The Limpopo Department of Health handed over CT scanners to five district hospitals this week. For years patients travelled long hours and waited even longer to access just two CT scanners in the province’s public healthcare system.
A beauty pageant empowers people with disabilities to get on stage and show off their confidence. One activist says that people with disabilities need not be ashamed to speak up for themselves.
World Diabetes Day: People living with diabetes are more vulnerable to Covid-19. Yet, a healthy lifestyle and proper adherence to treatment can bring strength, as this fit and healthy schoolteacher shows.
For the last decade, Kholofelo Faith Makuwa has learned to live with the debilitating auto-immune disease, lupus. She shares her day-to-day experience with Health-e News.
The Department of Basic Education is ensuring learners and their guardians that the National School Nutrition Programme will not be disrupted if Covid-19 infections rise. Civil society organisations say that the programme is still dogged by challenges, in part due to staggered timetables.
A new comic will help learners navigate everyday life during the Covid-19 pandemic and understand critical public health messages. The comic book also emphasises the needs of children with special needs.
To mark World Stroke day, a father of three hopes his illness and resulting shift to a healthy lifestyle will inspire others to prevent strokes.
Working as a security guard, Tahulela Patient Lehaha saved up enough to pursue her passion for nursing. Today, she specialises in oncology, using her role to raise awareness about cancer.
As the world marks Global Handwashing Day in the midst of a pandemic, experts encourage parents to teach children about the importance of handwashing with soap.
Letlhogonolo Modise was a teenager when she suffered a stroke. On her journey to recovery and independence, Modise wants to create a community of survivors.
Many schools are using a rotating class timetable to ensure social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. This measure, however, means that thousands of learners are missing out on a meal.
With almost 35 million infected by the virus and over one million deaths around the world, the Covid-19 has spread in different ways across various counties, says WHO. The national response has a lot to do with this.
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