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Health-e News Service currently runs a citizen journalist programme in South Africa’s 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts and we’re looking for new journalists for the team.
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Health Systems Trust’s latest District Health Barometer, which provides district-level statistics on indicators such as maternal mortality, childhood immunisations and cervical cancer screening.
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Only 200 of an estimated 70 000 patients with conditions causing them chronic pain receive morphine treatment in the West African country of Senegal.
Introduced in 2012, the policy aims to strengthen the country’s school health services and forms the basis of South Africa’s Integrated School Health Programme.
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem. In 2012, an estimated 8.6 million people developed TB and 1.3 million died from the disease. Of these 1.3 million deaths, about 320,000 were among people living with HIV.
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Thousands of children develop cancer in South Africa every year, but scarce facilities and delayed diagnosis mean the odds are stacked against many.
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A more accurate test that enables pregnant women to test their foetuses for Down syndrome without the risk of miscarriage is now available in South Africa.
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The results of a 2011/12 snap shot survey on community drug use in South Africa. The study was conducted among about 7,800 participants.
Issued by the Department of Health, the strategy aims to address the seven major problem areas identified during recent national consultations.
Women Deliver founder Jill Sheffield and Sonke Gender Justice Network’s Remmy Shawa write about South Africa’s role in empowering the world’s largest generation of young people.
Airing this Sunday on SABC 3’s Special Assignment, Health-e’s latest documentary exposes South Africa’s serious lack of mental health facilities.
Glenda Venn’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2011, but she found comfort in the company of others also battling the disease.