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November 7
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South Africa: Confusion As Clinic Closed
Lusikisiki - Several attempts to prevent the closure of Village Clinic, which treats a large number of people living with HIV, have failed and patients were met with locked doors... Read more »
November 5
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South Africa: HPCSA Axes Thousands From Its Register [press release]
Almost 10 000 healthcare practitioners were suspended from the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) register this past weekend for failure to pay their annual... Read more »
November 4
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South Africa: Hope for Stroke Prevention
About 35% or 500 out of 100 000 strokes that occur in South Africa every year can now be prevented. This is thanks to a new drug registered for use in the country this week for the... Read more »
November 2
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South Africa: Strike Paralyses Eastern Cape Health Services
A large number of clinics and hospitals in the Eastern Cape are experiencing critical medicine shortages and stock outs while surgery and other procedures have virtually grind to a... Read more »
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South Africa: Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital's CEO Resigns
The CEO of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johanna More, has unexpectedly given notice that she will leave her position next month. Her position was one of 90 hospitals CEO... Read more »
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South Africa: Free State Learners Receive Health Education, Screening
A group of grade eight learners from the Paul Roux Intermediate School in the town of Paul Roux in the Free State were visited by a nurse as part of the Integrated School Health... Read more »
November 1
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South Africa: Getting the Community Talking About NHI
A community in Tshwane is taking charge of their health situation and creating awareness of National Health Insurance (NHI) efforts that are taking place in their area. Read more »
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South Africa: Stinky Toilets for Primary School
Itlotliseng Primary School learners in Tseki village, Phuthaditjhaba (Qwa-Qwa) in the Free State have to every day deal with dirty toilets and unreliable access to water. Read more »
October 31
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South Africa: Census Findings On Health
Government’s HIV/AIDS programme is bearing fruit, with fewer deaths now than in 2006. And older people are now dying, not young people in the prime of their lives, according... Read more »
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South Africa: Hospice Gives Hope
Tumi (not her real name) was at death’s door when her grandmother carried her on her back to the Golden Gateway Hospice in Bethlehem, in the Free State. Read more »
October 30
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South Africa: Surviving On an Empty Stomach
OurHealth - Nombulelo Manala Lubhelu (45) of Lusikisiki-kwaGqwarhu location has taken the tough decision of declining lifesaving antiretrovirals (ARVs) because she is simply too... Read more »
October 29
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South Africa: Uphill Battle for Community Care Givers
Community care givers in Howick in KwaZulu-Natal face many challenges in their work every day. Read more »
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South Africa: Selfless Women Give Back to Community
Five women from Tseseng village in Phuthaditjhaba (Qwa-Qwa) in the Free State are making a big difference in their community. Read more »
October 28
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Africa: Women - Giving Up Smoking Early Can Extend Life
Women smokers who quit before the age of 30, can recover and avoid almost all of the increased risk of dying, according to the largest-ever study of the hazards of smoking. Read more »
October 27
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South Africa: Gauteng Health Dept Says It's Recovering
Despite reports of broken equipment such as cat scans at Leratong Hospital and the cancellation of operations because of a shortage of sterilisation products at Helen Joseph... Read more »
October 26
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South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Without Water
Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi villages in the Vhembe district in Limpopo say they are fed up with having to use rain water because there is no water coming out of their... Read more »
October 25
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South Africa: Clinic Runs Out of Critical Meds
The Michael Maponya Clinic in Pimville, Soweto, is experiencing a critical shortage of medicine, including vital diabetes treatment. Read more »
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South Africa: ARV Shortage At Eastern Cape Clinic
Goso Forest Clinic in Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape is experiencing a shortage of medicine, including life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs). Read more »
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South Africa: Gordhan Shares Details On Medium Term Health Funding
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement. Gordhan acknowledged that there has been mismanagement of supplies to schools and hospitals... Read more »
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South Africa: Community Complains About Poor Service At Clinic
Patients and staff at the Boitumelo Clinic in Sebokeng in the Gauteng Province are complaining about the services and working conditions at the health facility. Sources told... Read more »
October 22
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Africa: Antibodies Offer Aids Vaccine Clue
A response to the HI-Virus in two HIV positive women, which enabled them to make potent antibodies that would kill most of the HIV types from around the world, has provided South... Read more »
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South Africa: Clinic Services Improve Under New Management
If you arrive at Kgabo Clinic in Winterveld at 5:00 in the morning you’ll find there are already close to 100 people queuing. But although patients still face long hours of... Read more »
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South Africa: MSF and TAC Write to Motsoaledi Re the ARV Tender [press release]
Due to several concerns with the antiretroviral tender, the Treatment Action Campaign and MSF last week sent a joint letter to the Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Read more »
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South Africa: Blood Donors Save Countless Lives
Dr Pieter Murray is a Bethlehem resident and one of the area’s approximately 4 500 donors with the South African National Blood Services (SANBS). For many years Murray has... Read more »
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South Africa: KZN Community Suffers Without Municipal Services
Residents from the Shiya Bazali township face many of challenges every day. The informal settlement has no municipal services which mean no electricity, no flushing toilets and... Read more »
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