More than half a million boys have been hospitalised due to botched traditional circumcisions since 2008, according to a new report. Released yesterday, the report says that the dangerous commercialisation of tradition is fuelling the rise of illegal initiation schools in which drug abuse and violence may be rampant.
Some people living with HIV used to take as many as six antiretroviral (ARV) pills daily. More than a year after South Africa’s introduction of a three-in-one daily ARV, patients are still raving about the convenient little pill.
South Africans consume about ten litres of alcohol per year, drinking nearly a third more than the world average. And when we drink, we drink a lot, say experts.
Hospitals turning away patients, unpaid health workers and stock outs of more more than 200 essential medicines and medical supplies – symptoms of a provincial health system that is imploding, say activists.
Our rural doctor completes her two-week budget banting challenge. See what she gained and what she lost on the diet - besides 1.7 kgs.
A dietician visits Limpopo’s Matavhela Clinic monthly to talk about diet and it is paying off, say patients and nurses.
Updated January 2013, these South African Department of Health guidelines describe the management of drug-resistant (DR), multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resisistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
Dirty nappies, dead dogs and rotting food continue to flank primary schools north east of Pretoria as the community of Stinkwater wages a never-ending war on public dumping.
Despite activists’ pleas, Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has not joined almost 800 health workers and experts in supporting the call to declare drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) a public health emergency.
Charting death and disease in rural South Africa gives our doctor-turned-blogger flashbacks as she enters her second week on Tim Noakes' banting diet on a budget.
Samuel Matebele thought his "days were over", but six-months after completing tuberculosis (TB) treatment the former farm worker from Hartebeesfontein says he is feeling good again.
South Africa may finally allow access to a cheaper form of the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) drug linezolid following the lodging of a high court case.
Antiretrovirals continue to be the most reported medicine out of stock as the civil society Stop Stock Out Project continues, write Project Coordinator Monique Lines and Medicines Sans Frontieres pharmacist Tinne Gils.
Thousands of prisoners across South Africa may have tuberculosis (TB) and have no idea, if recent studies are any indication. Now, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services (DJCS) promises an action plan to control the TB epidemic raging behind bars.
Released by the Department of Health, this 58-page guidelines cover the management of tuberculosis (TB), HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in South Africa's 242 correctional facilities.
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