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Home Blog Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

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She says she wanted to die

She says she wanted to die

By lightspeed, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

[caption id="attachment_3486" align="alignnone" width="570"] Nosiphiwo Sitshetshe (above) was diagnosed HIV positive in 2012. Nosiphiwo had visited the clinic consistently during each of her pregnancies and adhered to her drug regimen,…

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She says she wanted to die
For the want of an ambulance, lives are lost

For the want of an ambulance, lives are lost

By lightspeed, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

Baby Mivuyo Damsesi clutches a toy ambulance in her grubby 2-year-old hands. Her mother, Noluthando Damsesi (28) says that it was given to her at the crèche she attends in…

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For the want of an ambulance, lives are lost
Emergency medical services update

Emergency medical services update

By Nomatter Ndebele, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

On 25 and 26 March 2015, the South African Human Commission held a hearing on access to Emergency Medical Services in the Eastern Cape following a complaint from the community…

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Emergency medical services update
Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied

Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied

By Nomatter Ndebele, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

On the first day of September 2015, two trucks clear a large plot of land to lay the foundation of the new Village Clinic. This should be a moment for…

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Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied
Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied

Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied

By lightspeed, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

On the first day of September 2015, two trucks clear a large plot of land to lay the foundation of the new Village Clinic. This should be a moment for…

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Tags: EASTERN CAPE HEALTH
Village Clinic: Access delayed is access denied
Holy Cross:  Some progress,  but all is not well

Holy Cross: Some progress, but all is not well

By Nomatter Ndebele, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

NSP Review COMMENT: The Treatment Action Campaign has for years drawn attention to the poor state of health services in the Eastern Cape. Two years ago the NSP Review published…

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Holy Cross:  Some progress,  but all is not well
Who will fight  the good fight?

Who will fight the good fight?

By lightspeed, October 21, 2015
Posted in: Edition 13: Eastern Cape Health

On September 27 the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) Western Cape marched to the provincial Department of Health to raise concerns about the quality of care provided to pregnant women at…

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