Yoliswa Sobuwa
There is a group of people who have HIV, are not on treatment, yet the virus in their bodies is undetectable. This population is known as elite controllers.
In the village of kwaZangashe, residents grapple with severe delays in emergency medical services and a chronic shortage of healthcare facilities.
High risk exposure to mpox includes intimate or close contact including direct skin-to-skin.
Three separate videos taken on different days show men smoking cigarettes in full view of other patients, their visitors as well as hospital staff.
Russel Rensburg of the Rural Health Advocacy Project notes that the increased budget would not resolve the healthcare system’s funding crisis and stressed the need for effective spending oversight in provinces.
The Pretoria High Court found Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the former Gauteng mental health head Dr Makgabo Manamela liable for the deaths of ten patients.
Mpox, a viral infection causing various symptoms including rash and fever, is preventable and treatable. Vaccination is recommended only for high-risk groups, such as health workers and individuals with multiple sex partners.
The health professions council says failure to pass the board exams may imply that the quality of training the doctors got does not meet the required standards.
The South African Medical Association says it is not concerned about the personalities of those appointed to the health portfolio, but rather the addition of portfolios to an already bloated administration. Yoli
Clinics are issuing only seven days’ worth of Rifinah, a crucial TB treatment, instead of the usual month’s supply due to stock depletion at the local medical depot.
South Africa joins a growing list of countries currently facing an mpox outbreak. It’s a viral infection that spreads between people through direct contact with a person with the disease, or objects and surfaces that have been touched by a person with mpox.
Foreign-trained doctors are accusing the Health Professions Council of South Africa of discrepancies in their board exam results, with a 70% fail rate in recent exams.