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.
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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.
A backyard food garden sustains a North West family
An unemployed North West couple’s food garden is nourishing not only their own family but also neighbours struggling to make ends meet in the area.
Nthabiseng Moloi used life’s hard knocks to open doors of inspiration
Born blind, abandoned by her parents, then gang raped and contracting HIV, may be too much for any one person to handle in one lifetime.
Policy: National Strategic Plan for a Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal, Child Mortality in Africa (2013)
This 18-page document outlines South African strategies to reduce maternal and child deaths in the country as part of the African Union’s Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA).
Mpumalanga learners ‘beaten daily for anything with pipes, sticks’
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has said there has been a “rise in incidents of corporal punishment in schools across the country” after it has received reports of the physical and verbal abuse of learners in at least seven Mpumalanga schools.
App to Fight HIV/AIDS in the eThekwini District
The eThekwini District in KwaZulu-Natal has enlisted the help of technology to help improve services for people living with HIV.