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2 months ago | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Catherine Tomlinson |Tiyese Jeranji |Biénne Huisman |Sue Segar
Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko sworn in as MEC for health in Gauteng. (Photo: Gauteng Provincial Government) Comment & Analysis28th January 2025 | Khuselwa Dyantyi The bodily autonomy of young women and girls is under threat as Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko intends to make the contraceptive Implanon compulsory for learners as long as their parents consent. This approach to addressing teenage pregnancy is misguided and unlawful, argues Khuselwa Dyantyi.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Sue Segar
SPOTLIGHT Ukwanda, the isiXhosa word for ‘grow’, encapsulates the mission of Stellenbosch University’s Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health: nurturing healthcare in rural communities. At the centre’s annual community partnership event in Worcester, Spotlight discovered how future healthcare professionals are stepping up to address the unique challenges of rural populations. It’s a warm spring day in Worcester, roughly one and a half hours north of Cape Town.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Sue Segar
Ukwanda, the isiXhosa word for "grow," encapsulates the mission of Stellenbosch University's Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health: nurturing healthcare in rural communities. At the centre's annual community partnership event in Worcester, Spotlight discovered how future healthcare professionals are stepping up to address the unique challenges of rural populations. It's a warm spring day in Worcester, roughly one and a half hours north of Cape Town.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Marcus Low |Biénne Huisman |Elri Voigt |Sue Segar
The new clinic or 'farm health post' on Seekoeivlei outside Clanwilliam. (Photo: Supplied) News & Features9th December 2024 | Sue Segar Ukwanda, the isiXhosa word for “grow,” encapsulates the mission of Stellenbosch University’s Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health: nurturing healthcare in rural communities.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Biénne Huisman |Sue Segar |Annah Maluleke |Solanga Milambo
In South Africa, taking medicines to either prevent or treat HIV infection mostly still involves swallowing one or more pills a day. (Photo: Stockcake) Comment & Analysis25th November 2024 | Francois Venter HIV prevention injections that can provide two, or even six, months of protection per shot have arguably been the biggest HIV story of the year.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
brnw.ch | Sue Segar
Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that has been around for centuries, yet why they persist in the human body is not fully understood. Some patients now are donating lung tissue for use in TB research. Spotlight explores why these samples are so important to unlocking the mysteries of what the TB bacterium does inside the human body. It is Friday morning at the King Dinuzulu Hospital, a big central hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Sue Segar
Some patients at KwaZulu-Natal hospitals are donating lung tissue for use in TB research. Sue Segar tracks what happens to these tissue samples and explores why these samples are so important to unlocking the mysteries of what the TB bacterium does inside the human body. It is Friday morning at the King Dinuzulu Hospital in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
dailymaverick.co.za | Sue Segar
SPOTLIGHT Some patients at KwaZulu-Natal hospitals are donating lung tissue for use in TB research. Spotlight tracks what happens to these tissue samples and explores why they are so important to unlocking the mysteries of what the TB bacterium does inside the human body. It is Friday morning at the King Dinuzulu Hospital, a big central hospital in Durban.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Sue Segar |Biénne Huisman |Elri Voigt |Ufrieda Ho
Northern Cape Premier Dr Zamani Saul is tasked with appointing heads of department in the province. (Photo: Northern Cape Provincial Government/Twitter) News & Features23rd September 2024 | Refilwe Machoari and Adiel Ismail The Northern Cape health department has had several heads of department in the last five years. Spotlight unpacks the implications of this leadership instability and asks what it means for good governance in the public health sector.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
spotlightnsp.co.za | Ufrieda Ho |Biénne Huisman |Sue Segar |Tiyese Jeranji
Professor Glenda Gray, internationally known for her research in HIV vaccines and interventions to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child, received the country’s highest honour, the Order of Mapungubwe, in 2013. (Photo: Biénne Huisman/Spotlight) News & Features16th September 2024 | Biénne Huisman After a decade at the helm of the country’s primary health research funder, Professor Glenda Gray will focus again on doing the science.
