It’s been two weeks since Gauteng began rolling out lenacapavir (LEN), but patients in parts of Pretoria are yet to get the jab
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The big city life: Just how stressful is your hood?
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Stress is an inevitable part of our lives. After living through one of the most taxing years, it’s interesting to see where South African cities sit on the stress-meter. Johannesburg and Cape Town rank almost last for safety.
EC health official in hot water over closure of vaccination centre
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A senior Eastern Cape health official is facing disciplinary action for ordering the closure of a COVID-19 vaccination centre leading to many elderly people being turned away.
Public and private partnership at the heart of cardiac treatments
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Patients living with heart related diseases will benefit from a public/private partnership between the Life Anncron and Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp.
Efforts to reduce tobacco harm in Africa up in smoke
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Lack of support, inadequate policies and misinformation have been identified as some of the obstacles standing in the way of the reduction of tobacco harm in Africa as discussed during the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) held in Liverpool, England last week.
South Africa at the forefront of the COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver debate
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IP waiver and BRICS: India and South Africa are calling for a temporary waiver of Intellectual Property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines and treatment.
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