Health e News
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Last week the World Health Organsiation (WHO) changed its treatment recommendations for the deadliest form of TB, drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), following South Africa’s bold decision.
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Many patients reliant on state healthcare accept that they have to go to government health clinics where they will have to queue for hours to get assistance.
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South Africa’s elderly population is growing rapidly – but state mental health care is not adequate. About 30% of adults aged 60 and older will at some stage require medication to treat mental conditions.
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A new study confirms smokers are at higher risk of oral HPV infection, which causes throat cancer.
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The country’s medicine regulatory body has developed “contingency plans” to ensure that it’s “lifesaving” mandate is not disrupted amid continued protest action at the National Department of Health’s (NDoH) headquarters.
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While health experts advise people to stick to a healthy diet, the current economic climate is making this difficult for many.
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Most sex workers hide what they do for a living from those closest to them – especially their own children, causing pain and distrust mainly because South Africa does not legitimise their work.
Discovery Health believes that the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill confirms that medical schemes will continue to exist alongside the NHI system
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This women’s month, we speak to Dlamini on her activism, feminism and her goal to see the profession of sex work decriminalised.
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A group of Tembisa women, once victims of domestic abuse, have joined together to encourage other victims and help them escape from abusive situations. Marcia Moyana writes that the Women Safety Promoters (WSP) as they call themselves, want to ensure that women from Tembisa who are victims of physical and sexual abuse receive support.
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Hospices are associated with dying, but many simply help people to cope with the pain or the psychosocial problems they are experiencing rather than preparing them to die. Health-e’s AMY GREEN reports.
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LIMPOPO – Treasury MEC Rob Tooley says effective revenue collection strategies in the Department of Health were needed as millions remained uncollected in the province.