Community health workers demand more pay
Hundreds of Gauteng community health workers recently protested outside Gauteng Department of Health offices to demand stipend increases, annual leave and permanent employment.
Lungi Langa
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Clinic committees idle as appointments stall
Gauteng clinic committee members say they have waited three years for the Gauteng Department of Health announce new appointments – and for the department to make good on promises of pay allegedly made by former Health MEC Hope Papo.
Ending hunger to reach MDGs
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children'€™s Fund (UNICEF) have committed to working together to reduce child stunting in Eastern and Southern Africa in an effort to reach the UN Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Green light for rapid TB test
The World Health Organisation has approved a new rapid test for Tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB that will lead to results being available within 100 minutes.
Help a phone call away for sex workers
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) and Sisonke have launched a helpline to give sex workers a voice.
Bringing hope on wings
The SA Red Cross Air Mercy Service'€™s (AMS) flying doctor initiative is bringing hope to poor patients living in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Lungi Langa of Health-e News Service recently accompanied the health workers on a flying visit to Dundee Hospital.
Rift Valley Fever spreads to the Western Cape
Despite efforts to curb the spread of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) to the Western Cape 14 live stock have died while a veterinarian is suspected to have caught the virus.
My journey to recovery
Lungi Langa, a 24 year old journalist was diagnosed with TB in October 2009. She recounts her arduous journey toward recovery in the form of a diary. Read part one.
A patient first approach towards budgeting
Patient satisfaction is first on the agenda as the Western Cape Department of Health allocates more funds to repair public hospitals.
World Cancer Day
Health-e interviewed Dr Otis Brawley, Chief Medical Officer of the American Cancer Society on the eve of World Cancer Day (February 4). Brawley discusses the challenges particular to Africa and debunks some of the myths around cancer.
Hospital hides newborn’€™s death
Coronation Hospital took more than 24 hours to tell a couple their baby was born dead '€“ then made the father sort through 40 bodies to see his little son.
Cheaper ARVs thanks to Clinton
In a massive breakthrough for poor countries struggling to meet the demand for antiretrovirals, the Clinton Foundation has signed an agreement with two key US drug companies to make HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) treatment more affordable for developing countries.