Comment: 16 Days of What?

Token actions by politicians won't change violence against women, writes Indira Govender.

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• Women in jeopardy at every post
• Abused women in violent spiral
• Decrease in women abuse = decrease in HIV infections, say researchers
• Gender violence: Creating a new normal for South Africa's men

Journeying through HIV and early education

From being diagnosed with HIV to falling pregnant, Patience Tshabalala's life took a turn after volunteering at a former children's Aids hospice.

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Mo Bros face the figures - and it's going to be a close shave

Will local facial hair campaigners be able to raise more than last year's R7-million for men's health issues?

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Villagers flock to take HIV tests

As a result of an NGO in the Eastern Cape using incentives to encourage people to check their status, HIV testing has tripled in four villages.

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The sangoma who lives for science

Balancing traditional medicine and ARVs can be a challenge, even for a 21st-century healer.

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Report suggests ARV and TB drug supply woes a 'national crisis'

At least in one in every five public health facilities in the country has run out of HIV and/or TB drugs in the last two months, says a report.

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Comment: Mammograms still the gold standard of breast screening

Breast cancer expert, Justus Apffelstaedt, explains the complexities around the issue of screening for this disease.

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Fresh woes for dodgy doctor

A new complaint has been filed against Limpopo doctor Allick Dube.

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Dr Death close to patients' hearts

Wouter Basson, one of SA's controversial apartheid-era figures, may be banned from practising medicine, but cardiology would suffer, say patients.

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The boy who lifts Hobeni's spirits

Sihle Batiya's luckier than most – but the odds are stacked against kids with Down's syndrome in the Eastern Cape.

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Why did he do those terrible things?

Families of Wouter Basson's victims want the contraversial doctor to ask for their forgiveness.

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Touch-and-go breast tech is no substitute for mammograms

SureTouch does not claim to be a substitute for proper breast cancer screening, but patients are being misled.

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Comment: Breast may be best, but bribing mothers to nurse is not

There are many advantages to breastfeeding but should mothers be bribed to do it?

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Melinda Gates on what's best for children

Family planning is not a luxury to everyone. Melinda Gates talks about why she has dedicated so much of her time to helping women plan their families.

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Basson to learn his fate next month

The HPCSA will rule on Wouter Basson's fate on December 18 after a five-year long inquiry into his actions during apartheid.

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'Preggercise' boosts unborn babies' minds

Activity during pregnancy isn't just good for mom – it develops their infant's burgeoning brain.

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'If they are raped, then so what?'

Mentally disabled people in the rural Eastern Cape are considered worthless, even evil. When girls are sexually abused, mothers are no longer shocked.

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A mother to 30; a nurse to thousands

Undaunted by apartheid and Aids, she has made all the difference to those otherwise abandoned.

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Comment: We can stop the haemorrhaging

South Africa has the means and opportunity to keep its healthcare professionals.

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