More than half of South African children left behind
More than a million South Africans are born into the world each year and a new report released today shows that the inequity they are born into begins to shape them from a young age.
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Blood on the floor: Women’s deaths a ‘national emergency’
Hundreds of women each year die following caesarean deliveries. With rates of caesarean deliveries climbing, the stage may be set for more deaths to come.
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New HIV treatment to debut in June
ViiV Healthcare is expected to introduce the latest in antiretroviral treatment in South Africa’s private sector in June at about R720 per month.
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New HIV pill slated for privileged few?
Better HIV treatment is coming to South Africa, but a lack of generic producers of the new antiretroviral dolutegravir may keep it in the hands of the few for years to come.
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Quarter of surveyed health facilities report stock outs
Almost 25 percent of health facilities surveyed nationally have gone without HIV or tuberculosis (TB) medicines at least once in the last year, according to preliminary survey results released this week.
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