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#BudgetSpeech2020: ‘The NHI is protected’

Despite budget cuts, Treasury says NHI pilot projects will be safeguarded.

#NHIPublicHearings: ‘First fix the issues, then implement the NHI’

While the majority of Gauteng residents want the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to be implemented as soon as possible, they also want the government to not shy away from the serious healthcare system challenges the province faces.

Freedom of movement hindered by gendered bathrooms

Bathrooms that are de-gendered foster a safer space for the LGBTQI+ community

Gauteng parents turn to mediation for cerebral palsy medical neglect cases

A pilot project solving cerebral palsy cases through mediation, instead of the courts, provides parents with a space to be heard, and has saved the Gauteng health department millions in the process.

#SONA2020: ‘Stop looking at GBV in isolation’

Activist says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech should have linked South Africa’s challenges to gender-based violence

Desperate parents call for autism school in Limpopo

Parents in Limpopo are frustrated about trying to find adequate education facilities for their children living autism. These children require special attention.
Condom week

#STICondomWeek: ‘Give women the power to protect themselves’

Most of the country’s attention is focussed on condom use to prevent HIV, but other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a serious problem — and can exacerbate risk of HIV infection.

HEALA calls for 20% tax on sugary drinks

The alliance has been encouraged by public support on proposals for an increase in the Health Promotion Levy (HPL)

Women advised: lose weight before conceiving

Rising obesity amongst pregnant women is an increasing concern to health professionals because it puts their lives and that of their unborn babies at risk.

#NHIPublicHearings: ‘Addressing inequality is long overdue’

The proceedings in Piketberg and Khayelitsha highlighted the cries of farmworkers and people living in townships.

#NHIPublicHearings: ‘Don’t say that the government doesn’t do anything for you’

Much like at the hearings before this one, residents demand the current public healthcare facilities to be fixed first.

Water issues raise concern at Limpopo hospital

Water shortages and restrictions are some of the issues that impact the quality of care at Kgapane Hospital

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