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OURHEALTH. – Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi villages in the Vhembe district in Limpopo say they are fed up with having to use rain water because there is no water coming out of their taps.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Gordhan acknowledged that there has been mismanagement of supplies to schools and hospitals in some provinces.
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Many smartphone applications are promoting smoking. This is according to a new study published by the journal Tobacco Control.
Due to several concerns with the antiretroviral tender, the Treatment Action Campaign and MSF last week sent a joint letter to the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
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MSF’s Malaria prevention pilot projects in Mali and Chad are showing dramatic, promising results with malaria cases and hospitalisations plummeting.
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A response to the HI-Virus in two HIV positive women, which enabled them to make potent antibodies that would kill most of the HIV types from around the world, has provided South African reseachers with potential clues for the development of an AIDS vaccine.
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OURHEALTH. ‘€“ If you arrive at Kgabo Clinic in Winterveld at five in the morning you will find there are already close to 100 people queuing. by Mishack Mahlangu.
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An estimated 20 million people are alive today as a direct result of tuberculosis (TB) care and control, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2012.
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OURHEALTH. – Residents from the Shiya Bazali township face many of challenges every day. The informal settlement has no municipal services which mean no electricity, no flushing toilets and only one communal tap for the whole township. By Lungile Ngubane
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OURHEALTH. – Dr Pieter Murray is a Bethlehem resident and one of the area’€™s approximately 4 500 donors with the South African National Blood Services (SANBS). by Selloane Molakeng
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OURHEALTH. ‘€“ Residents of the Selahliwe informal settlement have had to deal with poor sanitation and disgraceful toilet facilities for years. by Thamsanqa Majola.
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Story by Mtshana Mvlisi, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.