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South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got […]

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Cornwall’s Scary Little Girls theatre group awarded £18,000

Caroline Robinson BBC News, South West BBC Artistic director Rebecca Mordan said it was about representing the voices of women A theatre company working in Cornwall has been awarded almost £20,000 to tell under-represented stories of women’s experiences of menopause. Members of Scary Little Girls said they had been awarded the money to help them

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Gemma Collins’ weight-loss drug Instagram post banned

Gemma Collins’ weight-loss drug Instagram post banned

An Instagram post by TV personality Gemma Collins which advertised a weight-loss drug and app has been banned. The star posted: “I’m starting this year two sizes down, thanks to Yazen’s weight loss app and medication”. It is illegal to advertise prescription-only weight loss drugs and Ms Collins’ was one of nine adverts banned in

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South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

Cheltenham support group for mums from different ethnicities

Maisie Lillywhite BBC News, Gloucestershire Nicky Price BBC Radio Gloucestershire Carolyn Nansubuga Carolyn Nansubuga said she felt like she did not fit in at other groups A weekly group aimed at supporting mothers from different ethnicities will launch after one mum said she “never fitted in” at other groups. Carolyn Nansubuga, a Cheltenham mother-of-four, attended

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South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

Women’s health campaigners want results for pelvic mesh victims

Harriet Heywood BBC News, Cambridgeshire BBC Pelvic mesh was used to give weak or damaged tissue extra support and treat incontinence in women for many years A woman has criticised the government for “dragging its feet” when it came to making reforms for women harmed by pelvic mesh implants. Five years ago, the Cumberlege First

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South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

The doctor fighting for women’s health on Ukraine’s front line

Serhii Baksheiev Dr Baksheiev has carried out over 1,000 gynaecological examinations in his mobile ambulance since 2022 In a rural village close to the Ukrainian front line, a group of women queue quietly outside a purple and white ambulance, waiting to be seen by a doctor with his shaved head dyed the blue and yellow

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