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Bosses urged to support breastfeeding at work

Our Health

Many breastfeeding moms stop breastfeeding their babies when they go back to work because their workplace environments aren't conducive to expressing milk.

Marcia Zali
June 19, 2019

Claims against Limpopo health department spike

Our Health

Medical negligence claims brought against the health department increased from 179 to a staggering 813 in two years. Health-e chats to two women considering legal action.

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
June 19, 2019

From the farm to the table

Our Health

An organic farmer has started a farming movement in Soweto townships that support 5 000 children from 12 schools, 80 pensioners and other people from the community.

Marcia Zali
June 18, 2019

#ECHOResults: Now we know, but it’s no victory

Health

While the study results have allayed the fears of many, they have also pointed a finger at an enemy that we’ve conveniently ignored at the expense of black women’s lives.

Pontsho Pilane
June 16, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: ‘Allow generics of lifesaving drugs’

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Activists want a multinational pharmaceutical company to lower the overinflated price of ground-breaking TB drug.

Masutane Modjadji
June 14, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: Three things to know about the ECHO study

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Uncertainty is put to rest but study highlights need to step up HIV prevention efforts in high-burden countries — particularly for young women.

healthe
June 13, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: MSF achieves 90-90-90 targets in Eshowe

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A small KwaZulu-Natal town flickers a beam of hope by surpassing goals to test, treat and suppress HIV.

Piet Motaung
June 12, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: Youth demand more inclusion

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Young people are excluded from the world’s second-largest conference, say activists.

Zizo Zikali
June 12, 2019

Officials vow to keep an eye on initiates

Our Health

Limpopo health officials will be monitoring initiation schools to ensure that there is complete compliance as the winter initiation school season begins.

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
June 11, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: When HIV and weight stigma collide

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The association of thinness with being sick still plagues society and continues to fuel HIV stigma, and possibly non-communicable diseases.

Pontsho Pilane and Pontsho Pilane
June 11, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: Trans teen shifts rural attitudes to LGBTQI

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Inspirational keynote speaker at the 2019 SA AIDS Conference sheds light on her journey to self-discovery growing up in a village in KZN.

Masutane Modjadji
June 11, 2019

#SAAIDS2019: ‘Our lives, our dignity is not negotiable’

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Corruption and mismanagement are standing in the way of South Africa’s battle against HIV, say activists.

Pontsho Pilane
June 11, 2019

Tongaat Hulett bosses must ‘pay back the money’

Health

The financial scandal of South Africa’s largest sugar producer hurts its blue-collar employees, who are already marginalised and at risk of non-communicable diseases, the most.

Lawrence
June 10, 2019

Don’t misunderstand muti, says traditional healer

Our Health

For centuries Africans have relied on traditional medicine for healing, and even with the dominance of Western medicine, muti is still widely used in South Africa.