As part of the country'€™s effort to roll out medical male circumcision in a bid to reduce HIV infection among men, the Gauteng Health Department has set itself a target to circumcise about 125 000 men by March next year.
Every electoral ward is set to have a primary health care, nurse-driven team established as part of the National Health Insurance (NHI) system and specialist doctor teams will be assigned to districts where maternal and child mortality is high.
Pregnant women seeking healthcare in Eastern Cape government facilities are facing abuse and substandard care placing them at high risk of death and injury, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has revealed.
Medical male circumcision has helped reduce HIV acquisition among men in the Orange Farm area, south of Johannesburg, by about 76% since the rollout of the intervention three years ago.
Can vaccinating pregnant women against the flu protect their newborn babies from getting the influenza virus? Well, that'€™s exactly what a clinical study in three countries, including South Africa, wants to find out.
Hospice offers care that focuses on alleviating pain of very ill patients, as well as providing emotional support and counselling to them and their families. Whilst many hospice patients are terminally ill, some are able to recover through the wonderful care they receive.
South Africa's health system is on the brink of a dramatic change, with the National Health Insurance White Paper expected to be considered by Cabinet this week.
Living with epilepsy imposes certain limitations in a person'€™s life. However, with modern medication, a person can control their epilepsy and with the right attitude one may go on to live a fulfilling life.
About 15 million South Africans were targeted for HIV testing in the government'€™s HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign, but the effort got slightly over 10 million people to test. The campaign has challenged South Africans and the health system in significant ways.
Disclosing to a child his or her HIV status is an emotionally taxing process that a lot of care givers or parents tend to avoid or postpone. A courageous Soweto foster parent took a bold decision and disclosed to the foster child that the child has HIV.
To coincide with the 6th International AIDS Society (IAS) conference on HIV pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention taking place in Rome 17-20 July, The Lancet publishes a collection of HIV/AIDS articles.
The high rate of new HIV infections is driven by multiple sexual partners, rather than concurrent partners, according to new research
For many years, hospices were known as places where people are sent to die. But many patients, especially those with AIDS, come out alive.
The winter months are normally associated with the traditional circumcision season in South Africa. Thus, it is not entirely surprising that clinics that offer medical male circumcision are also experiencing a surge in the number of boys who want to be circumcised this winter.
The Health Department has ordered new incubators for Jubilee Hospital in North West after an exposé in The Star revealed that five babies had died due to faulty incubators.
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