Health

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Increasing access to mental health counselling in Khayelitsha

Banetsi Mphunga was all smiles when he removed the huge white cloth to unveil his revamped mobile clinic

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News | 6 May 2016

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New, better HIV drugs can save billions of rand

But South Africa needs to be proactive to take advantage of new medicines

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News | 5 May 2016

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Mother says she has no choice but to give up her daughter

After struggling for 13 years with two severely disabled children, she can no longer cope

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News | 5 May 2016

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“I want them to feel my love before I die”

Khayelitsha mother longs to bring her disabled daughters home

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News | 26 April 2016

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Mother of poisoned farmworker demands answers

18-year-old died after drinking insecticide

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News | 15 April 2016

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“If they understood, they would have stopped drinking”

Pregnant women warn others about dangers of alcohol

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News | 14 April 2016

New organisation to take over Delft health worker services

Changover after crime rate prompts Afrika Tikkun to leave

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Brief | 12 April 2016

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Students at nursing college protest exclusions

Dispute over exclusion of seven students

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Brief | 11 April 2016

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Evidence of plague found in rat in Tembisa rubbish dump

No immediate threat to health, say scientists

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News | 5 April 2016