Despite youth-friendly policies, many teens say clinics are hostile environments
The government is implementing the Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Services, or Youth Zones, where learners wearing school uniforms are fast-tracked.
Lerato Kodisang
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Orange Farm taxi rank clinic brings health services closer to where men are
The clinic was established following discussions between the Orange Farm United Taxi Association and the City of Johannesburg following concerns of HIV and TB among taxi drivers.
Different clinics, different readiness. Inside the first week of Gauteng’s lenacapavir rollout
Of the 360 designated sites, 133 are in Gauteng.
We want to know about HIV, not just hypertension and diabetes, say pensioners
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.
Sharing is caring: HIV prevention pills are being shared in PrEP ‘stokvels’
In these southern Johannesburg communities, PrEP users are quietly trading pills amongst themselves.
Patient’s 7-hour wait to collect medication at Finetown clinic
Patients says Finetown clinic is severely understaffed, claiming only two nurses work in acute care.
Food gardens offer a lifeline to some Orange Farm families
About 14 million people went to bed hungry in 2024.
Orange Farm reflects a bigger problem of rising obesity among South African adolescents
Many children are eating sweets, snacks, sugary drinks and other processed food from a young age.
South Gauteng learners supplement school lunches with leftover cooking oil from fast-food outlets
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…
Mental health programme brings hope to young people in Orange Farm
Orange Farm was identified as a priority area due to high levels of depression, school dropout and suicide risk among adolescents.