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Documents: SADC on TB integration, cross-border referrals

Released at a March regional meeting on tuberculosis (TB) in southern Africa’s mines, these documents cover TB treatment harmonization, compensation and the economic benefits of regular TB screening of mining communities.

Teenage Pregnancy: Just a little bit of fun?

Dineo Hlako is 19 years old and in matric. She is in her third trimester of her pregnancy and in the midst of writing her final matric exams. She never planned to fall pregnant while she was in school but is determined to complete matric and go on to study further. Dineo walks us through her emotional nine-month journey to becoming a mother. “I didn’t plan to fall pregnant. It was just something that happened whilst I was having a bit of fun.” Ntaoleng Rakhetsi, Grade 10 student and mother to a 4 month old baby boy. Teenage pregnancy has become commonplace in our communities with about 90 000 learners falling pregnant in 2012, according to official statistics. This Health-e documentary follows three teenage mothers who struggle to stay in school, provide for their new babies and negotiate changed relationships with boyfriends, families and communities after the births of their

South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence & Behaviour Survey, 2012

The latest national HIV survey in South Africa finds increases in HIV prevalence, decreases in condom use and earlier sexual debut for boys among other findings.

Presentation: Drug-resistant TB in South Africa

In this presentation, Dr. Norbert Ndjeka, director of the Department of Health’s DR-TB, TB & HIV division, presents the latest drug-resistant TB figures.
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Report: StatsSA Mortality, causes of death in South Africa 2011

StatsSA’s latest report on causes of death in South Africa shows slow continued declines in deaths due to communicable diseases like HIV but increases in deaths due to injuries and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Statement: Rural health workers call for action to regulate, support community service in understaffed areas

The Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP) responds to Constitutional Court case brought against the Minister of Health and the Health Professions Council of South Africa by a junior doctor.
Black women hardest hit by lockdown

Webcast: Age-disparate relationships & HIV incidence amongst rural South African women

Watch and listen to the controversial presentation by the Africa Centre’s Guy Harling that questions the relationship between sugar daddies and HIV risk in rural communities.

Slideshow: Vaccination in South Africa

Stock-outs and poor vaccine storage stand between life-saving immunizations and South African children. Take a look as Health-e explores the issue from Pretoria to the Eastern Cape.

Shots in the dark? Vaccinations in South Africa

A national Health-e investigation of one of the most basic services – childhood vaccinations – found vaccine stock-outs in clinics and measles cases in major cities.

Shots in the dark? Snapshots of Health-e investigation

From new measles cases to vaccine stock-outs, here is a snapshot of what a Health-e News Investigation found from Gauteng to Mpumalanga.

Document: People’s Health Manifesto

Ahead of South Africa’s election, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has released its “People’s Health Manifesto.”
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Guidelines: Expanded Program on Immunisation Vaccine Guidelines, Manual

Updated in 2010, these guidelines include South Africa’s introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate and rotavirus vaccines.

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