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Food baskets of low-income families breach R1 900 a month in April 2016; and cost nearly R300 more than a year ago.
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The report marks the first systemic review of the community service policy since its 1997 inception, according to authors.
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In this follow-up report, the HIV Justice Network and Global Network of People Living with HIV argue that the world is seeing a troubling rise in HIV criminalisation.
Access to contraception Is essential for gender equality, both to ensure that women don’t become mothers unless they want to and to prevent abortions.
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Scientific innovation can save lives. Join us and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) for South Africa’s first MSF Scientific Day.
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Communities surrounding Port St. Johns recently gathered at the house of a local headman to celebrate patients preserving with chronic illness.
Health-e News is proud to be an official media partner of Africa Health running from 8 to 10 June 2016 at Johannesburg’s Gallagher Convention Centre.
Almost 90 percent of abortions occur in the developing world, pointing to an unmet need for contraception among the bulk of the world’s women, finds a new report.
When epileptic patient Thabang Madimabi collapsed, he never expected to wake up in hospital and on antiretrovirals (ARVs) – especially since Madimabi is HIV negative.
More than 20 million young women are not accessing contraception globally, resulting in about 10 million unintended pregnancies each year, according to a new report by US reproductive health and rights organisation Guttmacher Institute.
Cape town-based company Aviro has created a free, mobile app designed to help South African health workers manage HIV.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will invest about R1.2 billion in the next three years to enable countries to count women and girls, and generate crucial data on hundreds of thousands of women around the world.