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Living with diabetes and its ripple effect on families
Faith Mutizira
When one family member is diagnosed with diabetes, it can be extremely difficult to help them switch to a new, healthier diet. Many factors need to be considered and questions answered. Can you afford to make the nutritional changes? What kind of food should they be avoiding? Do I have
Granny demands justice after losing daughter, grandchild
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What was supposed to be a joyful birth experience, soon turned into a nightmare for a grandmother who had to bury her daughter and her granddaughter. When Maggie Mphahlele started experiencing labour pains on the night of March 10 this year, her mother, Leah, called an ambulance and travelled with
Mental Health Act: Section 33 and 34 fall foul of the constitution
Lilita Gcwabe
The outcome from the highest court in the land will leave an impact on South Africa’s health system. The Pretoria High Court recently ruled that sections 33 and 34 of the Mental Health Act, 2002 (MHA) are inconsistent with the Constitution of South Africa and, therefore, invalid. “This is to
South Africa’s hunger problem is turning into a major health crisis
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Food parcels are handed to residents at a food distribution organised by the grassroots charity Hunger Has No Religion, in Westbury, Johannesburg. MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images Irene Labuschagne, Stellenbosch University One in ten South Africans go hungry every day. As a result malnutrition levels are high. Malnutrition has three
Diabetes: FS families struggle to meet children’s needs
Molefi Sompane
Two families in the Free State have had to find. ways to cope with their children being diagnosed with diabetes. Health-e News visited these families to find out just how challenging it is to manage this chronic condition. Tseleng Mohono, 19, lives on a farm near Winburg. She has been
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