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.
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
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.
For the first time ever, research is underway to determine the impact of HIV on South African university students and staff.
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.
Doctors in KZN healthcare facilities battle against the Department of Health.
'HIV has probably been one of the biggest gifts that have ever been given to me' writes Clive Harvey Fox, a 51 year old Capetonian in his book, 'Finding my Gift.'
While HIV and tuberculosis are hitting the headlines daily, thousands are quietly dying of lifestyle diseases, many which can be prevented if diagnosed and treated early.
Whichever way you try to look at it - Lungi Hlakudi has one of the toughest jobs imaginable. As assistant social work manager at Groote Schuur Hospital, Hlakudi is a critical cog in deciding whether kidney patients are approved, or not, for lifesaving dialysis. And more often than not, he is the one who has to tell desperately ill patients when they have failed to make the cut.
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