On 29 of August, doctors, scientists, researchers, politicians and administrators gathered for a morning celebration at Coronation Mother and Child Hospital. The role-players gathered to announce the highly successful initial findings of the multi-therapy prevention of mother-to-child-transmission programme that was introduced some seven months earlier.
There is no reason why our dysfunctional health system cannot be turned around within five years, according to new Health Minister Barbara Hogan.
Johannesburg - The mystery viral haemorrhagic fever which killed three people in South Africa has been provisionally identified as an arenavirus, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases and the Department of Health said on Sunday.
The National Department of Health and its Gauteng counterpart are on high alert following the confirmation of three cases of an unknown highly infectious disease which has since led to three deaths.
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has called on the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and Nursing Council to investigate those hospitals responsible for the seemingly negligent deaths of the 140 children in the Ukhahlamba district of the Eastern Cape.
Poor health care at several Eastern Cape hospitals left more than 140 underprivileged children dead in one of South Africa'€™s poorest districts within the first three months of this year.
Barbara Hogan faced the media for the first time this week following her whirlwind promotion to one of the country's toughest portfolios.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has made an urgent call for the wider implementation of the newer and more effective anti-malaria strategies in an effort to save lives.
New Health Minister Barbara Hogan and deputy Dr Molefi Sefularo are renowned for hard work and integrity
GENEVA - The World Health Organisation on Monday warned customers not to buy drugs made by Swiss pharma giant Novartis's Sandoz generics unit in South Africa after an inspection revealed more than 40 faults.
Patients with tuberculosis and HIV are twice as likely to survive if they are treated for both conditions at the same time, than those who are first treated for TB.
The sexual rights and health needs of lesbian women have been largely overlooked both in public and scholarly discourses as well as at the level of health care service delivery. Opinion piece by Melanie Judge and Delene van Dyk
For the first time ever, research is underway to determine the impact of HIV on South African university students and staff.
Doctors in KZN healthcare facilities battle against the Department of Health.
As more and more South Africans get infected with tuberculosis, government programmes that once could be counted on to bring TB under control are no longer adequate.
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