Articles for Elsabé Brits

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Groote Schuur unveils new cancer machine that can treat 40 patients a day

The hospital treats 3,000 new oncology patients a year

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News | 3 October 2019

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Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

While it’s too soon to be confident, a vaccine originally tested in Thailand has shown promising early results

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Science | 20 September 2019

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Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment

South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months

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News | 26 August 2019

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Western Cape health services paint bloody picture of gun violence

“We are doing battleground medicine,” says minister

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News | 8 August 2019

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Cape Town’s children seem to be getting healthier

Cases of diarrhoea and malnutrition have dropped

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News | 11 July 2019

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South African researchers develop quicker way to detect drug resistance

Local man develops resistance to new TB medicine despite good adherence

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Science | 10 July 2019

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UN report warns of disastrous consequences of antibiotic resistance

This follows an alarming South African study which shows that doctors and nurses are prescribing antibiotics unnecessarily

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News | 30 April 2019

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Give HIV home test kits to men who have sex with men, say researchers

But public health expert expresses scepticism

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News | 8 April 2019

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International tuberculosis commission praises SA government’s increased investment

TB killed 1.6 million people worldwide in 2017

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News | 1 April 2019