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Slideshow: What’s for dinner?

As food prices continue to climb, we look at how four South African families are coping.
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Guidelines: Sexually Transmitted Infection Management Guidelines 2015

The 28-page guidelines outline the diagnosis of a number of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) including public lice, syphilis and genital warts.
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Booklet: Handbook for District Clinical Specialist Teams

This Department of Health handbook is aimed at guiding the work of District Clinical Specialist Teams introduced as part of South Africa’s National Health Insurance.
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Resource: HIV Clinical Guidelines App

Launched by the Department of Health yesterday, this free app puts South Africa’s HIV guidelines at the fingertips of health workers and patients.

Report: 2014 Stock Outs Survey

The Stop Stock Outs Project’s second annual survey was conducted among about 2,500 of the country’s 4,200 health facilities and shows slightly worse results than its previous 2013 survey.

Report: The People Living With HIV Stigma Index – South Africa 2014

Compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council, this stigma index released at the SA AIDS 2015 Conference is the world’s largest study into HIV stigma.

In-Depth: Tracking the National Health Insurance

More than three years after Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi first announced National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts, Health-e News tracks what the NHI has meant on the ground and in people’s lives.

NHI far from reality but progress made in improving public health

One common medical aid for all South Africans, as envisaged by government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, is many years away, but many of the country’s 10 pilot sites are making progress.

Study: High incidence of latent TB infection among South African health workers

Researchers from the Wits Reproductive and HIV Research Unit, Aurum Institute and others call for an urgent response to high levels of tuberculosis (TB) infection in South African Health workers.

Study: National Student Sexual Health HIV Knowledge, Attitude & Behaviour Survey

The recently released study by the Networking HIV/AIDS Community of South Africa surveyed students on 14 campuses.

Food activists threaten to boycott business, media

Representatives from more than 20 organisations including farmers’ cooperatives, waste pickers associations and unions recently marched to Times Media Group and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) offices to protest fast food advertising and high food prices.
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Policy: Basic Education draft policy on HIV, STIs and TB

The Department of Basic Education is inviting public comment on the draft strategy on HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections until 26 May.

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