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Mandisa Khanyile, Rise Up Against Gender-Based Violence founder, sheds some light on the chronology and intention of the national strategic plan on gender-based violence and femicide.
For mild Covid-19 cases, “virus cultures are generally only positive for eight to nine days after symptom onset,” says Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize.
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In Mthatha, St Johns College staff and students fear for their lives because of alleged mismanagement, secrecy and lies about confirmed Covid-19 cases at the school.
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Speaking to Health-e News, three women share their journeys with vaginismus, which includes muscle spasms, discomfort, burning and pain during penetrative sex, writes Dalaine Krige.
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Taking inspiration from Nelson Mandela’s life, traditional leaders and a local business owner band together to help those living below the poverty line in Mbholompo village, Eastern Cape.
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A new health calendar, created with a diverse array of queer health needs in mind, is set to open the conversation about health and wellness in LGBTQI communities.
As pharmaceutical companies scurry to generate a vaccine for Covid-19, medical experts say it should be made available to health workers first.
Important advances in COVID-19 research, including promising data on new treatments, were announced at the 23rd International Aids Conference.
Experts say that testing a Covid-19 vaccine on the continent does not mean that Africans are being used as guinea pigs.
Children remain vulnerable despite gains in HIV prevention and treatment
The World Health Organization and UNAIDS has warned that if efforts are not made to mitigate health services and supply interruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic,the disruption of antiretroviral therapy could cause 500 000 more deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020–2021.