Childhood TB cases spark calls for wider screening
One new mother’s good deed may have exposed her seven-month-old baby to tuberculosis (TB).
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Report: Joint review of HIV, TB & PMTCT programmes in South Africa
Released in Johannesburg in early April, this is the first such review of its kind in a high burden African country, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Women still falling through PMTCT cracks
South Africa has charted steady and significant decreases in mother-to-child HIV transmission rates in recent years but prevention of mother-to-child HIV (PMTCT) campaigns may still be starting HIV-positive mothers on treatment too late.
Fact sheet: Competition Commission market inquiry into the private health care sector
Released by public interest organisation Section27, this fact sheet outlines key information regarding the ongoing Competition Commission inquiry into the private health care sector.
ARV programme saves 780 000 lives
South Africa’s HIV antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programme saved 780 000 lives between 2003 and 2012, according to a recently released independent review.
Govt to protect antibiotics from overuse
The days of doctors indiscriminately dishing out broad-spectrum antibiotics may soon be over, as government moves to cut over-prescribing.
The chronic disease of addiction
A former Jouberton drug addict believes drug addiction is like a chronic disease – and experts say he is right.
Documents: SADC on TB integration, cross-border referrals
Released at a March regional meeting on tuberculosis (TB) in southern Africa's mines, these documents cover TB treatment harmonization, compensation and the economic benefits of regular TB screening of mining communities.
Family intervention saves MDR-TB patient
When drinking came between one Mpumalanga man and his tuberculosis (TB) treatment, his family stepped in. Now, he says, he has learned the importance of taking his treatment daily.
Pneumonia ‘super-bug’ causes shivers in SA
The first patient with pneumonia resistant to all antibiotics was recorded in South Africa last year, raising the terrifying possibility of a “post-antibiotic era”.
Is HIV no longer scary?
The latest national HIV survey shows plummeting condom use, increases in multiple concurrent partnerships and more boys having sex younger. Has South Africa gotten complacent about HIV?
Teenage Pregnancy: Just a little bit of fun?
Dineo Hlako is 19 years old and in matric. She is in her third trimester of her pregnancy and in the midst of writing her final matric exams. She never planned to fall pregnant while she was in school but…
Heart disease and stroke on the rise, warns report
More South Africans are dying from heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases than ever before, according to a new report.
Fighting ‘sugar daddies’ – or raising ‘sugar’ girls?
Nonhlanhla Matsunyane was in Grade 11 when a man 20 years older than her followed her to school one day. Within months, the man was providing her struggling family with groceries and money – and she was providing him with…
South Africa to move to earlier HIV treatment
It is not a matter of if South Africa will move to earlier HIV treatment, but when, says Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.