MDR TB on the rise worldwide
Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is at the highest rate ever seen in the world, according to the largest ever survey on drug resistant TB.
Anso Thom
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Inequity increases in the Western Cape
The Western Cape has the best socio-economic development in the country with over 98 percent of people accessing piped water. However the inequity within the province has increased over the last year.
Mpumalanga still lagging behind
Although primary health care expenditure in Mpumalanga has doubled to R189 per person over the past four years, it is still the lowest in South Africa.
Slight improvement in TB Cure rate for Northern Cape
The Northern Cape has the lowest population density of all the provinces and contains just over two percent of the country's population.
Increase in health care spending for Free State but low utilization
Almost half of the Free State's three million people live in households that survived on less than R800 per month in 2005.
Little progress in Limpopo Province
Limpopo is the poorest of all provinces with almost seven out of 10 households living on less than R800 per month. Most of the districts in this northern province fall into the two lowest (worst) socio-economic quintiles in South Africa.
Govt will continue to adapt WHO guides, says Xundu and minister
South Africa's health department will continue to adapt the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on the prevention of mother to children transmission (PMTCT) 'to suit the national situation'.
TB is a ‘human disgrace’
Africa will not achieve the United Nations-set sixth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halting and reversing the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) by 2015.
Govt finally introduces AZT for HIV+ mothers
After years of stalling and much criticism from the HIV/AIDS sector, the Policy Committee of the National Health Council on Friday finally adopted new guidelines for the prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT).
Revised PMTCT guidelines by Friday
New guidelines to prevent HIV positive mothers from infecting their babies will finally be put to the National Health Council on Friday ' at least a month behind schedule.
Nqileni: The E Cape village that fell off the map
There are no services in Nqileni Village in the Eastern Cape and kids are dying from drinking contaminated water. But a conditional grant for the district was returned untouched to the Treasury
Lodge is the only source of hope and jobs
Bulungula Lodge offers a sustainable way of life within a tight community.