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How Can South Africa’s Healthcare System Better Support Migrants with HIV/AIDS and TB Co-Infections?

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Bridging the Treatment Gap: Supporting Migrants with HIV/AIDS-TB Co-Infections in South Africa When Borders Become Barriers: The Silent Crisis Thirty-five-year-old Grace* travels between Zimbabwe and South Africa’s Limpopo province every three months. She works on commercial farms near Musina during harvesting seasons. Grace lives with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB), requiring consistent medication for both […]

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Are Migrant Children in South Africa Falling Through the Cracks of National Immunization Programs?

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Migrant Children and Immunisation Gaps in South Africa Opening: a worrying real-world snapshot When one thinks of immunisation in South Africa, the assumption is often that children — whoever they are — receive vaccines via the state’s well-established immunisation schedule. But for many migrant children, especially those whose parents are foreign nationals or undocumented, reality

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