World on brink of post-antibiotic era – WHO
Resistance to common antibiotic medicine has been recorded in every region of the world, according to a report released yesterday by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Guidelines: Guidance for educators on national HPV campaign
As part of a recently introduced national campaign, the departments of health and basic education have released the following two-page document for educators.
Camp for addicts gives new sense of purpose
Thirty drug users from Mabopane, Winterveld and Garankuwa were invited to volunteer for a five-day rehabilitation camp in Heidelberg and the feedback has been encouraging.
Who to trust with my heart pains, asks confused mother
Mumu Ngcamane, 31, was diagnosed with high blood pressure when she was just 14. Seventeen years later, she still gets pains in her heart area, but her trust of health care workers has been damaged.
Singing a path to health
Five determined young men are spreading the word about HIV and tuberculosis (TB) through their music, which may be coming to a cell phone near you.
Limpopo clinics solve vaccine stock outs
Following previous OurHealth reports about vaccine stockouts in Limpopo’s Vhembe district, mothers report some stock outs may have been solved.
Hair-straightening products could pose serious health risk – UCT study
PRESS RELEASE: Dangerous concentrations of formaldehyde found in seven brands sold in SA.
Health-e nominated for African Story Challenge award
The Health-e News team’s special investigation into childhood vaccinations has been named as one the top three entries in the African Story Challenge (health category).
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).
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.