Mothers stigmatised because HIV status recorded on baby health cards
Mothers say they experience stigma, discrimination, isolation and bullying because of their HIV status, and that of their children, because they are included in their health cards.
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Sugar Tax: How corporates lied to National Treasury
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Art exhibition highlights abortion stigma
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Sexual offence court opens in Limpopo
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Malaria infections decline sharply in Limpopo
If handled correctly, malaria could be eradicated within a generation, a newly released report finds.