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Guidelines: Primary Care 101

The National Department of Health guidelines outline care for adults living with conditions like HIV, diabetes and mental health within primary health care.

Guide: Sex Workers & Sex in South Africa – A guide for journalists

Produced by Cape Town’s Women’s Legal Centre, the Sisonke sex worker movement and others, the guide is aimed at promoting response reporting on sex work.
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Report: Evaluation of Nutritional Interventions for Children from Conception to Age 5

Released on 28 April, this 49-page summary report evaluates 18 government nutrition interventions with the aim of improving implementation.
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Speech: Western Cape Health Provincial Budget Vote 2015/16

In her first speech as MEC for Health Nomafrench Mbombo outlines the Western Cape’s health budget and goals for the 2015/16 financial year.
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Report: StatsSa’s perinatal deaths report

The latest Statistics South Africa report shows that more than 22,000 infants died in 2013 and that about half of these deaths occurred within the first seven days of life.

Health-e News 2014 Annual Report

Health-e News is proud to release its 2014 annual report, detailing another year of health journalism and impact.
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Call for public comment: Food and Nutrition Security Draft Policy Implementation Plan

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is accepting written submissions on government’s latest plan to address until 27 March.
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Draft policy: Early Childhood Development Policy

The public comment period on the 164-page draft policy closes 24 April 2015.

Vacancy: Health-e News Citizen Journalist Editor (Part-time)

Are you passionate about community journalism? If you have proven experience in reporting and copy editing, then this position as part of our team may be for you.

South Africa performs world’s first successful penis transplant

The world’s first successful penis transplant was recently performed at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town.
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Call for nominations: National Planning Commission

The minister of planning, monitoring and evaluation and National Planning Commission chairperson have launched a call for nominations of individuals to serve on the National Planning Commission. The deadline for submissions is 10 April.
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Policy: Food and Nutrition Security for the Republic of South Africa

Gazetted in August 2014, the policy outlines South Africa’s latest attempts to deal with hunger and food insecurity. The policy is accompanied by a draft implementation plan.

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