Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says he plans to appoint a regulatory body that will ensure that hospitals comply with set requirements to be accredited as suitable facilities under the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system.
Efforts to encourage communities to vaccinate their pets against rabies are continuing in most parts of Soweto. The past two months have seen Johannesburg residents in a frenzy after a rabies outbreak that has already claimed the lives of two young girls.
Leukaemia, a blood cancer once considered deadly, can now be treated and managed well but, like any other cancer, it requires intensive treatment early enough, coupled with a good support structure. A survivor, Zuki Mokwebo, shares her story.
It'€™s estimated that about 55 000 people die of rabies in Africa and Asia every year and over half a million animals die as a result of rabies.
Retaining health workers in rural facilities remains a major challenge facing South Africa and other developing nations. But, some success stories have emerged from a few rural areas.
People taking life-long antiretroviral therapy have been left stranded and are being forced to skip crucial treatment as the public sector strike continues.
The public servants'€™ strike has left patients high and dry as services have shut down and patients are being turned away from hospitals. A visit to the Sebokeng Hospital in the Vaal proved just that.
Health-e News Service visited Middelburg, in the Eastern Cape, and saw how children suffer and are forced to fend for themselves as their parents live under the spell of alcohol abuse.
Women leaders in South Africa have hailed the outcome of a microbicide gel study, saying it will help protect women who can'€™t negotiate safe sex with their partners against HIV infection.
This being National Immunisation Week, we focus on a vaccine for pneumonia, one of the illnesses that target children, and is responsible for the majority of infant morbidity and mortality rates.
Every 17 seconds a woman is raped in South Africa. According to the South African Police Services'€™ 2006 rape statistics, close to 55 000 women reported being raped that year. But how many more rapes go unreported, and why?
Twenty-five percent of all women can develop some kind of vaginal infection. This is according to specialists, who say thrush and bacterial vaginosis are the most common. But, the majority of women are too ashamed to consult their doctors and would prefer to self-medicate, which may aggravate the infection.
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