Report: An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Drugs
Developed by the independent AIDS research and policy US-based think tank, the Treatment Action Group (TAG), the 32-page guide outlines tuberculosis (TB) drugs currently in use around the world.
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Doctors need not panic over ‘certificates of need’
Doctors do not need to panic about being forced to work in places where they do not want to, according to the Department of Health.
My friend died even though he knew about HIV
After the passing of a friend, OurHealth Tshwane citizen journalist Tshilidzi Tuwani writes about how the battle to accept our HIV statuses may go on longer than many think.
BLOG: Rural respite: Coming home
Our rural community service doctor rounds out week one of her "banting challenge" as she heads to Johannesburg for some rest and relaxation.
Randburg cancer survivor sets his sights on gold
Shaun Harris is South Africa’s fourth fastest 50m freestyle swimmer and has set his sights on gold at the 2016 Olympics just two years after beating cancer.
Raise tobacco tax to save lives
As the globe marks World No-Tobacco Day today, experts say it is time for South Africa to hike up tobacco taxes to save lives.
Report: Summary of Netcare v KPMG litigation
Section27 has summarized the first three days of litigation in case brought against auditing company KPMG in regards to its possible involvement in South Africa's Competition Commission's market inquiry into private health care.
The fat life, island style
Pacific islands famous for white sands and turquoise seas are also home to some of the fattest people in the world, according to global research released today by The Lancet medical journal.
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.
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.