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.
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Doctors charged with rape dies
VHEMBE. - A 43-year-old medical doctor who was arrested for raping a patient in his surgery has died.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Surviving on an empty stomach
OurHealth – Nombulelo Manala Lubhelu (45) of Lusikisiki-kwaGqwarhu location has taken the tough decision of declining lifesaving antiretrovirals (ARVs) because she is simply too poor to buy food and does not want to take her medication on an empty stomach.…
Coca-Colonisation has arrived – Noakes
Sport scientist Professor Tim Noakes continued his controversial stance yesterday, stating that dietary advice fed to the public for the last few decades are part of a conspiracy to promote higher consumption of corn-based products that are harmful to human…
Limpopo cholera outbreak under control
VHEMBE. – The Department of Health and Social Development in Limpopo is collaborating with the Zimbabwean government to curb a cholera outbreak in the region. This is according to Phuti Seloba, the spokesperson on cholera issue for the South African…
India court ruling significant for SA
A landmark decision by the Indian Supreme Court to uphold India’s Patents Act in the face of the seven-year challenge by pharmaceutical company Novartis has been hailed across the world as a major victory for access to affordable medicines in…
Push to make breast cancer a priority
A historic breakthrough. That’s how key stakeholders in breast health in South Africa described a meeting with the Health ministry on March 21, Human Rights Day. By Sue Segar The significant outcome of the meeting – attended by deputy health…
No need for swine flu panic – SA scientists
South African scientists have dismissed predictions of a possible public health emergency following reports from Australia that a small number of swine flu patients were resistant to the first-line treatment, Tamiflu. Resistance is carefully monitored in South Africa and globally…
Pensioner plagued by strange disease
VHEMBE. – The health services here has been unable to help a pensioner who is suffering from strange illness. George Mmbanguseni Munzhelele of Matshavhawe village in Dzimauli, Limpopo, is suffering from a strange illness that has been “eating” his fingers…