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TB can be cured ‘ yet it is one of the biggest killers in the world. The World Health Organisation estimates that unless controls are strengthened, up to 36 million people will die from TB between now and 2020. While it takes on average six months to treat TB at a cost of about R400, Multi-Drug Resistant TB can take 18 months to cure at a cost of R20 000. Xolani Sonkqayi is a 14- year old boy from Guguletu who was diagnosed with MDR-TB last September and is being treated at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital
South Africa has one of the highest incidences of rape in the world. In many cases, rape survivors do not press charges because of pressure from friends and family. This is the story of 19-year old Zoë who was attacked and raped by her ex-boyfriend last year in December in Uitenhage.
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The non-adherence to a Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) treatment regimen as well as a lack of follow through on general health check-ups are common problems among patients who seek post-rape assistance. Zoleka Nqonqoza, coordinator at Ncedo Rape Centres in Port Elizabeth, says patients need to understand that it is vital to complete prescribed treatment. She adds that it is even more important in the case of PEP because survivors are at risk of contracting HIV if they do not follow doctors orders.
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Na ekaba motho o qhobjwa ke eng hore a nehellane ka nako ya hae bakeng sa ho hlokomela bakudi, ba dikobo mahetleng kapa ba makgatheng a lefu, ebeng ha a fumane le ha e le sente a ditshila? Jwalo ka ha meriane ya ho kokobetse lefu ho ba kulang ke mafu a Phamokathe, mosebetsi wa ho hlokomela bakudi o wela mahetleng a beng ba mokudi, mekgatlo e ikemetseng esita le yona ya sedumedi. Tlalehong ena re utlwa ho tswa ho Caiphas Mohale, e mong wa ba inehetseng ho thusa batho ba ka tlasa kodua ya Phamokathe, motseng wa Bolobedu, profenseng ya Limpopo.
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In the absence of easily available and affordable access to AIDS treatment, the burden of care for those who are sick falls on individual households, NGOs and faith-based organisations who respond to the needs they see around them. Health-e News meets care-giver, Caiphas Mohale of Bolobedu, in Tzaneen, Limpopo province.
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Rape survivors are entitled to get PEP within 72 hours of the incident from their PEP designated public clinics. Zoleka Nqonqoza a Rape Crisis Coordinator of Ncedo Rape Centres in Port Elizabeth explains the extent of rape cases they receive and how PEP works.
An unconventional approach to health provision at the Medicins Sans Frontieres first rural HIV/AIDS programme in Lusikisiki has yielded impressive results.
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Mehleng ena, Natalia Baloyi o ena le lebaka la ho bososela. Pale ya hae ke e supisang hore le ha ho ka eba boima jwang, katleho e tla finyelleha ha feela motho o ena le tshepo le maikemisetso. Lemong tse ka bang tharo tse fetileng, a ena le dilemo tse 22, Natalia o ne a sa sebetse, a bile a hlokomela lelapa labo la dikgaitsedi tse tharo le ngwana e mong eo e leng wa hae. Sena ka mora hore batswadi ba hae ba hlokahale ka mora hore ba kule. Ho hopolwa hore ba nkuwa ke lefu la Phamokathe. Ka mora lemo tsena Health-e News Service e boela e etela Natalia motseng wa habo wa Marironi, Tzaneen, Limpopo.
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In Part Two of our focus on rape in the Eastern Cape we hear about the actions communities can take to break the silence about sexual offences and help police to prosecute suspects.
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What motivates a five-year old to rape a two-year-old toddler? In Umtata and East London such incidents are becoming increasingly common. In the first six weeks of 2004, 40 cases of child rape by other children were reported at Umtata Sinawe Rape Crisis Centre. In the first of a two-part series, Health-e visits the rape crisis centres in Mdantsane and in Umtata.
A new concept is gaining momentum in South Africa. After three years of debate and discussion a Charter for Sexual Rights has been adopted enshrining the rights of women to control their sexual and reproductive health. The Charter advocates mutual respect between men and women and it is hoped that this will prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Access to medicines is still a problem in some public hospitals and many clinics in the Eastern Cape. Despite the reassurance of better service for all by the Department of Health and the Batho Pele principle to put people first, this is not happening in many areas. Health-e travelled through the region and compiled this report.