Caregivers start cleaning children’s teeth from the age of two. From four to six, kids should be taught to brush their teeth in circular motions by themselves, with an adult supervising.
Elderly women who received the first roll-out of HIV treatment in 2005 and who are still alive have been “swallowed” by the healthcare system, with little long-term support available.
In these southern Johannesburg communities, PrEP users are quietly trading pills amongst themselves.
Patients says Finetown clinic is severely understaffed, claiming only two nurses work in acute care.
Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes don’t occur in Gauteng, thus people infected with malaria cannot pass the disease on to others.
Over the past two years, her mobility has become severely impaired; she uses a chair or broomstick for support and balance.
Sondezi says she begins each shift with gratitude to God, having previously battled severe illness that once affected her work.
About 14 million people went to bed hungry in 2024.
Many children are eating sweets, snacks, sugary drinks and other processed food from a young age.
When Health-e News visited Frontline Hyper last week, the shelves and fridges still held rotten, stale and expired food.
Although repairs were reportedly completed in early January, hot water has still not been restored at Pholosong.
Volunteers spent hours moving heavy rocks to create a crossing over a sewage-contaminated river.
Learners at high schools around Finetown and Lenasia in the south of Johannesburg are using leftover cooking oil to add flavour to their school nutrition programme lunch. Some children have been eating this residue for more than five years in…
An estimated 3 500 patients who visit Phuthanang Clinic in Tsakane each month are forced to seek medical care at other clinics. This comes after the City of Ekurhuleni temporarily reassigned health workers from Phuthanang to nearby facilities following a…
a pregnant woman tried to register as a patient in the facility’s antenatal care using a South African ID with a photo that didn’t match her face.
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