Private hospitals “import” nurses from India
A private hospital group is recruiting professional nurses from India to work in its Western Cape intensive care unit wards where the shortage is most critical.
Anso Thom
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Reaching out to farm workers
With the introduction of antiretroviral medicine, many of hospice'€™s patients now have cancer not AIDS.
No ARVs in Graaff-Reinet
Many HIV positive residents in the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet are dying as the province'€™s HIV clinic continues to delay dispensing antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Hospital not coping with MDR TB increase
Brooklyn Chest Clinic is unable to cope with the increase in patients with multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extreme drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis, and Western Cape health workers are calling for patients to be treated in the community.
State urged to settle in court case
The Treatment Action Campaign has publicly called on the deputy president and the acting health minister to settle the court case involving the civil society Aids group, doctors, government and vitamin salesman Matthias Rath.
TB cure rate poor in SA
South Africa is one of the top 10 countries in terms of its TB burden, according to the World Health Organisation. The country also fares poorly when considering its cure rate.
Only 3% of mothers getting grant are teens
There is no evidence that shows South African teenage girls are deliberately having children in order to access the Child Support Grant (CSG), according to a report by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
Free State targets primary health care
The Free State has more than doubled its expenditure on Primary Health Care (PHC) from R91 per patient in 2001 to R221.
Northern Cape battles to control TB
With a surface area covering one third of South Africa and yet only one million residents (2% of the country'€™s population), the Northern Cape should rank high in the healthcare stakes considering the small number of inhabitants it serves.
Limpopo still struggling
Plagued by poverty, drought, inadequate access to basic services and huge inequities, Limpopo faces enormous hurdles in bringing health to its 5,8-million inhabitants.
Promising HIV vaccine trial in SA
An HIV vaccine, which has shown promise internationally, will be tested in the largest vaccine trial in South Africa to date.
Eastern Cape limps along
Home to the poorest districts in the country, the Eastern Cape health system continues to be plagued by huge staff shortages, poor management and weak primary care.