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MPUMALANGA – A 19-year-old woman who arrived at Tonga Hospital in Nkomazi, pretending to be in labour was caught in the early hours of Saturday morning trying to leave with a newborn.
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LIMPOPO – For 15 year-old orphan Sidwell Mathebula, a Grade 8 learner at Makovongo High School in KaMakoxa Village in the Giyani Mopani District, school is the only place where he is guaranteed any food.
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MPUMALANGA – When Philip Madonsela’s HIV positive partner Duduzile Gumede defaulted on her antiretroviral treatment he was surprised to discover that she stopped collecting her medication from the clinic because she was taking their daughter’s treatment.
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Eight brave survivors of a dead paedophile have opened the doors to all sex offenders being charged – even when their crimes were committed over 20 years ago. HEALTH-E’s Ufrieda Ho reports.
The country’s most influential AIDS advocacy organisations have announced they may withdraw from SANAC, following allegations of corruption.
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The long awaited National Strategic Plan (NSP) on HIV, TB and STIs has finally been unveiled by the South African National Aids Council (SANAC), a body responsible for building consensus across government, civil society and all other stakeholders to drive an enhanced country response to HIV, TB and STIs.
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After 23 years of ‘freedom’, some health facilities are operating without the water as provincial authorities blame municipalities and municipalities drag their feet.
Sick patients have been forced to leave their beds at the Holy Cross Hospital and head outside to a nearby stream to fetch their own water because taps in the government health facility ran dry.
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The South African National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs 2017 – 2022 (NSP) will guide South Africa’s fight against these diseases.
Health care workers in South Africa are more likely to get TB than ordinary citizens. As we mark TB awareness month, dietitian INGRID OXLEY recounts how drug-resistant TB nearly cost her life.
Tuesday was Human Rights Day in South Africa, but it was also World Down Syndrome Day, a day to celebrate the individuals and families fighting for inclusion of their children and loved ones.
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While more than 10 Limpopo doctors have not been paid their salaries and another 30 received only part of their earnings at the end of January, the Limpopo Department of Health has promised that the problem is being addressed and that everyone will receive their full salaries writes Mogale Mojela.