Health e News
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Infertility is seldom talked about in rural communities but award-winning filmmaker Molatelo Maenetja has made a film, When Babies Don’t Come, to break the stigma surrounding the issue.
- ///Our Health
A criminal syndicate seems to be targeting Limpopo hospitals after two armed robberies within 24 hours at doctors’ residences.
- ///Our Health
EASTERN CAPE – Ahead of the annual marking of 16 Days of Activism for no violence against Women and Children, rural villagers have taken to the streets to speak out.
- ///Our Health
A group of women, all committed to supporting women in Tembisa who are battling with drugs and alcohol, have formed the Heart to Heart with Women (HHW) in an effort to make sure the addicts are not further isolated from the community.
- ///Our Health
Health activists are striving to improve the lives of disabled children in a Limpopo village by renovating their homes.
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LIMPOPO – An armed robbery at the Letaba Hospital residence that saw three doctors shot and injured by men who entered the doctors’ residence in the early hours of Thursday morning has impacted badly on the province, jeopardising 24-hour health care.
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The bill for July 2017 was R17-million but very little was achieved – and the Department of Health shouldered some of the blame as it often was not available to approve Phila activities.
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Children learn violence from a young age, often within their homes, so to create a more peaceful South Africa, experts warn that care-givers must stop spanking kids.
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Millions of condoms pile up at the Department of Health’s Red Ribbon warehouse as there seems to be no budget to pay couriers.
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At a recent international TB conference, some doctors suggested countries with weak health systems should not be allowed to use new TB drugs, although the old ones are ineffectual and cause deafness. Thankfully, South Africa is leading the world in treating drug-resistant TB.
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Monthly progress reports submitted by Sadmon are studded with incidences of frustration and finger pointing. While the Department of Health is clearly highly ineffectual in extracting value from this contract, Sadmon are not the innovative, mass media communication experts they profess to be.
- ///Our Health
Students and learners who turn to energy drinks to keep them awake and their minds active while they study for long periods risk damaging their health.