Mpumalanga tackles circumision
The South African Nursing Council (SANC) has finally given the Mpumalanga Department of Health permission to allow professional nurses to perform Medical Male Circumcision under the supervision of a medical doctor.
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WHO pre-qualifies MMC device
MEDIA RELEASE: The announcement last week that the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the PrePex device for non-surgical voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) offers another important option for expansion of VMMC programs in countries hard hit by the HIV epidemic.…
Shortage of docs delays MMC in Ermelo
Health facilities in Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande district are battling to cope with an increase in requests for medical male circumcision (MMC), according to health workers and patients. Debbie Chauke, a nurse at Ermelo Hospital confirmed that they are able to…
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Mpumalanga provincial department of aims to circumcise 500 000 males for the financial year 2013 For the province to reach this targets, it needs to circumcised 75 000 males per month, 18 750 per week and 3 750 daily .…
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Babies can be born free of mom’€™s HIV
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MSF step in to handle ARV crisis in Eastern Cape
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From zero to hero
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Clubbing together for treatment
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Finally, SA announces single pill for HIV
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