AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoNewborn Safety: A baby girl found alive in a shopping bag in a Verulam bush was in good health. Child-welfare officials urged mothers in crisis to seek help at a hospital, clinic, police station or child-protection organisation rather than abandon a baby. Food Insecurity: Household hunger reached a 15-year high in 2025, with 12% of households reporting hunger, the South African Food Security Index says. Rising costs for housing, electricity and transport are squeezing budgets for nutritious food. Cervical Cancer: A mobile clinic in Bushbuckridge is offering rapid HPV screening and same-day treatment for precancerous lesions, building on South Africa’s vaccination drive to prevent the disease. Blood Supplies: SANBS says national stocks have fallen to just 4.2 days’ cover and is urging people to donate. Medicine Safety: Police warned against buying medicines from street vendors after a Nyanga seller was arrested with expired products. Local Manufacturing: Ramaphosa visited a FuturePharma facility as government pushes to expand pharmaceutical production in South Africa.
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