Medicines go missing – and so do budgets
Budget cuts and poor financial management may be some of the culprits driving the country’s medicine stockouts.
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Widespread stock outs of HIV, TB meds ‘a national crisis’
More than ten percent of all health centres in the country have experienced stock outs of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) medicines in the last three months, jeopardising the health of millions of South African.
Double HIV, TB diagnosis depresses Vhembe man
Erick Mudanalo from Limpopo has been taking tuberculosis (TB) treatment for three years but it was his recent HIV-positive diagnosis that almost caused him to give up hope altogether.
Report: Stock outs in South Africa – a national crisis
Released by a civil society consortium, this report shows that one-in-five health centers surveyed had experienced drug shortages or stock outs recently.
One pill a day makes all the difference
In April, the Department of Health introduced South Africa’s first three-in-one fixed dose (FDC) antiretroviral (ARV). OurHealth speaks to an FDC veteran about the difference one pill can make.
One-day cervical cancer test could soon be available in South Africa
A low-cost, point-of-care test to detect cervical cancer may be available in South Africa by 2018.
Interview with Sibongile Nkosi, project manager of OurHealth
NewsMeBack citizen journalism blog interviews Health-e's OurHealth citizen journalist manager Sibongile Nkosi.
Mental health patients go without proper beds, clothes
With wards packed to capacity, some Port Elizabeth mental health patients are literally sleeping on top of each other, according to health workers who say bed shortages are just the beginning of problems plaguing mental health services.
Cancer under the covers
After the bouts of radiation and chemotherapy are over, many cancer survivors are left to face the illness' often unspoken sexual side effects in the bedroom.
Clinics may not be ready for mental health
The Department of Health is set to move mental health care out of specialised hospitals and closer to communities, but clinics may be far from ready for this
Child support grant keeps sugar daddies away
Child support grant may help protect young women from contracting HIV by keeping sugar daddies away, according to a new study released today.
South Africa gears up to tackle cancer, non-communicable diseases
For years, HIV and tuberculosis have dominated South Africa’s health care programmes but the country is looking to pay more attention to cancer and other non-communicable diseases (NDCs) with the introduction of a new national plan.
National Health Insurance pilot district business plans 2012-2014
Buisness plans from South Africa's 11 National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot districts outlining 2012/13 activities funded by the government-issued NHI conditional grant.
Vhembe school busts students for dagga
Police bust three pupils caught with dagga at Limpopo's Mamphodo Secondary School in Gumela Village.
SA Men’s Health Barometer
On Tuesday, the 19th November, as the world commemorated International Men's Day, Brothers For Life, a national campaign representing the combined efforts of over 100 organisations, released the first Men's Health Barometer.