40% of W Cape high school kids smoke
A third of high school pupils in the Western Cape are using tobacco, alcohol, and dagga, a survey by the Medical Research Council (MRC) revealed.
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Malaria is not someone else’s problem, it is everyone’s
MEDIA RELEASE: This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its 'Invest in the future. Defeat malaria' campaign, says Dr Pete Vincent of Netcare Travel Clinics and Medicross Family Medical and Dental Centres. Read more here.
Community hopes SANAC meeting will strengthen commitment to HIV
GERT SIBANDE. ' In April all eyes were on Mpumalanga as the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) held its first plenary meeting for the year here.
Heavy rain affected health services
LUSIKISIKI. ' Parts of the St Elizabeth hospital here were flooded during the heavy rain the Eastern Cape experienced recently.
MSF calls for cheaper child vaccines
MEDIA RELEASE: On the eve of the high-level Global Vaccines Summit hosted by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warned that high prices for new vaccines could put developing countries in the precarious situation of not being able to afford to fully vaccinate their children in the future.
Smoking increases risk of rheumatoid arthritis
The risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increases depending on both the number of cigarettes smoked a day and the number of years a person has smoked, according to research reported in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy.
Parents educated about raising children
SOSHANGUVE. ' More than 300 Soshanguve residents recently took part in a campaign, called Raising Roots, that gives parents, grandparents and caregivers all the advice and knowledge they need to raise healthier, happier children.
Patients and health workers excited about new HIV treatment
TSHWANE. - Phedisong 4 Clinic in Ga-rankuwa was abuzz with when the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently introduce the roll-out of the new one-a-day antiretroviral treatment for HIV patients.
HIV+ mom feels ‘blessed’ with new medication
MGUNGUNDLOVU. - April marked the start of a new era for HIV positive pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. That was when the fixed dose combination pill for HIV was introduced in South Africa.
Activists demand better service
A group of about 200 activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) recently picketed at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to demand better service.
Doctors charged with rape dies
VHEMBE. - A 43-year-old medical doctor who was arrested for raping a patient in his surgery has died.
Patients fear for their health after ARV shortage
BLOEMFONTEIN ' While the rest of the country is celebrating the roll-out of a new HIV treatment, the Gabriel Dichabe Clinic has run out of antiretroviral tablets.
Dept of Health withholding National AIDS Vaccine Plan
Civil rights groups and communities have expressed their concerned about the failure of the Department of Health to release the National Aids Vaccine Strategic Plan (NAVSP) for 2013-2017.
Bara serves patients rotten food
Food services staff at Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) Hospital have claimed that patients are often served rotten and contaminated food and food preparation guidelines and menus designed by dieticians are ignored. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one CHB kitchen staff…
Hospice gives hope
OurHealth. – Tumi (not her real name) was at death’s door when her grandmother carried her on her back to the Golden Gateway Hospice in Bethlehem, in the Free State. Story by Thamsanqa Majola. “Before we took her to hospice…