Why would young, single African women not take free drugs that could potentially save them from contracting a life-threatening infection?
According to HIV prevention trial results, the daily use of pills or a vaginal gel does not appear to prevent HIV-infection in African women.
The solution lays in addressing ‘how we raise our boys’ and "how we equip parents to be parents". But there’s a long way to go.
Bhekisisa aims to improve health reporting not only at the M&G but also at media houses across the continent.
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Health professionals are finding the state’s planned guidelines for fees a bitter pill to swallow.
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/ 14 February 2013
Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the guideline tariffs.
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/ 14 February 2013
Mia Malan speaks to the health minister and others in the healthcare sector about the
guideline tariffs
Private doctors have accused the health minister and the Health Professions Council of South Africa of a having a "hidden agenda"
Cervical cancer is caused by a very common virus, but it is easy to detect and there is a vaccination for it, writes Mia Malan