Regulating Traditional Healers
About 200 000 traditional healers serve at least 70 percent of South Africans who consult them regularly. Health-e News Service looks at new legislation that will soon regulate this industry.
Kanya Ndaki
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Community service for nurses ‘€“ easier said than done
January 2005 is the target date for the introduction of community service
for nurses - but there is still much to be done for the Department of Health
to meet its deadline and accommodate the more than 1 000 newly qualified
nurses who are due to enter the health system next year.
Mpumalanga ‘€“ Turning the Corner
Mpumalanga province'€™s health department, once viewed as corrupt and inept, is experiencing a healthy revival.
Hope rests with young teens
Although one in 10 South African youths aged between 15 and 24 is HIV
positive, 96 percent of 15 year olds are HIV negative.
Risky Business ‘€“ SA Youth and HIV/AIDS
The largest representative survey of South African youth aged between 15 and
24 shows that by the age of 23, one in five South African youth are HIV
positive. The research also confirms findings from the government's 2002
ante-natal clinic survey as well as the HSRC survey of 2002 that HIV
prevalence in this age group appears to be stabilizing.
SA youth in denial about HIV risk
More than 60 percent of youth who tested HIV positive in the largest survey
ever of South Africans aged between 15 and 24 said that they believed that
they were at low risk of contracting the virus.
Forced sex fuelling HIV epidemic
The largest representative sample of South African youth ever conducted has
found that almost one third of sexually experienced women reported that they
did not want to have their first sexual encounter and that they had been
coerced into having sex.
North-West Province ‘€“ Distance and Delivery
With serious staff shortages and a rural population of up to 65 percent, bringing health to the people of the North West Province is no easy job.