Rural grannies walk for health
In a remote rural village, community leaders are educating the elderly about how to stay healthy
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Gay-friendly clinic launched in Ermelo
A gay-friendly clinic was launched this week in Ermelo in Mpumalanga amid a warning from the provincial health MEC that homophobic staff needed to improve their attitude.
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Mass move of Gauteng’s mentally ill
Deinstitutionalisation. It sounds good: taking mentally ill people out of psychiatric institutions and putting them into community homes or back with their families. But the outcome is seldom positive, as Gauteng patients have discovered.
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Quarter of clinics experience medicine stock outs
One in four public health facilities ran out of antiretroviral or TB medicine last year, with Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Free State being worst affected.
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Mothers say ‘no’ to bush initiation
Rural Vhembe mothers in Limpopo have refused to send their sons to bush initiation schools this year saying they valued their sons lives more than they did the age-old tradition.
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Placing pleasure at the heart of safe sex
There’s a new sex toy in town – an erotic accessory that increases sexual pleasure and keeps you safe. Because it’s such a potent weapon in combatting HIV the government is distributing them to all corners of the country. Now they just have to persuade young people to use them.
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What now for patients after psychiatric hospital closes?
Relatives of mentally ill loved ones protested last week, saying their family members are not doing well since they were discharged from Life Esidimeni’s psychiatric hospitals.
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Community angry after files found in dump
Confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of health care. So when patients’ private records with sensitive information from a local clinic were found strewn across a local dumpster in Standerton, the town was in uproar.
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Rape: Women are suffering in silence
South Africa’s rape rate is so high that it is akin to a country at war. But many women are suffering in silence, without counselling or treatment that can protect them from HIV.
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Video: What happens to the blood you donate?
As South Africa observes National Blood Donor month, we take you behind the scenes into the labs of the South African National Blood Service (SANBS).
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Dire AIDS warning on eve of global meeting
If world leaders fail to commit enough resources to ending AIDS by 2030 at the UN High Level meeting this week, HIV will rebound and destroy the gains made.
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Combating epilepsy stigma
Mpumalanga’s Department of Education has embarked on a programme to fight discrimination against pupils with chronic illness such as epilepsy.
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The politics of dry taps and broken toilets
Ongoing water shortages and broken toilets are sparking protests in Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the run-up to the municipal elections.
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Residents target councillor who ‘does nothing’
Residents are furious that councillor is nominated for municipal election when they have water shortages for three weeks at a time
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Vhembe students end boycott over 2 toilets
Vhembe FET students end boycott over lack of toilets and desks, after management promises action
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