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    Access to healthcare remains a challenge for migrant mothers and children...

    As vulnerable migrants and undocumented people continue to face serious difficulties in accessing maternal and child healthcare in Gauteng hospitals, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)...

    We need to talk about the “taboo” of women’s health in...

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    Women's healthcare in South Africa is steeped in stigma and misinformation, and Donald Trump's Global Gag Rule does nothing to clear the misunderstanding. There...

    Tackling Menstruation Stigma Through Education

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    For many menstruators around the world, getting ones period for the first time or every time after that is a frightening experience. Not only...

    We need national buy-in with the distribution of free sanitary pads

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    The Kwazulu Natal Department of Education is distributing free sanitary pads to poor menstruating learners as part of an initiative that it launched last...

    The importance of World AIDS Day

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    HIV/AIDS remains a major public health issue that affects millions of people worldwide. There were almost 37.7 million people globally living with HIV...

    Students are on holiday, so KZN’s blood banks are running low

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    On 3 January, the KwaZulu-Natal department of health said that the blood banks in the province were running low since the main source of...

    Earthquakes in Syria: “There is no time to waste in reaching...

    According to the latest estimates, the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria have killed more than 35,000 people and injured tens of thousands more....

    Teen pregnancy isn’t rising and 7 other things we learned from...

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    On Monday, almost a week after the brutal murder of Karabo Mokoena  sent South Africa into a tailspin, sparking rage on social media under...

    Sports talent goes undiscovered as poverty and inequality grows

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    Tatjana Schoenmaker, South Africa’s gold-medal-girl, acted as a beacon of hope for the country when she proved to be the best breaststroke swimmer the...

    The Stigma Of Loving Someone Who Died Of AIDS

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    I make it a point to tell anyone I date that I once had a partner that died of AIDS. So many loved ones...

    Supporting women with mental ill-health in pregnancy and after birth: lessons...

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    Women in low- and middle-income countries experience high levels of common mental disorders – anxiety and depression – during pregnancy and the first year...

    #MyBodyMyChoice: The Right To Safe Abortion Is Protected By Law

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    Cries of "my body, my choice", "my vagina, my choice" and "phansi unsafe abortions" rang in the air in the name of the campaign...

    21 tips for the privileged facing lifestyle shifts as #DayZero hits

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    As the water crisis in the Western Cape reaches increasingly worrying stages, it's become evident that #DayZero is almost inevitable. As a result of...

    9 myths about mental health and illness

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    There are many myths and stigmas about mental health and illness due to a lack of understanding. Mental illnesses are real diseases that affect...

    This unemployed doctor works at a call centre part-time to pay...

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    A number of unemployed doctors have spoken out against the Department of Health (DoH) who have failed to allocate them internships, community service, or...

    SA’s healthcare system is failing survivors of sexual violence

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    New research by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on 256 designated public health facilities has found critical gaps in the provision of comprehensive medical care...

    “Stock-outs” – barrier to women’s sexual and reproductive health rights says...

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    A new report from the Stop Stock-outs Project (SSP) has found that contraceptives now represent the biggest share of medicine stockouts. The report emerged...

    Dispelling 6 common myths that stop people from donating blood

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    The South African National Blood Services' (SANBS) homepage states that there are currently only 2.4 days worth of blood in stock. This shortage is...

    Contraceptives Shortages Are Devastating Women In KZN

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    Women in KwaZulu Natal have expressed concerns over shortage of injectable contraceptives from local clinics. This, after they had been turned away and told...

    Why your child might need a measles booster shot

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    At least 17 cases of measles in Gauteng have sparked a 24-day vaccine campaign in the province. Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by...