Thousands of Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa have been displaced after an order by the Department of Home of Affairs for them to vacate a field in Musina where they have been living for several months.
Going to the dentist is not a pleasurable experience for some. It'€™s even worse for those who are experiencing severe pain from HIV-related oral infections. We take a look at how one'€™s good oral health can deteriorate due to HIV infection.
NAIROBI:(PlusNews) - Exactly one year ago, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and his erstwhile rival for the presidency, Raila Odinga, signed an agreement that created a government of national unity, ending two months of election-related violence during which more than 1,000 people were killed. The effects of that violence are still being felt.
In this month'€™s diary, Pholokgolo Ramothwala writes that poor health and stress have slammed the brakes on his plans to make new beginnings.
A study conducted in the United States shows that high doses of Vitamin D supplementation could reduce the skin cancer risk in older, post-menopausal women by almost 80 percent. However, a local cancer expert has warned that the study published the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition could only be significant locally if a similar study was conducted in South Africa
While fish body oil and a gel made from red chillies, got the thumbs up, the vast majority of complementary medicines for arthritis failed to prove efficacy.
At the first ever African Sex Workers'€™ Conference held in Johannesburg recently, sex workers called on governments to recognise their needs in their plans to respond to the AIDS epidemic.
With February being the month when love is in the air, we spent some time with a discordant couple, where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is not, to find out the importance of couples testing together.
Pia Engebrigtsen worked for 2 months as a nurse in Zimbabwe's Masvingo province during the country's cholera outbreak, in which MSF has so far treated more than 45,000 people. Here she shares her story of death, heartbreak, survival and saving lives against all odds.
Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis continues to rapidly deteriorate, causing appalling suffering, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warn in a report released this week. The organisation'€™s medical teams have now treated almost 45,000 people, an estimated 75% of the total number of cases in the current cholera outbreak - and the crisis is far from over.
A threat of more infectious diseases, a drug-resistant AIDS epidemic and malnutrition could add to Zimbabwe'€™s current cholera woes, says humanitarian medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders.
Most hospital and clinics in the Free State have still not started treating the more than 15 000 people waiting for their anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, however the national health department has given the assurance that drugs will now start arriving at all 28 sites.
Today in our series on EVERYDAY HEROES, we have a story of immense sadness and courage. The story of a father who was determined to keep his family together despite enormous odds. Without food, safe sanitation or the means to keep warm this part winter, staying healthy was almost impossible for him.
It's been almost 15 years since we voted for all South Africans to have equal access to government services...to have dignity and a better life. To have treatment for life-threatening illnesses. But every now and then, as journalists, we step into corners of the country where apartheid and its indignities remains alive and well. Where the services that government has designed to improve our lives just CAN'T reach.
A five part series that was aired on Morning Live in the run up to World AIDS Day explores the lives of ordinary people who deal with a life that seems to get more complicated every day. EVERYDAY HEROES. How do they make ends meet and make healthy choices? How have they managed to keep their families together and healthy? What lessons have they learned in the process? What can we learn from them?
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