Health e News
- ///Our Health
Most people know junk food is unhealthy – but they still eat it. Health-e News spoke to some residents of Flagstaff in the Eastern Cape to find out about their sugary habits.
- ///News
There is a risk that the Health Market Inquiry’s recommendations on the private health sector will be disregarded by government as they do not align with the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, warn health activists. But are the two mutually exclusive? And what are the government’s plans? HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green finds out.
- ///Our Health
When I was 14 I got involved with a boy who was four years older than me. At that time I knew very little about dating and sex because my parents did not talk to me about such things.
- ///Our Health
As malaria season approaches the Limpopo Department of Health aims to disinfect a million houses in the province.
- ///News
The Eastern Cape Department of Education has uncovered a cheque fraud syndicate that targets schools in Alfred Nzo municipality.
- ///News
Witnesses of the fire that tore through a building in downtown Johannesburg on Wednesday watched in horror as firefighter fell to his death from the 23rd floor.
- ///News
While the Gauteng government investigates corruption in the running of its food banks, those who rely on these banks are going hungry.
- ///News
A former drug dealer and addict wants to build a rehabilitation centre to help other addicts. Thabang Maphori (29) from Lebowakgomo Zone A in Limpopo told Health-e News that his four-year battle with drugs nearly destroyed his life.
- ///News
Tobacco companies are thriving in Africa due to weak anti-tobacco and tax laws, and tobacco use has increased by 44 percent between 1990 and 2012.
- ///Our Health
Every year thousands of South Africans sustain burn injuries from fire, steam, boiling water and chemicals. Many victims are left dejected and feel they have no hope of living a normal life.
- ///Our Health
Mbizana, Eastern Cape – For 40 years patients at the Khanyayo Clinic have been treated in the same consulting room with little privacy – but thanks to a public-private partnership the clinic has received two extra consulting rooms.
- ///Our Health
The young people of Kwa Nkcele in Lusikisiki say they are tired of receiving certificates that are not worth the paper they’re written on. They say the skills the Eastern Cape Department of Social Development offer have no value because they don’t lead to jobs.