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Teenagers who cannot afford a pack of cigarettes sustain the habit by buying cigarettes one at a time.
OPINION: This International Women’€™s Day, we have much to celebrate. In the past year alone, we have made tremendous strides in women’€™s health and equality: the United Nations adopted a historic resolution to end female genital mutilation; global leaders convened at the London Summit on Family Planning to make US$2.6 billion in new financial pledges and a series of unparalleled policy commitments to family planning; and together, we celebrated the first-ever International Day of the Girl Child. By Jill Sheffield & Fred Sai
LUSIKISIKI. ‘€“ Five governmental departments in this Eastern Cape village have been without electricity for weeks. The district offices for the Departments of Education, Health, Social Development, Traffic and the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have been unable to provide services to communities here because their electricity was cut.
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VHEMBE. ‘€“ Gloria Mathukha is used to be called ‘€˜crazy’€™ or ‘€˜mad woman’€™, but this doesn’€™t make it any easier. This 36-year-old woman from Matavhela village in Limpopo has a mentally disability and suffers constant discrimination from members in her community.
VHEMBE. ‘€“ Requests to the Department of Education to upgrade facilities at the Mafukani pre-school have fallen on deaf ears, and have eventually resulted in a four-year-old nearly losing her life after being bitten by a snake in the sub-standard toilet facilities at the school.
VHEMBE. ‘€“ A 19-year-old girl from Gumela village in Limpopo thought she was solving her problems by going for an abortion, but was actually causing more problems than she thought.
BETHLEHEM. ‘€“ Sanitation in the Bohlokong area in the Free State is so poor that it has started affecting the health of children in the Baipeing community in Bethlehem.
MGUNGUNDLOVU. – Challenge for Women is an organisation that empowers girls and women in their daily struggle against abuse.
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VHEMBE. ‘€“ The health services here has been unable to help a pensioner who is suffering from strange illness.
TSHWANE. – Patients at Kgabo Community Health Centre are fuming over the unavailability of x-ray service at the clinic which means they have to travel extensive distances to the nearest hospital to for an x-ray.
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New research shows an increased risk for breast cancer among women who smoke, especially those who start smoking before they have their first child.
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The much anticipated pill-a-day HIV prevention tool has been dealt a huge blow after a large scale study ‘€“ mostly conducted in South Africa ‘€“ found that most women did not adhere and take the one antiretroviral (ARV) drug daily.