Costs keep cancer drugs out of developing countries
High cancer drug prices are keeping even old treatments out of patients’ hands in countries like South Africa, Brazil and India.
Laura Lopez Gonzalez
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South Africa’s worst places to be a woman, mother
The Health Systems Trust has released its latest District Health Barometer. Health-e takes a look at some of the worst districts in South Africa to be a woman or mother.
Multidrug-resistant TB cases double
Diagnosed cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have nearly doubled globally but treatment in countries like South Africa’s is not keeping up, leaving patients to die and communities at risk, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
Government switches strategy on drugs
After years looking to curb drug demand through police work and busts, South African is moving to increase access to drug rehabilitation services - signaling a shift in the country's war on drugs.
EC Health Department “misses” deadline
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has missed a civil society deadline to release a plan to fix the province’s crumbling health services, say activists.
Child hunger risks South Africa’s future
About 2.5 million children go hungry each year in South Africa and researchers warn that today’s unmet needs will have serious consequences for tomorrow without more early childhood interventions.
How South Africa’s fight against HIV stacks up
About six million people in South Africa are living with HIV, according to UNAIDS new report. Here’s how South Africa’s HIV response stacks up against other countries.
National department of health unveils rescue plan for Eastern Cape
The national department of health has announced more than one billion rand to fix the Eastern Cape’s health system as an emergency task team unearths more problems.
First ever guidelines to manage pain in cancer patients to be released
A team of South African experts has created the country’s first guidelines for managing pain in cancer patients, due to be released early next year.
Need to rethink palliative care in South Africa
Hospice is still a place associated with HIV, cancer and death. But rising rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) may mean South Africa needs to rethink the meaning of hospice.
October deadline set for ECape health rescue plan
BHISHO - The Eastern Cape provincial government has until 12 October to formulate a plan to fix the province’s faltering health services after the province’s new Head of Health, Dr. Thobile Mbengashe, accepted a memorandum in Bhisho on Friday.
Baby’s death sparks national campaign to fix the Eastern Cape
Dr. Dingeman Rijken will always remember baby Ikho. Now, following the infant's death at the hands of a failing health system, a national campaign will ensure others don't forget him either.