In a decisive move to encourage as many South Africans as possible to know their HIV status, the Health Department is now taking its HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign to young people at high school level. Parliament has approved the proposal and the department says the development of a policy for school-based HIV testing is now advanced.
Sharing a child'€™s HIV status with them can be difficult for a caregiver, but according to the Wits Institute for Health HIV and Related Diseases, disclosure has incredible benefits. Health-e visited an HIV-positive nine year-old boy who proves that early disclosure could be advantageous.
In 2007 the first Healthy Active Kids Report Card published by a panel of health scientists gave South African children an overall health grade of C- with lower marks for unhealthy eating, tobacco use and physical education. The 2010 Healthy Active Kids Report Card again scores the health of South African kids with an overall C-.
We continue with the story of Katlego and Mpho. This week, the love-birds talk about the reality of being in a relationship where one partner is HIV-positive and how they navigate around making sure that the other does not get HIV infection.
Appreciating and honouring health care givers in oncology units was the theme for this year'€™s World Cancer Day commemorated by PinkDrive, a project which has been at the forefront of establishing projects focused on cancer education and awareness.
Cancer deaths in Africa are projected to double by 2030 due to growth and ageing of the population.
Do you know your partner'€™s HIV status? Would you still be willing to be with someone if they told you that they were HIV-positive? Katlego and Mpho, had to confront these questions in their relationship.
With a cancer death rate more than double that of Europe or North America, African researchers have announced a range of initiatives to tackle the epidemic.
A poisonous new street drug is being peddled in KZN. Known as Whoonga, it'€™s highly addictive and sometimes lethal.
South Africa'€™s Medicines Control Council (MCC) refused to fast track critical fixed dose combination (FDC) antiretrovirals for inclusion in the country'€™s massive antiretroviral tender outcome announced in December, several sources have confirmed.
Nokuthula Jam-Jam (40), an unemployed mother of five is furious that her children can'€™t go to crèche.
Endinako Ngxangashe (3) sits at her grandmother'€™s feet, intensely following her every move. She innocently asks her grandmother No-andile Ngxangashe'€™s (55) why she no longer goes to school. Ngxangashe'€™s candidly looks at her granddaughter and smiles.
Young children from an impoverished Cape Town community are spending their days on the street as bureaucracy hampers their access to safety and early education.
With the launch of the AID Effectiveness Framework for Health last week, the Health Department is confident that it has taken a step closer to achieving its goal of giving South Africans better health care. This follows a renewed financial boost to the country'€™s health system.
Those peddling Whoonga, the deadly drug sweeping through KwaZulu-Natal townships, should face murder charges as they are deliberately poisoning people.
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