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Limpopo Health Department under fire for paying R150,000 monthly rent for dilapidated building
Yoliswa Sobuwa
Workers at the depot have raised serious concerns about the building’s condition affecting their work and health.
Patients and nurses dispute KZN Health’s denial of medicine shortages
Sandile Mbili
Despite the KZN Department of Health denying any shortages, patients and healthcare workers report ongoing difficulties in accessing essential medication, including ARVs.
Healthcare coalition says NHI is “unfeasible”, proposes alternative route to universal health coverage
Yoliswa Sobuwa
The group argues that the NHI fails to address the critical issues of governance in the public sector and equity in the private sector.
US funding freeze disrupts HIV, TB, and GBV support services
Montsho Matlala
Local health advocacy groups made called for a plan to reduce reliance on foreign assistance awards in future.
Kindness costs: The hidden sacrifices nurses make for patients with TB
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The selfless and unacknowledged financial sacrifices that nurses make for their patients – often daily – is a phenomenon that needs to be further investigated, quantified, and taken into consideration when designing TB interventions that support patient adherence to TB treatment.
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