Patients in some parts of Johannesburg have had to wait up to a month for vital tests results as the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) swtiched to a new system, according to Soweto patients.
Issued by the Department of Health, the strategy aims to address the seven major problem areas identified during recent national consultations.
Vhembe - A man from Tshithuthuni village hanged himself from the roof of the house he was building with his wife after discovering that he was HIV-positive.
Lindokunhle Zwane, 7, was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) two years ago and is now battling multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
Causing cataracts to cancer, smoking can affect every part of your body - see how in this graphic.
Airing this Sunday on SABC 3’s Special Assignment, Health-e’s latest documentary exposes South Africa’s serious lack of mental health facilities.
The province’s Msukaligwa Municipality introduces its first 19 Ward AIDS Councils.
Nurses from Limpopo’s Guyuni clinic took time off from the clinic to talk to young men in Helula village about medical male circumcision.
When Gugulethu Ngobeni was pregnant with her second child, she didn’t know alcohol could harm her baby. Now she and her husband wish they’d done things differently.
South African women are more likely than men to use smokeless tobacco, according to research. OurHealth talks to three women about their addictions.
Glenda Venn’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2011, but she found comfort in the company of others also battling the disease.
Nearly two-thirds of young children in low- and middle-income countries can identify cigarette brand logos, according to new research.
Police and community member are looking to get students on the right side of the fight against drugs, nyope and alcohol.
New research finds high rates of smokeless tobacco use among young South African women, who may be just as likely as those that experiment with cigarettes to become regular smokers.
Published for public comment on 20 September 2013, these norms and standards govern areas such as port health, water quality monitoring and hazardous materials management.
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