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Mabuza under fire for not ‘restructuring’

Premier David Mabuza has come under fire for continuing to employ more staff in his office when he should be restructuring it and making sure that it is able to fight corruption, according to Cope.
Continue reading | 23 May 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: government, healthcare, politics, the new age
Mabuza under fire for not ‘restructuring’

Mabuza under fire for not ‘restructuring’

Premier David Mabuza has come under fire for continuing to employ more staff in his office when he should be restructuring it and making sure that it is able to fight corruption, according to Cope.
Continue reading | 23 May 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: government, healthcare, politics, the new age
3 365 School girls pregnant

3 365 School girls pregnant

An alarming 1 565 young girls have fallen pregnant in Mpumalanga in the first quarter of this school year.
Continue reading | 22 May 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: hiv prevention, pregnancy, safe sex, sowetan, youth
Don’t further disable the disabled

Don’t further disable the disabled

Access to HIV-related information for disabled patients remains lacking, putting this already vulnerable population at even greater risk.

An article in The New Age last week shone much-needed light on significant disparities in the availability and accessibility of HIV services to the disabled community.

While HIV education and care has improved and expanded across South African society in recent years, this expansion has largely neglected the disabled population.

Continue reading | 21 May 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: people with disabilities, the new age
Keeping ‘Mama’ covered

Keeping ‘Mama’ covered

Coverage that raises awareness around innovative mobile technology ‘MAMA’ could have been stronger. This week three articles appearing in the Sowetan, the Daily Sun and The Star reported on the launch of an innovative new service which aims to use mobile technology to address South Africa’s staggering maternal and infant mortality rates. The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action or MAMA has launched a service that uses widely accessible cellphone technology to make information on pregnancy easily accessible to all South African women. 4063-18242-1-PB.pdf
Continue reading | 21 May 2013 | 0 Comments | Tags: daily sun, mama, maternal and infant mortality rates, sowetan, the star
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