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SA teens, you’re next in the queue for a vaccine — no parental permission required

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Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 will be able to register to receive their Covid-19 jab from 20 October. This group will be given only one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, for now

Gift of the jab: Six tips for when you speak to the Covid unvaxxed

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Vaccination campaigns that promote how having the Covid-19 vaccination will benefit individuals rather than society are more effective to convince people who are neutral or hesitant about getting vaccinated.

Covid-19 vaccinations: How are the provinces doing?

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South Africa’s vaccine roll-out is happening – slowly. Only 3% of eligible adults have been fully vaccinated. KwaZulu-Natal is leading the pack with the Eastern Cape hot on its heels

South Africa’s not reaching herd immunity. Our new goal is containment

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South Africa’s stop-start roll-out is not the only reason herd immunity is unrealistic for 2021. A constrained vaccine supply and new variants also play a role

#SayHerName: The faces of South Africa’s femicide epidemic

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This is an ode to the women whose names made it into news outlets from 2018 to 2020. It’s also a tribute to the faceless, nameless women whose stories remain untold.

16 sites on 17 February: Eight things you should know about SA’s J&J vaccine roll-out

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Eighty thousand Johnson & Johnson jabs will arrive in South Africa on Tuesday and be taken to 16 sites where healthcare workers will be vaccinated

Johnson & Johnson vaccines could arrive in South Africa next week

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We spoke to experts, looked at the data and relistened to the health department’s briefings to break down the revised roll-out plan

Inside George Mukhari hospital’s second wave

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The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism and James Oatway visited George Mukhari academic hospital to document the second-wave realities experienced by doctors and nurses

The quest for the (vaginal) ring

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The HIV prevention tablet is now available in South Africa but popping a pill every day to stay HIV-negative may not be for everyone

A new smoke signal: Is Big Tobacco using influencers to illegally punt new products?

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Could companies’ wooing of social media influencers be just a clever ploy to get around the country’s tobacco advertising ban?

How one project is finally helping reduce the risk of suicide among teens

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When kids at risk of suicide can talk to trained friends & family, they're seven times less likely to die, says one of the world's largest studies.

Hospitals close in Mpumalanga as doctors and nurses fear for their safety

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Health workers in Mpumalanga fear for their lives because of crime and unsafe buildings
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