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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A mother of two is desperately pleading to South Africans to help her raise funds so that she can undergo a double lung transplant.
Most Eastern Cape elderly in the EC express happiness at their treatment at COVID-19 vaccination centres
Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
Last week, from Monday, the Eastern Cape health department ramped up its vaccination drive in an effort to meet its target of vaccinating 4,5 million people.
World Blood Donor Day: South Africa blood bank is stable, but more donors are still needed.
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Despite the challenges they have encountered when it comes to blood collection, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, South African National Blood Service (SANBS) said, on World Blood Donor Day, that the country now has a stable stock of blood in their banks, but more willing blood donors are still needed.
COVID-19 to HIV Vaccines: lessons learnt from the COVID-19 vaccine development
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Researchers have been trying to develop an HIV vaccine for about four decades without success. However, the successful development of a COVID-19 vaccine could provide lessons for scientists.
OP-ED: Government failing to address health needs of people with albinism
Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla
The needs of people living with albinism are not taken seriously including by healthcare providers writes Innocentia Mgijima Konopi and Aldridge Munyoro this Albinism Awareness Day.
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