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 have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
Can rural households afford the latest high fat, low carb fad diet? One community service doctor challenges herself to bant on a budget.
More than a year after poor conditions at Lusikisiki’s beleaguered Village Clinic thrust it into national headlines, problems continue to plague the clinic.
More than 500 North West patients received health check-ups during the Klerksdorp Rotary Club's recent annual family health event.
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.
The parents of a 17-year-old boy have laid rape charges against two KaMsogwaba residents.
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.
For Hammanskraal’s Lebohang Mosupa, excitement used to come from his latest hit of nyaope. Now, the father of two is finding a much better kind of “fix” – family.
Choosing the best circumcision option for your son can be a tough decision for parents, especially if tradition says that initiation schools are the way to go.
North West parents have allegedly received anonymous messages warning them not to vaccinate their daughters against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Health officials have once again assured the public of the vaccine’s safety.
The Public Service Accountability Monitor (PSAM) at Rhodes Univeristy has released an analysis of national and provincial efforts to improve access to housing, focusing on the Eastern Cape.
Deaths among pregnant women and new mothers may finally be falling in South Africa, but the proportion of these deaths due to an age-old disease may be rising, say experts.
In February 2014, South Africa began rolling out its latest contraception and family planning guidelines.
Recently released documents outline key dates and some of the process so far in regards to the Competition Commission's market inquiry into private health care.
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