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Low screening, weak referrals and high HIV rates drive cervical cancer in South Africa

Health Dr Motsoaledi launched the HPV vaccine at Gonyane Primary in Mangaung in the Free State in 2014. (Photo:GCIS) Low screening coverage, late diagnoses, high HIV prevalence, and limited access to ...
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Pushback against foreign nationals using public health facilities

“If you are not South African, from today you will not be allowed into any South African hospital.” This was the message delivered by a member of Operation Dudula outside Hillbrow Clinic on Monday to ...
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PEPFAR freeze risks HIV treatment for millions in South Africa and around the world

The lives of millions of people are at risk as the US halts foreign aid, including funding to the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest fund dedicated to fighting a ...
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Mixed reactions as President sets to sign the NHI Bill into law

The announcement that President Cyril Ramaphosa will, on Wednesday, sign into law the contentious National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has garnered mixed reactions. Those opposing the bill say their ...
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Empower women with better access to contraceptives

Women face multiple challenges when it comes to receiving contraceptive advice and access. Addressing this, helps to empower women and contributes to shaping ...
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Public health services face cuts as government struggles to curb South Africa’s debt

The health sector has taken a knock following finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s announcement of cuts to the HIV programmes as well as spend on health infrastructure in the medium term budget policy ...
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Diabetes: the epidemic South Africa can’t track

In South Africa, diabetes is no longer a looming threat — it is already here, claiming lives every day. According to Statistics South Africa, diabetes is now one of the leading causes of death based ...
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Tembisa hospital open to the public, cause of fire under investigation

Patients will be able to receive health services at Tembisa Hospital while investigations into the cause of the fire that destroyed the accident and emergency unit (casualty) on Saturday continue. All ...
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Policy: South Africa’s Integrated School Health Programme

South Africa’s schools health programmes have struggled in the past due to factors such as poor management, inequitable distribution of resources and a historical lack of collaboration between the ...
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South African children lack psychosocial support. ‘Every school needs a social worker’

A shallow focus shot of people wearing the same uniform and standing in a line Social workers, researchers and teachers are desperate for more psychosocial support for children and adolescents in ...
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Dirty and Broken Clinic Toilets An Act of Indignity

For World Toilet Day, our community journalists, Molefi Sompane, Montsho Matlala and Sandile Mbili visited 31 primary health facilities and spoke to 313 patients across the Free State, Limpopo and ...
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Health officials turned blind eye to R2 billion Tembisa hospital capture

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, GP Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, and Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. (Photo:FB/ Gauteng Health) An interim report by the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) into ...