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The Health Department has recently launched a new stylish brand of condoms called ‘€˜Choice’€™ in the hope that it will encourage greater condom usage. But as Health-e reports, for women the branding of condoms means very little. What’€™s most important is their ability to negotiate when and how they would like to have sex. The names of the women interviewed in this report are not their real names.
The World Health Organization estimates that about 450 million people worldwide are affected by mental, neurological or behavioural problems. This happens despite the existence of effective treatment for most mental disorders. In South Africa, severe staff shortages result in a ratio of one psychiatrist to 150 000 people according to South African Society of Psychiatrists. In Poffader in the Northern Cape, Stanley Basson is a Professional Nurse who cares for psychiatric patients as best he can.
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Nonqaba Qotoyi was only six years old when her aunt’€™s husband raped her ten years ago. At the age of 12 she was diagnosed with HIV. Now 16 years old, Nonqaba is one of 1000 people on antiretroviral treatment from Medicins San Frontiers in Khayelitsha. Her dream is to live longer and become a doctor to help others with HIV/AIDS.
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Dikgohlopo di teng tse ntjha tse tsejwang ka hore ke ‘€˜Choice’€™ tseo lefapha la naha la tsa maphelo di sa tswa di tsebisa setjhabeng. Hona ka mora hore maAfrika Borwa, haholoholo batjha, ba se thabele dikgohlopo tse bileng teng tsa ho hloka lebitso tse sephuthelwaneng se nyatsehang. Tlalehong ena re elellwa hore dintho di ngata tseo kgohlopo e lokelang ho eba tsona ntle le ho fana ka tshireletso feela.
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A new brand of government condoms called ‘€˜Choice’€™, has entered the market to replace the old condom with its plain packaging and AIDS ribbons stamped on the wrapping. The re-launch was necessary after the old government unbranded condoms failed to strike the right chord with the public. As Health-e discovered, there’€™s much more to condom usage than merely providing protection.
Seven of the nine provinces recently presented their health budgets to the portfolio committee in Parliament. Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have still to appear. Health-e sat in on the presentations.
Government and pharmacists squared up in the Cape High Court in June, but should consumers be signing petitions in support of their corner pharmacies or should their biggest concern be whether they are paying a fair price for medicine?
Hospitals and clinics in rural towns of the Northern Cape have teams of dedicated health workers who assist community service health workers. Health-e visited the Garies Primary Health Care Clinic and spoke to Sister Pierrette Rossouw, who says that health care in the region has improved immensely in the past 10 years.
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In the last Living with AIDS feature, we heard Nonhlanhla Kubheka’€™s views on South Africa’€™s turbulent journey to the era of AIDS treatment. This week, she tells just how her health has started failing her.
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Tlalehong e sa tswa feta ya Living with AIDS, re utlwile ka maikutlo a Nonhlanhla Kubheka ha a bua ka leeto leo Afrika Borwa e le tsamaileng ho tla fihla mothating ona moo batho ba nang le tshwaetso ya Phamokathe ba fumantshwang meriana e kokobetsang matal a kokwana hloko ya HIV. Bekeng ena re utlwa ka moo Nonhlanhla yena a seng a qadile ho kula ka tshwaetso ena.
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Nineteen-year-old Sanda Mlobi is one of millions of young South Africans who are at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Sanda is HIV negative but her boyfriend died of an AIDS-related illness last year. She says her boyfriend would have never infected her with HIV because he always insisted on having safe sex even before he found out about his HIV status. Health-e News spoke to Sanda and asked her about the importance of condom use as a young person.