Hope is at hand for South African women unable to afford a new vaccine to combat cervical cancer as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI Alliance) has announced it plans to get the vaccine to high burden populations.
Political interference is increasingly making it difficult for public service health professionals to provide the best quality care to patients. In 'Dare to care', a book to be published next month, Dr Thys von Mollendorff, gives a personal account of how deadly this interference can be.
Treasury officials are sent to hospital to investigate donor funds for dual therapy as KwaZulu-Natal MEC intensifies her campaign against Manguzi Hospital.
Lobby groups are concerned about the high numbers of women who die of breast cancer every year in South Africa, despite the fact that the disease is one of the most curable cancers if detected early.
The Cape High Court landed the final nail in the coffin of vitamin salesman Matthias Rath's South African operations and delivered a blow to organisations peddling untested remedies when it ruled that the German doctor's clinical trials were unlawful.
Researchers have found that the number of sexual partners that people in southern Africa have ' usually all at the same time - could be the reason why the sub-continent has the highest HIV infection rate.
Men are generally known to be reluctant to test for HIV. But statistics collected by New Start, a non governmental organization working in getting people to test for HIV, suggest the opposite.
The special task team into Manguzi Hospital reported back almost a month ago, but still the KZN MEC's office has not released its findings
Seven years after effectively being dismissed by the Mpumalanga health department for supporting the dispensing of anti-retrovirals for rape survivors, Dr Malcolm Naude is fighting for the rights of all public service doctors and nurses to follow their conscience when treating patients.
For seven years, Dr Malcolm Naude has been fighting the Mpumalanga Health Department over an unfair and discriminatory dismissal. His case concluded last week in the Labour Court in Johannesburg and judgement was reserved.
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has urged whites and Indians to take part in the third South African National HIV, Behavior and Health Survey, which is now underway. This follows past observations that the two racial groups do not want to participate in HIV surveys.
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's public healthcare practitioners need a 'revolution of compassion' if they hope to make any meaningful impact on the HIV epidemic or poverty, Dr Shan Naidoo told delegates at the Public Health conference which started yesterday (3 June).
After a seemingly never-ending seven-year legal battle with the Mpumalanga Health Department, Dr Malcolm Naude's struggle is almost over. The Labour Court in Johannesburg heard closing arguments from both sides this past Wednesday and judgement was reserved.
A new survey investigating the levels of HIV infection in South Africa is coming to your home soon. To achieve the objective, fieldworkers will carry out random visits to 15 000 homes nationally.
OPINION: This month, here in South Africa and around the world, researchers, community leaders, and thousands of men and women who have volunteered for AIDS vaccine trials commemorated HIV Vaccine Awareness Day.
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