Bethlehem - Free State MEC of Health Fundiswa "Fezi" Ngubentombi and a policeman were killed in a car accident on the N1 near Bloemfontein on December 1. Ngubentombi was on her way back from the opening of a day care center in QwaQwa in the Thabo Mofutsanyana district. President Jacob Zuma also attended the event.
Lusikisiki ' The community of Good Hope in the Eastern Cape has not had regular access to medicine and health services since 2006 when the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic there closed down.
East London: A three-day TB-awareness campaign was recently held at Duncan village in the Eastern Cape to educate the community about the symptoms and risk factors for the disease.
Lusikisiki ' Sport heroes joined villagers from this Eastern Cape community on a recent 10km walk to raise awareness for health.
Lusikisiki - There has been no development at the site where the Provincial Department of Health (DoH) was supposed to erect a temporary clinic in the place of the Village Clinic which was closed down at the end of October because of outstanding rent debt owed by the department.
Bethlehem ' During a recent visit OurHealth was met by a long line of girls and boys queuing up outside the Mphohadi Clinic in Bethlehem. These youngsters were at the clinic for a medical examination before going off to initiation school this festive session.
Tshwane - An intensive drug awareness campaign was recently launched in Winterveld to address the spate of drug abuse in the area. A multi-disciplinary team including government departments, civil society organisations and individual members of the community took part in this door-to-door educational campaign in the northern region of the City of Tshwane.
Vhembe ' A graduation ceremony was recently held for home-based carers in the municipal district of Tshilamba in Limpopo.
Bethlehem ' Poor service by the Free State Emergency Services (EMS) have negatively impacted the lives of several patients.
Umgungundlovu ' A centre for children with special needs is being developed at the Qhamukile Primary School in the Umgungundlovu district of KwaZulu-Natal.
UMGUNGUNDLOVU. - Thabile* is a 19-year-old mother of two who gave birth to an HIV positive baby, Andiwe, two months ago.
Lusikisiki - Twenty-two year old Olwethu Mhlanti from Mevana Administration Area in Lusikisiki was recently diagnosed with HIV. He is unsure about his future and has little faith in the Department of Health to ensure that he gets the medicine he needs.
Lusikisiki ' Advocacy drives by civil society organisations such as the Treatment Action Campaign are bringing about positive change in this Eastern Cape community.
Bethlehem ' The Dihlabeng Regional Hospital (DRH) Pharmacy in Bethlehem, in the Free State, was lauded at the 10th Annual National Centre for Public Service Innovation Awards that recently took place at Emperor's Palace Casino in Johannesburg.
Vhembe - Health care workers in Vhembe this week breathed a sigh of relief after medicine stocks were replenished. Two weeks ago OurHealth reported that two clinics in this area of Limpopo faced major medicine shortages.
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