School social workers are the go-to resource for public schools to refer cases of children struggling with learning, behavioural concerns and other mental health conditions.
South Africa’s progress on reducing preterm births has stagnated over the past decade. In 2020, 1.2 million babies were born in South Africa. Thirteen percent (154 800) were preterm or born too soon. South Africa is among the top five…
Victoria Satchwell was desperate when she called the fifth pharmacist asking them to dispense abortion pills for an almost 10-week pregnant client. The woman is a 19-year-old rape victim living in Vredefort, a small farming town in the Free State.…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Molly Grieves, 47, has struggled to find work for years, but a month ago she was hired as an intern cleaner at the Helen Joseph Hospital through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP). The EPWP is…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Shay Richard, 16, was not expecting much the first time she used Vive Teens, an AI-driven wellness app. Richard was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in 2019 when she was 13 years old. Today she is…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Healthcare workers (HCWs) say targeted programmes to destigmatise mental illnesses and support mental health among HCWs after the COVID-19 pandemic is needed more than ever. They stress the need to debunk the stereotype that HCWs are…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang South Africa is edging closer to eradicating malaria but experts warn that drug resistance now poses a significant challenge to progress made in the last twenty years. The World Malaria Report 2022 confirms South Africa recorded…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Policies without adequate funding will have no impact on improving mental health services in South Africa. Mental health medical practitioners and advocates warn the newly approved National Mental Health Policy Framework and Strategic Plan 2023-200 will…
By Hannah Zhihan Jiang Recently the medical emergency unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) was unable to provide meals to all their patients. Bafana Tshabalala, a registered nurse at the unit told Health-e News that on the worst…
One challenge is treatment fatigue for HIV patients who have been on ART for close to or more than 20 years.
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