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Experts warn of impending crisis in health systems geared towards epidemics not diseases such as cancer.
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A new study looking at violence and sexual aggression in a Gauteng youth male correctional facility shows that many prison rapes go unreported. This makes HIV infection among rape survivors a real threat.
One of the biggest killers in Africa, but often overlooked in the age of AIDS, cancer will be the focus this week when experts gather for the 6th International Congress of African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) meeting in Cape Town.
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The Health Department has recalled millions of male condoms it supplies annually after further testing revealed even more of the barriers were of inferior quality.
Israeli doctors will be traveling to Swaziland for two week stints to assist in a mass circumcision campaign in the hope of curbing the spread of HIV. This and other stories are contained in the latest Centers for Disease Control HIV, Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention newsletter.
The credibility of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital’s management is under scrutiny, following the recent media expose’ of poor conditions in the facility’s maternity ward.
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South African scientists have made a breakthrough which could help to understand how the XDR TB strain is resistant to drugs. Read highlights from the latest CDC Prevention Update here.
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After what he calls ‘many years of government stalling’, this week the Labour Court finally heard the case of a former Mpumalanga doctor. Dr Malcolm Naude is challenging the Mpumalanga Department of Health for dismissing him, he alleges, on the grounds that he provided antiretroviral treatment to rape survivors.
The case of dismissed Mpumalanga doctor Malcolm Naude could have wide implications for all doctors working in the public sector.
South Africa’s public health crisis is deep-rooted in systemic problems and progress will require far-sighted, sustainable solutions, is the argument in Critical Health Perspectives, a publication of the People’s Health Movement. By David Pienaar.
A Mpumalanga doctor has turned to the Labour Court to challenge what he says was unfair dismissal by the Mpumalanga health department in 2001 for treating rape survivors.
Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang described as disturbing the photograph of three babies in a cardboard box at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital while the DA urged her to “look in the mirror” if she wanted to know who to blame.