Linda Pretorius
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- Sep 15, 2026
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- Jul 14, 2026
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Childbirth abuse is rife. So why don’t we see it? (opens the original)
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An online training course on respectful maternity care — which may become compulsory for all staff working with pregnant women — is set to be launched on September 22 on the health department’s Knowledge Hub platform, says the health department. The course consists of three lessons, which include embedded videos, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to complete, says Fikile Ndlovu, the deputy director-general for maternal health. Health workers will be able to complete it on their own time, at
The 15 best — and worst — districts in South Africa to give birth (opens the original)
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Twenty-nine. That’s how many babies died in public hospitals in South Africa every day in 2024 before they were one-month old, figures from the latest District Health Barometer, released at the end of April, show. It’s a total of 10,560 newborns who died that year. The statistic is one of 11 others being tracked as a measure of how well the public health system is doing when it comes to caring for pregnant women and young children, together with the number of women dying during pregnancy or chil
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