By the end of this week, 10 professional nurses and one doctor will leave Johannesburg for Sierra Leone and the front lines of the Ebola outbreak. According to the non-profit organisation Right to Care, this is the first of many teams slated to go.
When the voices stop and their thoughts become their own again, people with schizophrenia may be ready to leave psychiatric facilities - but the next step may be anyone’s guess.
As the weather heats up and families move poolside, the number of drownings are set to spike, warns private emergency medical services (EMS) company Netcare 911.
Living with the reality of being HIV positive may be daunting for adults but it can be even more terrifying for teenagers
One couple talks to Health-e News about sex after “the snip” of medical male circumcision.
No one expects children to be depressed, but what we do not expect, we do not catch, says the South African Depression and Group (SADAG).
South African companies have raised R12 million in cash and goods to assist in West Africa’s Ebola response but experts warn that more resources are needed as crucial diagnostics cost R10,000 per day.
The Department of Basic Education will spend about R18 million to deworm children in the nation’s schools starting next January.
About one in 35 South African women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes but delays in treatment may be stacking the odds of survival against them.
In the wake of World Contraception Day, Health-e News caught up with Penny Ndlhovu, a proud user of the FC2 female condom to get her thoughts about the experience.
Foreign health care workers could help fill the country’s vacant posts but a report released today shows that red tape often gets in the way.
Younger men say voluntary medical male circumcision is becoming cool among peers as the country continues rolling out new method.
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