'South Africa’s health system fails women, kids'

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-08-25 00:52

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'JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Researchers for a leading international medical journal say South Africa's health system is failing women and children in particular, but that new leadership could solve many of the problems.
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Studies have shown circumcision can cut the risk of HIV infection by as much as 60 percent, and some of South Africa's neighbors have made the procedure widely available. But Motsoaledi said some in South Africa have expressed fears that men who undergo the procedure might become complacent and more likely to have unprotected sex.

Motsoaledi said circumcision as a medical intervention also would have to be explained in a way that took into account differing traditions in South Africa, where some tribes routinely circumcise young men as a rite of adulthood and others do not.'

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From: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html

Population:
Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.9% (male 7,093,328/female 7,061,579)
15-64 years: 65.8% (male 16,275,424/female 15,984,181)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 1,075,117/female 1,562,860) (2009 est.)

The M:F ratio for 15-to-64 age group is 1.02:1
The M:F ratio for 65+ age group is .69:1

And the S. African health care system is failing WOMEN AND CHILDREN?

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Submitted by mcc99 on Tue, 2009-08-25 18:33