TB Meningitis Archives - PatchSA https://patchsa.org/category/tb-meningitis/ People who care supporting people who care Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:45:30 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Press Release – PatchSA calls on government to implement the palliative care policy for children in need https://patchsa.org/press-release-patchsa-calls-on-government-to-implement-the-palliative-care-policy-for-children-in-need/ https://patchsa.org/press-release-patchsa-calls-on-government-to-implement-the-palliative-care-policy-for-children-in-need/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:47:42 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1256 PRESS RELEASE For children diagnosed with serious life-threatening and life-limiting illness in South Africa their families are usually shocked to discover there are so few services available to help them cope.  In 2014 South Africa was co-sponsor of a World Health Assembly Resolution calling on all member states to include palliative care within their health [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/press-release-patchsa-calls-on-government-to-implement-the-palliative-care-policy-for-children-in-need/feed/ 0 Treatable TB meningitis disables too many SA children https://patchsa.org/treatable-tb-meningitis-disables-too-many-sa-children/ https://patchsa.org/treatable-tb-meningitis-disables-too-many-sa-children/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:27:19 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1183 Children admitted to Tygerberg Children's Hospital with TB meningitis are often admitted too late to change their condition. While they are likely to survive, their chances of a normal, healthy life are dashed.  TB meningitis can be devastating for children, leading to death or permanent disability, yet the disease can be prevented and treated if caught in [...]

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