Patients allegedly turned away as hospital runs dry
Patients have accused Mpumalanga’s Themba Hospital of turning them away after taps recently ran dry at the hospital.
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Mpumalanga holds first people’s health assembly
Mpumalanga recently welcomed its first provincial People’s Health Assembly as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and others continue to bemoan staff shortages.
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NHI: more pragmatism and less ideology
As South Africa grapples with how to implement “universal health service” via the National Health Insurance, a specialist advises more pragmatism and less ideology.
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Tshwane water plant upgrade underway
Upgrades to the Magalies Water Purification Plant near Hammanskraal are expected to bring relief to water insecure communities not only in Gauteng but in the North West’s Moretele Local Municipality.
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Health-e journalists scoop two awards
Health-e scoops two Discovery Health Awards for 'Emerging Health Journalist' and best health economics reporting at the annual competition.
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Autism awareness, services remain scarce
About one in every 110 children may be born with autism but the condition remains a mystery to most leaving children and parents unsure, unsupported and more often than not - judged.
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Families vow to fight patient transfers
As the fate of almost 2000 mental health patients set to be booted from a state-funded hospital remains unclear, patient families have vowed to take their fight to the steps of the Gauteng Department of Health.
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HIV-positive graduates inspire others
From a bleak past, these activists now have a much brighter future - but their project needs more support
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Polio-free world possible – Gates CEO
Nigeria has been free of polio for an entire year, thanks to an aggressive vaccination policy supported by the Gates Foundation.
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Traditional leaders turn treatment supporters
Communities surrounding Port St. Johns recently gathered at the house of a local headman to celebrate patients preserving with chronic illness.
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Quarter of pregnancies globally may end in abortion
Almost 90 percent of abortions occur in the developing world, pointing to an unmet need for contraception among the bulk of the world’s women, finds a new report.
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Patient incorrectly prescribed HIV medication
When epileptic patient Thabang Madimabi collapsed, he never expected to wake up in hospital and on antiretrovirals (ARVs) – especially since Madimabi is HIV negative.
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R9 billion needed to close contraception gap
More than 20 million young women are not accessing contraception globally, resulting in about 10 million unintended pregnancies each year, according to a new report by US reproductive health and rights organisation Guttmacher Institute.
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Gates Foundation to invest R1.2b to close data gap
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will invest about R1.2 billion in the next three years to enable countries to count women and girls, and generate crucial data on hundreds of thousands of women around the world.
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A new cut may save an old tradition
In Mpumalanga, boys are preparing to head to ‘the mountain’ and return as men. As concerns regarding the safety of some initiation schools mount, a new blend of tradition and medicine may help preserve a centuries-old rite.
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