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Women smokers who quit before the age of 30, can recover and avoid almost all of the increased risk of dying, according to the largest-ever study of the hazards of smoking.
OURHEALTH. – Goso Forest Clinic in Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape is experiencing a shortage of medicine, including life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs).
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OURHEALTH. ‘€“ The Michael Maponya Clinic in Pimville, Soweto, is experiencing a critical shortage of medicine, including vital diabetes treatment.
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OURHEALTH. ‘€“ Patients and staff at the Boitumelo Clinic in Sebokeng in the Gauteng Province are complaining about the services and working conditions at the health facility. Sources told OurHealth that the clinic is currently without a manager, causing medicine and staff shortages at the facility and resulting in poor service delivery.
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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.