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Gauteng doubles HIV treatment numbers

Health, Health Systems, Women's Health

Gauteng’s HIV treatment programme is flourishing, and the province has more than doubled the number of adults on antiretroviral (ARV) medication in a single year.

kerrycullinan
October 29, 2013

KwaZulu-Natal charts gains in HIV despite massive burden

Health

KwaZulu-Natal continues to battle high HIV rates but some districts are managing to keep up with high infection rates, according to the new District Health Barometer.

kerrycullinan
October 29, 2013

Report: 2013 District Health Barometer

Health

Health Systems Trust's latest District Health Barometer, which provides district-level statistics on indicators such as maternal mortality, childhood immunisations and cervical cancer screening.

healthe
October 28, 2013

Cigarette firm pulls ‘racist’ monkey ads, but branding stays

Health

A South Korean tobacco company is pulling an advertising campaign depicting African tobacco farmers as monkeys after complaints of racism. However, similar imaging on the cigarette packs will remain.

wilmastassen
October 28, 2013

Report: Abandoned in Agony – Cancer & the struggle for pain treatment in Senegal

Health

Only 200 of an estimated 70 000 patients with conditions causing them chronic pain receive morphine treatment in the West African country of Senegal.

healthe
October 28, 2013

Daughter gives mom strength to keep fighting

Health, Women's Health

When single mum Colleen Arumugam was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, her young daughter became her rock.

wilmastassen
October 25, 2013

Policy: South Africa’s Integrated School Health Programme

Health, Health Systems

Introduced in 2012, the policy aims to strengthen the country's school health services and forms the basis of South Africa's Integrated School Health Programme.

healthe
October 24, 2013

Multidrug-resistant TB cases double

Health

Diagnosed cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have nearly doubled globally but treatment in countries like South Africa’s is not keeping up, leaving patients to die and communities at risk, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.

lauralopez
October 24, 2013

Proposed tobacco regulations more than “smoke and mirrors”

Health, Health Systems

Health-e journalist Wilma Stassen responds to a recent News24 column and argues science backs proposed regulations curbing the amount of tobacco you see at the tills.

wilmastassen
October 23, 2013

WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2013

Health

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease. Of these 1.3 million deaths, about 320,000 were among people living with HIV.

healthe
October 23, 2013

Community health workers strike for better working conditions

Health Systems, Our Health

Lack of payment recently prompted Gauteng community health workers to protest, marking at least the second such action in three years.

lungilethamela
October 23, 2013
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The long road to childhood cancer treatment

Health

Thousands of children develop cancer in South Africa every year, but scarce facilities and delayed diagnosis mean the odds are stacked against many.

healthe
October 23, 2013

Standerton TB Hospital’s kitchen burns

Health, Health Systems, Our Health

A fire in the kitchen of the Standerton TB hospital has rendered the kitchen unusable and there's no indication of how long it will be before it is returned to working order.