Women in rural areas which have recently experienced drought have increased odds of being infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa as they are also more likely to be living in poverty, according to a recent study.
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The Eastern Cape provincial legislature has questioned the national government for reclaiming almost three-quarters of a billion rand in conditional grant funding which will see vital hospital and school infrastructure upgrades and housing projects left in limbo.This comes after finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko last week announced the province would lose R761.096m in grants due to the national government’s cost containment measures.
The Eastern Cape health department has for years made headlines for the wrong reasons. A few weeks before her recent removal as head of the department, Dr Rolene Wagner made the case that the situation is being turned around. Tiyese Jeranji looks back at Wagner’s presentation at the Rural Healt.
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