Mpumalanga district holds first “pride parade”
Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande District recently made history as it held its first “pride parade” celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) communities.
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Hammanskraal communities march against nyaope
High levels of drug abuse in one Tshwane community have prompted residents, parents and community leaders to take to the streets.
Report: eHealth Strategy South Africa (2012)
This 36-page policy document outlines the Department of Health's eHealth strategy, which is set to lead the department in improving patient information systems nationwide.
Myths and dreams: The realities of epilepsy in rural South Africa
When Lusanda Ngwenya, 13, comes to – he is disorientated. He looks around at the faces of concerned family members and then becomes aware of a new pain somewhere on his body – maybe a knocked limb or a bitten tongue. He has just woken up from one of the seizures that accompany his epilepsy.
A mother’s take on medical male circumcision
Sibongile Madi talks to OurHealth citizen journalist Sphiwe Ntuli about her decision to medically circumcise her 4-year-old son.
TAC members form home-based care organisation
Member of the AIDS lobby organisation the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) have formed a home-based care organisation to help increase communities’ knowledge about HIV treatment east of Johannesburg.
Surgery the ‘only chance’ for some obese patients
Sometimes surgery is the only intervention that can save obese patients from death caused by diseases such as heart failure, strokes, diabetes and hypertension.
Voices from an epidemic
South Africa ranks among the world’s top 20 countries hit hardest by tuberculosis (TB), which remains a leading cause of death in the country. OurHealth talks to patients who have survived.
Baby allegedly stolen from Nelspruit hospital
New mothers at Nelspruit’s Rob Ferreira Hospital are on edge following the alleged abduction of a baby girl from the hospital this past weekend.
Soweto clinic hit by nationwide HIV medication stock out
Soweto’s Mofolo Clinic has been hit by a nationwide stock out of a drug needed to prevent HIV infection in babies.
Circumcision gets mobile in W Cape
Two mobile operating theatres mounted on trucks aim to bring medical male circumcision to remote villages in the Western Cape.
Paper: The broken thread – Primary health care, social justice & the dignity of the health worker
This 17-page public position paper was recently presented at a 1 September Wiser lecture by Section27 Executive Director Mark Heywood.
Free State: Postcards from a troubled province
As activists and community health workers await the verdict in a court case stemming from July protests regarding allegedly poor Free State health services, OurHealth’s Lungile Thamela speaks to Free State residents about health in the troubled province.
Wheelchair frees house-bound Jouberton woman
When Martha Bosaye was diagnosed with gangrene, her world shrunk to the confines of four walls. With a new wheelchair, Bosaye is set to feel the warmth of the sun again.
Report: Regulation of e-cigarettes and similar products
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) new report states that while e-cigarettes represent an “evolving frontier filled with promise and threat for tobacco control,” regulations are needed.