Limpopo: An 18-year-old from rural Limpopo says she was denied
Health-e News is a non-profit health newsroom, reporting on the health issues that affect the millions who depend on public healthcare. We put patients and communities at the centre of every story. Read our work for free. Share it widely. Support it if you can.
LATEST
Grassroots Social Determinants of Health Reporting Project, funded by Tekano
NEWS
Mother faces daily struggle for survival as food prices skyrocket
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Patricia Maluleke* is fraught with worry. The unemployed 29-year-old from Thohoyandou, in Limpopo, recently had a baby girl and it’s been a struggle. “My daughter is only four-months old, but I am already facing uncertainty whether I will be able to provide her with healthy nutritious food when she turns
Moretele drug action committee met with mixed reactions
Precious Mashiane
Residents in Moretele local municipality in the North West are optimistic about efforts to address drug abuse and the issues associated with it. This follows the launch of the Moretele local drug action committee. Municipalities around the country have adopted local drug action committees as part of the national drug
Deaf people need sign language interpreters in therapy or counselling. But very few are trained
Lilita Gcwabe
South Africa has limited – almost non-existent – mental health services for Deaf people. Before a Deaf person can access counselling or therapy, a sign language interpreter must be arranged. This introduces an additional barrier to mental healthcare. “Often the issue is who should pay for the interpreter – the
Women living on streets struggle to get basic health services
Lilita Gcwabe
“Most of the times when I, or a friend, went to a clinic the healthcare workers didn’t want to help us because of the way we smelled or how we looked,” Chantel Sampson recalls. In 2018, the 42-year-old lived on the streets of Cape Town. As an unhoused person, Sampson
It’s a wait and hope for thousands of people in need of life-saving organs
Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
Waiting and hoping. That is how critically ill, 44-year old Guy Read has spent the past four years. Read, who suffers from a kidney disease, has been on the waiting list for a transplant for four years now. He is yet to find a matching donor. “Over the past few
NEWS
MULTIMEDIA
What should your medicines cost?
Did you know that medicine prices are regulated in South Africa?
Disclaimer: The medicine price registry was developed by OpenUp. Health-e News does not maintain the registry, so unfortunately, we are unable to respond to queries.
Check Medicine PricesOPINION
FEATURES
MOST READ
Limpopo teen says religious objection at clinic drove her to unsafe abortion
Safer sex, limited choices – Female condoms are scarce while tongue and finger condoms remain hard to find
Community health organisations and activists say female condoms are scarce,
Op-ed: SA government’s delay in Intellectual Property reform 12 years after dangerous ‘PharmaGate’ plot
To protect people’s right to healthcare, the South African government