Huge herpes infections in women with HIV
Almost 90 percent of HIV-positive pregnant women are also infected with herpes, according to the recently released shock results of a government survey.
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Report: South Africa’s 2012 national antenatal HIV survey
Recently released by the National Department of Health, the survey shows that about a third of pregnant women in the country are living with HIV.
BLOG: Am I excreting butter?
Our rural community service doctor is well into her first week on Tim Noakes' Banting diet as she deals with life and death in the maternity ward.
BLOG: An out-of-body experience
Our rural doctor takes a break from blogging about banting to relive the heartache and trauma of coming face-to-face with infant mortality in rural South Africa.
Beating hypertension, fighting high food prices
A stoke left her half paralysed and unable to speak properly but ten months later, Elsie Malaza is determined to walk the road to recovery.
BLOG: With enough butter, anything is good
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do the latest high fat, low carb diet on a rural family's average food budget?
Report: The Lancet’s Every Newborn series
Released by the medical journal, The Lancet, the "Every Newborn" series examines the largest risks to mothers and newborns across the world - and what could be done to save 3 million lives annually.
Can this man save E. Cape’s OR Tambo District?
OR Tambo is one of the country’s worst performing health districts. A new man has taken the reigns as district manager and hopes his track record of transforming Khayelitsha can help him turn OR Tambo around.
Doctors cure cancer with measles
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
BLOG: Banting on a Budget
Can rural households afford the latest high fat, low carb fad diet? One community service doctor challenges herself to bant on a budget.
Temporary clinic leaves patients soggy
More than a year after poor conditions at Lusikisiki’s beleaguered Village Clinic thrust it into national headlines, problems continue to plague the clinic.
Health workers volunteer for health
More than 500 North West patients received health check-ups during the Klerksdorp Rotary Club's recent annual family health event.
New birth control hits mark with Mpumalanga women
South Africa’s first under-the-skin birth control implant is leading some Mpumalanga women to trade traditional birth control shots for the three-year implants.
Two men accused of raping boy
The parents of a 17-year-old boy have laid rape charges against two KaMsogwaba residents.
Report: Global status report on alcohol and health 2014
Produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the report confirms high levels of alcohol abuse but also positive policy moves spearheaded by the government's Inter-Ministerial Committee.