May celebrations honour nurses with heart
Every May, the world marks International Nurses Day. We take a look at how the Free State and Northern Cape said “thank you” to South Africa’s nurses.
‘Unbearable’ Northern Cape clinic gets cleaner after almost a year
One Northern Cape clinic recently spent months without a cleaner, forcing nurses to trade their stethoscopes for mops. Now, the Northern Cape Department of Health has stepped in to help.
Cancer an unknown killer in rural South Africa
For many women in rural areas, cancer remains a killer and some say they knew too little to see the dreaded diagnosis coming.
Nurses forced to clean clinic after hours
Clean enough to eat off the floors is how some people would expect a clinic to be, but in one Northern Cape clinic this is far from the reality.
Home HIV testing gets the green light
Pharmacists can sell take-home HIV testing kits, according to Pharmacy Council of South Africa Registrar and CEO Amos Masango.
Antiretroviral theft hits Northern Cape clinic
Thieves recently broke into a Douglas clinic, making off with stocks of antiretrovirals (ARVs) and the clinic computer.
People living with mental disorders uncounted, at risk
In some corners of South Africa, those living with mental disorders are still tied to trees and denied food by the very people meant to protect them – their families. As mental illness remains shrouded in stigma, real questions remain about where South Africa is in the fight for better mental health
Raw sewage plagues Douglas man
April Eiland claims his home in Douglas outside of Kuruman is plagued almost daily by horrid smells emanating from blocked sewers and he claims the Siyancuma Local Municipality has done nothing to fix the problem since he first reported it last year.
Douglas clinic gets new nurses following shortage
Douglas patients in the Northern Cape have welcomed two new nurses for the town’s Breipaal Clinic after a previous staff shortage led to long queues and patients being turned away.
Church leaders asked to preach health from the pulpit
Community health care workers and religious leaders in Douglas, Northern Cape have joined hands to help improve health care and education in the community.
Prison’s long shadow: Stigma haunts former convicts
The suicide of an ex-prisoner, who was allegedly stigmatised in his community because of his conviction, has left his mother reeling. A Northern Cape social worker has now called on communities to stop discriminating against those who have served their time for their crimes.