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Tshegofatse Molamo has been bedridden since childbirth complications in 2012. Home-based care stopped and she's unable to get to a health facility. Limpopo Health Department can't find her medical ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: Cancer Patients in Rural South Africa Carry a Heavy Burden of Fear, Pain and Poverty
A survey of 207 oncology patients in rural Limpopo Province reveals near-universal pain, fear of death and financial hardship, prompting calls to integrate psychosocial and palliative care into ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: How to Thaw a Health System Frozen in Fear
South Africa's public healthcare system finds itself caught between two incomplete revolutions - the democratic dream of a decentralised District Health System, and the march toward National Health ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: Financial stress emerges as South Africa’s leading mental health risk
Financial pressure has emerged as the leading contributor to poor mental health across generations in South Africa, with rising living costs, debt repayments and family responsibilities leaving many ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: More than 40 Limpopo learners hospitalised after falling ill
A health scare has sent 43 Limpopo learners to four hospitals. More than a dozen remained under medical care as authorities confirmed the incident.
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: WHO South Africa's Swift Response to Imported Cholera Cases in Limpopo Province
On 16 January 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) in South Africa, was notified by the National Department of Health (NDoH) of two newly laboratory confirmed cases of cholera in the Limpopo ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: ‘Bills burnout’: Money stress now SA’s top mental health risk
“Now it feels like a temporary rescue that lasts two or three days before debit orders clear. When households spend 30 days doing mental math just to survive, the exhaustion is carried into homes and ...
News South Africa » Limpopo » Health: Turning Plans into Protection: Improving Capacity for Better Leprosy Case Management and Mass Drug Administration in Limpopo Province of South Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Office for South Africa in collaboration with the National Department of Health (NDoH) and the Limpopo Provincial Department of Health, conducted an ...