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Mpophomeni ‘ In 2000 the Ethembeni Care Centre was established by Dr Rouen Bruni who, along with about 10 home-based caregivers, provided medical assistance to people in the community, distributed food parcels and also comforted patients through prayer.
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Soshanguve ‘ A drive by civil society organisations to promote male medical circumcision have seen more men and boys over the age of 12 reporting to the local KT Motubatsi clinic for this procedure.
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South Africa has received global recognition for achieving a significant reduction in the number of children newly infected with HIV.
It is a handsome, energised young couple that meet me at a coffee shop in Claremont, Cape Town. Lee-Anne (28) orders an apple juice – she’s careful of what she eats and drinks because she’s 11 weeks pregnant. Ashton (27), orders the same, subtly encouraging his wife’s dedication to her own health, and that of their child.
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The world is making significant progress in coming to grips with the HIV epidemic, however in many countries stigma and lack of human rights remain.
Bethlehem ‘ A 5-year-old girl died in the casualty ward at Phekolong Hospital in Bethlehem this week while nurses scurried around trying to find a bed for her in the casualty ward.
Medical device companies in Gauteng have made a desperate appeal to Performance Monitoring Minister Collins Chabane ‘to save us from the Gauteng health department’.
Lusikisiki- Twelve clinics and two hospitals that fall under the Qaukeni local district are continuing to experience critical drug shortages and stock outs.
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Professor Janet Hapgood of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Cape Town has received US$100 000 to pursue research into the best contraception for women at risk of HIV infection.
Vhembe – Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi have had their tap water supplies restored after alerting OurHealth that they had to rely on unsafe rain and river water.
OurHealth: Tshwane ‘ The provincial Department of Health in Gauteng recently celebrated World Stroke Day at the KT Motubatse Centre in the township of Soshanguve, in Tshwane, Gauteng.
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Results from the largest multi-country implementation of the new rapid tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic test reveal an urgent need to address the growing global crisis of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), according to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).