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New health services a hit with Alex youth

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The recent introduction of a youth-friendly service at Masakhane Clinic in Alexandra township has been heralded by many young people as a move that will encourage them to access public health care more often and easily.

Ramatamo
April 11, 2017

Covid19: Healthcare workers under stress

Cancer is not a death sentence

Health, Our Health

After suffering with painful colon cancer for nearly five years, 59 year old Maki Makunyane-Moela of Alexandra township has been diagnosed free of the disease and is now on a mission to spread awareness that a cancer diagnosis is not always a death sentence.

Ramatamo
April 3, 2017

Alex mom with elephantiasis pleads for help

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An Alexandra woman, who survives on social grants and is constant pain after contracting elephantiasis in her left leg, is too poor to get the treatment she needs for her condition.

Ramatamo
March 22, 2017

Keeping fit rejuvenates Alex senior citizens

Health, Our Health

When the 73-year-old Justice Peteke of Riverpark in Alexandra decided to join a group of grannies in an exercise programme, he did it in an effort to improve his quality of life.