Human breast milk banks on the rise
Kuruman’s Tshwaragano District Hospital is set to become home to South Africa’s latest human breast milk bank as another bank is reportedly slated to open in Limpopo.
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KZN scholarships could be slashed due to high fee costs
For the first time in 14 years, KZN’s Umthombo Youth Development Foundation may not award scholarships to rural students hoping to study health sciences next year as fees increase by almost double the rate of inflation.
After #FeesMustFall: Hundreds of scholarships cut due to costs, austerity measures
Last week’s student victory has frozen fees, but it cannot save the scholarship programmes aimed at fostering the next generation of rural South African doctors that have already been quietly cut this year.
Kuruman police allegedly threaten sex workers for free services
Carrying a badge and wearing a uniform have not stopped Kuruman police from allegedly threatening sex workers in an attempt to coerce sex workers to provide their services for free, according to Northern Cape Provincial AIDS Council Chairperson Beau Nkaelang.
Report: A disposable workforce – Foreign health professionals in South Africa
This African Centre for Migration and Society report details challenges faced by South Africa in recruiting foreign health workers and alleges that the asylum system is being used as a ‘backdoor’ for recruiting professionals.
Novel HIV vaccine trial imminent
South Africa is about to become the epicentre of HIV vaccine research with the start of a trial that will inject people with powerful antibodies already proven to neutralise most strains of the virus.
Report: South African Health Review
The annual Health Systems Trust publication focuses heavily on changes in primary health care as part of the country's move towards National Health Insurance and the revitalisation of primary health care.
Report: District Health Barometer 2014/15
The annual publication by the Health Systems Trust charts the lowest mother-to-child HIV transmission rate yet as the percentage of babies born to women living with HIV who test positive for the virus at about six weeks falls to 1.5 percent.
Report: Department of Health Annual Report 2014/15
The 227-page report highlights a number of achievements for the department, including progress on the implementation of the National Health Insurance.
Report: The Rural Mental Health Campaign Report
Written by a coalition of civil society organisations and health care providers, the 43-page report details how access to mental health services in rural areas remains limited by the over-centralisation of services, budget and staff shortages, and discrimination.
Limpopo school a threat to learners
Every day about 300 learners from Grade 1 to Grade 7 make their way to a dilapidated school in Limpopo, not knowing if they will return home.
Lonely granny seeks family
A social worker is trying to reunite a very ill elderly woman with her family.
Gauteng to test 1 million by AIDS Day
The Gauteng Department of Health aims to test a million people for HIV by World AIDS Day on 1 December.
Compensation delay opens door to exploitation
Unscrupulous fly-by-night agencies are preying on asbestosis sufferers in the Northern Cape, promising to help them get monetary compensation, only to make off with their documentation and money.
Gold mines face class action case
Lawyers acting for gold miners with silicosis will today (12 October) present their case in the South Gauteng High Court for why a class action case against gold mining companies should be allowed.