Elderly women who received the first roll-out of HIV treatment in 2005 and who are still alive have been “swallowed” by the healthcare system, with little long-term support available.
In these southern Johannesburg communities, PrEP users are quietly trading pills amongst themselves.
Patients says Finetown clinic is severely understaffed, claiming only two nurses work in acute care.
About 14 million people went to bed hungry in 2024.
Many children are eating sweets, snacks, sugary drinks and other processed food from a young age.
Learners at high schools around Finetown and Lenasia in the south of Johannesburg are using leftover cooking oil to add flavour to their school nutrition programme lunch. Some children have been eating this residue for more than five years in…
Orange Farm was identified as a priority area due to high levels of depression, school dropout and suicide risk among adolescents.
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