lenacapavir rollout
My experience getting the new HIV prevention jab, lenacapavir
While there are key populations who are at a higher risk of acquiring HIV, experts say they are not the only targets, and anyone is eligible to receive LEN.
Families desperate for help as rehab services remain out of reach
Despite the rehab centre being among the cheapest in the area, the family is struggling to keep up with the costs.