Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in South Africa, affecting approximately 1 in every 29 women. Whilst cancer cannot always be prevented, early detection does allow for a greater chance of a full recovery. In this insert Nosipho Mgoma shares her reality of breast cancer and shows that it can affect younger woman and if detected late, can have devastating consequences.
The development of children orphaned as a result of AIDS is at greater risk of health and social ills, conference is told.
The Treatment Action Campaign has published a four part series on what they call 'a massive unethical medical intervention' in Kwazulu-Natal.
The Red Cross War Memorial Children's hospital has set up a mobile library to foster a love of reading among children admitted to the hospital.
KwaZulu-Natal's health department is set to remain within its budget this year for the first time in more than a decade ' thanks to a high level turnaround plan.
We all have the occasional mood swing or wake up on the wrong side of the bed some mornings. However as this insert shows, it is not just a simple case of good or bad days when your fluctuating moods are affecting your career and your relationship with loved ones. Tshidi Khumbane shares her experience of bipolar mood disorder.
Down syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects approximately 1 in every 800 children and results in mental as well as physical disability. As this insert shows, information is the key to not only accepting your child's condition, but also in being able to provide the specific care that your child needs.
As the donor community retreats from funding AIDS programmes in developing nations, donor-aided countries are being forced to dig deeper into their own pockets to sustain care and treatment services for its citizens. South Africa is no exception.
The first ever public sector 'treatment' or 'sterile' room in South Africa officially opened its doors at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria. This will allow children battling cancer a better chance at recovery.
NAIROBI:(PlusNews) - Shunned by mainstream society, sex workers with HIV-related illnesses in Nairobi are unlikely to receive help from concerned neighbours. Instead, some of them are being cared for by fellow sex workers.
NAIROBI:(PlusNews) - Recent research into the effect of mass rape on HIV in conflict situations has highlighted the need for better post-rape care services for affected women and girls.
JOHANNESBURG:(PlusNews) - An academic dispute about whether concurrent sexual partnerships are really a major factor behind high rates of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa could affect the future of prevention programmes.
Health specialists and advocates say the Tuberculosis epidemic, which is largely fueled by HIV infection, requires massive social mobilization and activism if the country's TB Control Programme is to show better results.
Khayelitsha's Nolungile Clinic yesterday celebrated the first patient to successfully complete the harrowing treatment for Extensively Drug Resistant (XDR) TB, and be cured.
Millions of Tuberculosis (TB) deaths will be averted if the billions of dollars required to develop faster diagnostics, improved treatment regimens and the development of a vaccine is made available by donors, according to the new plan released by World Health Organisation this week.
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