Health e News
- ///Our Health
Bloemfontein. ‘€“ In December last year, a National Youth Camp was hosted here by the Department of Social Development to get young people talking about the health and social issues they face, and to help them find solutions to these challenges.
- ///Free State, News
Bethlehem. – The community of Bohlokong commemorated World AIDS Day and 16 Days of Activism against Woman and Child Abuse at the Mphohadi Clinic.
Bethlehem. – Lindi Twala, manager of the Bohlokong Clinic in Bethlehem, in the Free State, recently celebrates 20 years in the nursing profession.
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A recent study showed that a large majority (80 percent) of US teenagers thought that smoking shouldn’€™t be allowed at home, indoors, at work, or in cars.
- ///News
My daughter is 5-years-old. She is beautiful, intelligent and smart. Every time I look at her she reminds me of where I’ve been and gives me hope for the road ahead. Right now the future looks bright for us ‘€“ but that wasn’€™t always the case.
OR Tambo. ‘€“ Many challenges prevent pregnant women from accessing Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) services despite a strong HIV management programme in the area.
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The first new tuberculosis (TB) treatment in 50 years was recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), strengthens efforts to make the drug available in South Africa.
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New research found that people who successfully quit smoking experience less anxiety. Although it is generally thought that smoking relieves stress.
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South Africa’€™s Medicines Control Council (MCC) is set to continue denying compassionate use or pre-approval access to a TB drug that for many drug resistant patients remain their last hope.
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A drug offering a last resort for many patients with extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains unavailable to desperately ill South Africans as the country’€™s drug regulatory body continues to delay compassionate access. Health-e News Service tells the story of two young South Africans, one who managed to beat the system and accessBedaquiline, the other coming up against a brick wall and fast running out of options to save her life. By Anso Thom, Health-e News Service
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Doctors should talk to school-aged children and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, new guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommend.