“Stop & go” HIV treatment sabotage
Eastern Cape citizen journalist Mtshana Mvilisi presents the first in a series of regular columns and says HIV-positive people are taking dangerous gambles with drug resistance.
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“My worst fears had come true”- a young person’s rendezvous with Covid-19
With South Africa's Covid-19 cases nearing the 900 000 mark, Health-e News virtually sat down with a graduate student from the University of Cape Town (UCT). lance-selae august recently tested positive for COVID-19 despite taking necessary precautions.
“Atrocious management” behind the high rate of medical negligence in Gauteng
In Gauteng, poor management and resource shortages in public healthcare are blamed for the high number of medical negligence cases.
‘Patients default because of nurses’
LUSIKISIKI. - Makazi Damane is a 42-year-old Lusikisiki man living at the low-income housing scheme in at Joe Slovo. He was diagnosed with HIV and started antiretroviral treatment in 2006, but from 2010 have been going on and off of treatment.
‘Doctors left scissors inside me,’ claims EC woman after operation
Nomveliso Nqketho is seeking answers after surgical scissors were allegedly left inside her during an emergency operation.
‘A step in the right direction’ – 13 private hospitals announced as Covid-19 vaccination sites
The private hospitals are located in all nine provinces and will vaccinate their own staff as well as healthcare workers in other hospitals in the area.
New study links visual cognition and poor air quality
Poor air quality is linked to impaired visual cognition in infants during the first two years of life. This is according to a study by the University of East Anglia (UAE) in the United Kingdom (UK). The study revealed that…
[Updated] Treatment Action Campaign faces closure
After almost two decades spent fighting for HIV treatment and access to medicines, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) may close its doors due to a severe funding shortage.
[Updated] National Health Insurance chance to improve quality
The public has until 31 May* to comment on the NHI White Paper, but the response has been muted. Yet the NHI provides an opportunity to improve quality and address the lack of health workers, writes Section27's Sasha Stevenson.
[Updated] Documentary premiere: Dying in our homes
Amid a dire shortage of ambulances in the Eastern Cape patients’ lives are at risk as many calls for help go unanswered. A new Health-e News documentary, Dying In Our Homes, reveals the impact on the lives of rural families.
Zille enters NHI debate
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille enters the National Health Insurance debate in her weekly newsletter South Africa Today. She argues that NHI would deepen the failure of public health and reduce the benefits of private health.
Youth development programme used to build houses
EASTERN CAPE - Youth volunteers have helped build over 30 homes for destitute beneficiaries over the past month in a project aimed at skills development in Pungulelweni village, Ntabankulu, in the Eastern Cape.
Youth demand condoms and sanitary pads
Young people hijacked Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi’s address to the AIDS2016 plenary this morning, demanding that he accept a declaration advocating for condoms and sanitary pads in schools.
Young, rural teachers most at risk
Thousands of teachers have been lost to HIV. An HSRC study has revealed the extent of the epidemic among educators and has called for 10 000 to be placed on anti-retroviral treatment with immediate effect.
Young people shun contraceptives
EASTERN CAPE - Despite ongoing campaigns and intervention programmes promoting safe sex, contraceptive use remains a controversial issue for South African youth.