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NAIROBI: (PlusNews) – People living with HIV in Kenya do not have adequate access to family planning services, even though most HIV-infected women do not want children in the immediate future.
The stereotype that most South African men are abusers who spread HIV and are incapable of loving and caring, is being challenged. A new campaign in South Africa, ‘Brothers for Life’ is urging men to show that they are also human and can do what is good.
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The health department has urged the public and medical practitioners to be aware of measles symptoms and for parents to get their children vaccinated after a reported outbreak in Gauteng.
Following a meeting in China and one held here in South Africa in recent weeks, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, told the media about developments around the treatment of H1N1 flu.
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Drug stock-outs are continuing in the Free State with many HIV patients continuing to die while waiting to access anti-retrovirals while scores of patients who are already on treatment are defaulting as health facilities run out of drugs.
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South Africa has strengthened the current anti-smoking legislation with new regulations which limit outdoor smoking, protect children and reduce the chances of fires caused by burning cigarettes.
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If you find yourself asking for statements to be repeated or often miss out on conversations because you could not understand what someone was saying, there is chance you might need to visit your nearest audiologist or clinic for a hearing test suggests Oticon – a hearing aid manufacturing company.
Health care in rural areas is set to get a major boost. This follows the launch of the Centre for Rural Health by Wits University, in Johannesburg, recently.
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Too often, South African men are painted as violent, abusive and dangerous. Brothers for Life is out to promote the silent good guys.
Respected medical journal, the Lancet, has published a special series of articles assessing the challenges of the South African health system. HIV and Tuberculosis, plus a lack of progress in achieving the health’related MDGs are shown to be two of the biggest health threats in the country.
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DUBLIN ‘ Despite efforts to contain the use of tobacco, consumption is increasing as the world population grows, placing further strain on already overburdened health systems in developing countries.
A special series of the Lancet focusing on South Africa spells out in painful detail how many of our health indicators are the worst in the world. But while our health system is littered with lost opportunities, the Zuma government brings the possibility of real progress, argue the series authors. Kerry Cullinan reports.