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What Are the Cross-Border Health Coordination Challenges Between South Africa and Neighboring SADC Countries?

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Breaking Down Borders, Building Health Systems: The Cross-Border Coordination Crisis in Southern Africa Introduction: When Borders Become Barriers to Health Maria, a 34-year-old Mozambican mother living in Nkomazi, South Africa, discovered she was HIV-positive during antenatal care. Immediately, healthcare workers started her treatment. However, when she returned to Mozambique for a family emergency three months […]

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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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What Are the Ethical and Policy Implications of Excluding Non-Citizens from Food Security Interventions in South Africa?

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Excluding Non‑Citizens from Food Security in South Africa: Ethics and Policy Opening — A Case of Silent Hunger In late 2023, a family of Zimbabwean migrants living in a Johannesburg township reached out to a local NGO. The mother described how, after losing her informal‑sector job, her children went hungry for days because food parcels

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