Sexual offences increased in last quarter of 2020 – crime statistics
Most forms of crime registered an increase between October and December 2020, with #GBV-related incidents up 5%.
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Stockouts continue
Patients and nurses particularly in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and Mpumalanga continue to report medicine stock-outs at local clinics, including shortages of antiretroviral medicine.
Village Clinic: TAC pressure sees minister step in
Ongoing pressure and threatened litigation from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has led to the construction of a temporary clinic in Lusikisiki and confirmed plans to build a permanent state-of-the-art day hospital.
No progress on Village Clinic
The Lusikisiki community waited in vain last week for a much-anticipated sod turning ceremony, the first promised step towards the new Village Clinic building. According to community members and activists Health MEC Sicelo Gqobana had promised to kick off the…
New pills bring new hope
LUSIKISIKI. - All twelve clinics in the Qaukeni sub-district in the Eastern Cape are dispensing the new fixed dose combination pill (FDC) to HIV patients. This new pill is a triple antiretroviral that is believed to improve adherence as it only needs to be taken once a day. The fact that ARV treatment now consist of just one tablet will make it easier to dispense and prescribe, and make ordering and monitoring stock supply easier for clinics and depots.
Villagers taught the importance of treatment adherence
LUSIKISIKI – Communities living in the Dubana and Mevana villages here were recently educated on the importance of adhering to treatment regimens.
‘Long live those living with HIV’
LUSIKISIKI. - Nkosiphendule Ngwendu, or Di, as people call him, lives in Mevana Administration Area in Lusikisiki. He is 32 years old and living with HIV.
E Cape DoH should answer to community
LUSIKISIKI. ' Communities in the Eastern Cape are up in arms about the breakdown in health services in this province and activist groups here are pressurising local and provincial departments for answers and solutions.
Slow progress on E Cape clinic
Lusikisiki. ' The Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Health has not delivered on their promise of a new, fully-functional Village Clinic to replace the previous one that had to close down after the department failed to pay rent for the premises.
Pathetic conditions at ‘new’ clinic
Lusikisiki. ' There is no running water, electricity or even ablution facilities at the 'new' Village Clinic in this rural town in the Eastern Cape.
’16 Days’ event empowers E Cape community
Lusikisiki ' Gender-based violence and crimes against children and the elderly are everyday occurrences in the Eastern Cape village of Mcobothini. In fact, crime statistics for the area show that more than half (55 percent) of all women and children living there fall victim to violence.
Granny struggles to make ends meet
Lusikisiki ' Life is tough for Mazitha Ngutyani, a 56-year-old grandmother living in Mcobothini village with her three grandchildren ' of which two are disabled.
No regular health services since 2006
Lusikisiki ' The community of Good Hope in the Eastern Cape has not had regular access to medicine and health services since 2006 when the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinic there closed down.
Walk to health
Lusikisiki ' Sport heroes joined villagers from this Eastern Cape community on a recent 10km walk to raise awareness for health.
ARV shortage at E Cape clinic
OURHEALTH. - Goso Forest Clinic in Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape is experiencing a shortage of medicine, including life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs).