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Find hope

A BRAND NEW local website, aimed at assisting alcoholics and drug addicts, was recently launched by the Montrose Foundation. Find Help, Find Hope offers help for addicts, their loved ones, parents and youth, with a focus on providing practical ways of getting help for addiction.

 
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Cancer: know your chances
03.02.2012

text World Cancer Day is commemorated on 4 February and the theme for this year’s celebration is: “Together it is possible”.
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National immunisation drive
02.02.2012

text Pretoria - The Department of Health has called on parents and caregivers to take their children for their immunisations against pneumococcal diseases during a four-month Catch-Up immunisation campaign.
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  An inspirational woman
Living with AIDS # 501

02.02.2012 Khopotso Bodibe

audio Walking away from being a successful business person in her community to start a non-governmental AIDS programme, Lorna Fisher gave away the opportunity to get very rich. But her work in the HIV field has now gained her recognition as one of the most inspirational women in South Africa.
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Group comments on Global Fund crisis
01.02.2012

text The UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights has released an independent statement in response to the crisis facing the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
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South Africa’s Cinderella disease
01.02.2012

text Alzheimer’s disease and the dementia that it causes irrevocably changes a person’s capacity to think and function. Even in the most supportive settings dementia is tough to come to grips with, for sufferers and caregivers alike. Yet, in South Africa, traditional support structures – communities, families and health services – routinely turn their back when dementia takes hold of a person’s behaviour. This is a story of the struggle and desolation that ensues. By Daneel Knoetze.
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Dagga and hubbly can be deadly for youth
30.01.2012 Ayanda Mkhwanazi

audio Young people put themselves at risk of getting mouth and throat cancers by smoking dagga and the hubbly bubbly pipe. This is according to research announced recently.
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Endometriosis ruins lives
30.01.2012

text “As women we believe that pain is a natural part of life, so we try and cope on our own, and we suffer in silence,” said Lotus-FM radio personality Pauline Sangham (42) who lived with severe pain for years before she was diagnosed and treated for endometriosis—a condition whereby lesions on the ovaries and other pelvic organs cause extreme pain during a women’s menstrual cycle.
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Gauteng Health drags payments to service providers
30.01.2012 Ayanda Mkhwanazi

audio Some companies that provide services to Gauteng’s public hospitals have been left high and dry as the Gauteng Health Department drags its feet in settling outstanding payments. So far, the Department has paid up to R600 million to service providers, a figure that the South African Medical Device Industry Association, SAMED, says is a drop in the ocean.
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No quick fixes to healthy weight loss
30.01.2012 Siphosethu Stuurman

audio Looking your best and losing weight always seems to be a priority for the new year for many South Africans. But with so many weight loss plans around, choosing the correct and healthy weight loss programme is crucial.
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drugs
TB & Me
Ever wonder what life would be like living in quarantine for months or taking more than 20 pills a day in your battle against a killer disease that most people don’t know or care about? TB & ME provides patients with an online platform to tell the world in their own words about living with MDR-TB. Patients living around the world will share their experiences, highlighting MDR-TB as a global problem in need of serious attention. TB & ME is also a place where patients can share their experiences with others who might be in the same position.

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National Health Insurance
UPDATE:
Find the latest presentations on NHI from government and other role players from the Board of Healthcare Funders conference now available here