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#GBVSummit: This is how SA will tackle gender-based violence

After two days of deliberating on gender-based violence and femicide, government and civil society will make recommendations that outline on how to tackle the abuse against women, gender non-conforming people and children.

Joburg girl battles TB stigma on the global stage

THE HAGUE: During the launch of a new book which tells the story about their tuberculosis (TB) journey, Janet, and her nine-year-old daughter Angelina, spoke to Health-e News from the Netherlands about the stigma they faced in a local pre-school.

Limpopo Health confident of turnaround strategy

The Limpopo Department of Health is confident that it has developed a turnaround strategy that will successfully revive the healthcare system in the province.

Poo testing the new breakthrough in child TB

A much simpler test to detect tuberculosis (TB) in children, using a stool sample instead of sputum, could save thousands of lives.

High infant death rate in ‘dysfunctional’ ward

The infant mortality rate at the Pelonomi Regional Hospital in Bloemfontein, Free State, is almost three times higher than the national average – and many of these deaths could have been avoided.

#MTBPS2018: Flattery to Deceive

With elections looming in 2019, the MTBPS was always going to be a case of “flattering to deceive” with no concrete commitment to addressing the crisis in health, report RUSSELL RENSBURG and SAMANTHA KHAN-GILLMORE

100 year-old woman’s secrets to good health

Annah Tau has never bothered about trying to remain young – the resident of the Tembisa Old Age Home is 100 years old and says the main secret to living a long life is to avoid stress.

Bedaquiline price protests hit World Lung Conference launch

THE HAGUE – As the opening ceremony of the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health kicked off in the Netherlands last night, protesting activists demanded Johnson & Johnson (J&J) slash its price for the blockbuster tuberculosis (TB) drug, bedaquiline.
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Mboweni zero rates and allocates funds for free sanitary pads

Three provinces will be the testing grounds for the Department of Women’s free sanitary pads policy.

New TB vaccine in sight

THE HAGUE – It took 100 years but a new vaccine for the world’s top infectious disease killer, tuberculosis (TB), is in sight.

Teen moms are not all the same!

Author Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie in a TED talk spoke of the danger of a single story. She recounted a story of her “house man” Fide, who her mother said was poverty-stricken. By Beth Amato.

#OmotosoTrial: We are all Peter Daubermann

Ever wondered why many survivors don’t talk about their sexual violence experiences? Watching Cheryl Zondi on the stand is all the answer you need.

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