‘Sexual abuse of disabled a big concern’
Special Olympics South Africa has called on local communities to fight to stop the scourge of sexual abuse perpetrated against the disabled.
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Hawkers peddle rotten wares to pupils
A Limpopo headmaster is livid at street hawkers who have been selling his pupils rotten food and has banished the hawkers from the school area.
Video: ‘Ok, I have HIV, I want to live a long life’
To commemorate Youth Month in June, Health-e News is broadcasting a five-part adolescent health series on Morning Live (SABC 2). This insert – the third in the series – follows Aphiwe Thamela, an HIV-positive youth who is both raising a daughter and making a difference in her community.
University students urged to be HIV, STI savvy
Some students go to university to get an education, but leave with not only a degree but also HIV or a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to University of KwaZulu Natal’s HIV/AIDS Programme co-ordinator Nomonde Magantolo.
Booklet: Handbook for District Clinical Specialist Teams
This Department of Health handbook is aimed at guiding the work of District Clinical Specialist Teams introduced as part of South Africa's National Health Insurance.
Nappy-dumping mums taken to task
Limpopo mums who dump used disposable nappies in the streets have been warned that they will face the wrath of the law if they do not clean up their act.
Is there an orthopod in the house?
Our rural doctor-turned-blogger gets what could be the important WhatsApp of her career as she faces a bakkie load of factures by herself and without a specialist.
Preaching HIV from the pulpit
“There is no place for judgment” Faith-Based Organisations told, as they are called to roll up their sleeves in their fight against HIV
“It’s not a man’s duty only to carry condoms”
Carrying condoms isn’t scandalous, it’s a smart, say two young women from Johannesburg’s East Rand.
Drug stock outs cast long shadow over AIDS conference
With more than one in 10 health facilities nationally reporting a drug stock out in the last nine months, this year’s SA AIDS Conference may have been more about what’s missing than what’s been done in the country’s HIV programme.
Former teen moms say yes to condoms in school
Tebogo Malema was a pregnant in her matric year and that’s why she says she backs government’s proposal to give condoms to kids.
Violence is common in Western Cape teen relationships
An ambitious school programme has been able to cut violence in teen relationships by 11% but is unable to realise full potential as WCED won't allow it during school time
Price tag of HIV response to more than double by 2033
With 3.1 million people on antiretrovirals (ARV), South Africa has the world’s largest ARV programme, but sustaining it – and the HIV response – will more than double in the next two decades, according to new research.
Resource: HIV Clinical Guidelines App
Launched by the Department of Health yesterday, this free app puts South Africa's HIV guidelines at the fingertips of health workers and patients.
Faith sector needed for UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets
Faith-based organisations had an important role to play in fighting HIV, the SA AIDS Conference in Durban heard.