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OPINION: Towards women-centred climate change decision-making and budgeting

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest

The worsening climate crisis poses a threat to women and girls and their access to healthcare in the country. Matshidiso Lencoasa argues that although the ongoing climate crisis is daunting, it can serve as an opportunity for budgeting and policy-making processes to centre the most vulnerable and protect women’s right to healthcare.

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OPINION: Towards women-centred climate change decision-making and budgeting

Self-collected HPV tests feasible but still long way off

Posted in: Healthcare system, Latest, Reproductive Health, SRHR

An innovative new technology that allows women to collect their own samples for HPV testing, rather than having the sample taken by a healthcare worker, was recently tested in the Eastern Cape. Elri Voigt spoke to local experts about the study and what such a self-collected test might mean for cervical cancer detection in South Africa.

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Self-collected HPV tests feasible but still long way off

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