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Nurses Should Be Backbone of ARV Treatment
by Kristin Palitza DURBAN, Apr 2 (IPS) – Effectively scaling up South Africans’ access to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment will require decentralisation of health services from hospitals to clinics and allowing nurses to manage and eventually to initiate ARV treatment and care. Doctors, researchers and activists…
Author: Inter Press Service
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Refugees moved from pillar to post
JOHANNESBURG – Some lie awkwardly splayed on the stairs while others sleep in a neat row outside a church in Johannesburg from where Zimbabwean refugees will soon find themselves having to relocate again. The Methodist Church, in the city centre, has long been a popular…
Author: Money Biz
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Lawyers fight to improve refugee facility
by Zelda Venter Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) are to approach the Pretoria High Court in a bid to force the government to improve conditions at a holding facility for refugees in Musina, or have it closed down. This follows the outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe,…
Author: Pretoria News
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Traditional leaders slam constitution
Original Source By Xolani Mbanjwa South Africa’s world-revered constitution has come under fire from traditional leaders at the National Heritage Council (NHC) conference in Pretoria. They believe the constitution has protected the rights of the minority groups such as gays and lesbians while disregarding the…
Author: Pretoria News (South Africa)
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Continent Must Reinforce Human Rights, Ubuntu
Original Source BuaNews (Tshwane) By Nthambeleni Gabara Pretoria There is a need to look at the human rights discourse and the African belief system in a complementary light, according to the National Heritage Council (NHC). Speaking at the two-day national debate to address African cultural…
Author: BuaNews (South Africa)
