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Policy: The National Health Promotion Policy and Strategy 2015 – 2019

This 46-page document aims to guide the implementation of health promotion programmes in South Africa.
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Framework: Antimicrobial Resistance National Strategy Framework 2014-2024

The 24-page document provides a structure for managing antimicrobial resistance, limiting drug-resistant infections and improving patient outcomes.

Report: The State of the World’s Antibiotics (2015)

Produced by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy, the 84-page report argues increasing income and demand for animal protein and the use of antibiotics within agriculture are fueling antibiotic resistance globally.

Recovery after rape

The trauma of rape can cause severe emotional distress for the survivor, and feelings of shock, shame, guilt, anger and powerlessness are common.

Booklet: The Road to Recovery – You and Rape

This Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust booklet provides information for rape survivors including how to report a rape, what to do medically after an assault and how to report poor treatment by the police.

Take part SA’s first Health of the Nation Survey

Take a short survey and be part of one of South Africa’s largest online surveys into health organised by Health24 and sponsored by FedHealth.

Teen mums face tough road to parenthood

Every year, thousands of South African girls fall pregnant. Teen mums from around the country say that the road to parenthood is lonely and the battle to stay in school is hard won.

Shortages of ARVs ‘a disaster’, warns prof

Stock-outs of antiretroviral medicines have continued to plague health facilities, mainly as a result of a global shortage of certain active ingredients.
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Fact sheet: South Africa’s HIV programme by numbers

A new fact sheet details the achievements of South Africa’s HIV programme, which initiated more than 600,000 people on antiretroviral treatment in 2014/15.

Stuck in a limbo, Free State’s community healthworkers struggle to get jobs back

In April 2014, the Free State health department terminated the services of around 3,800 community healthworkers (CHW) – apparently for being too old and under-educated – despite many years’ service supplementing the province’s inadequate care for its sick.
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Guidelines: National HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) Policy Guidelines 2015

Released in May 2015, the 52-page guidelines covers subjects like human rights, informed consent as well as self testing.
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Guidelines: National Consolidated Guidelines for PMTCT and the Management of HIV in Children, Adolescents and Adults

Released in April 2015, the 136-page guidelines introduce important changes in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission as well as the treatment of children and adolescents.

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