Documentary premiere: Legacy of exclusion
More than half a million disabled children of school-going age in South Africa cannot access any form of education, according to Human Rights Watch.
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[Updated] Healer’s bogus ‘HIV cure’ bashed
Jouberton Hostel traditional healer Dumisani Lwandle claims he can cure HIV, but residents and provincial AIDS council officials are crying foul over Lwandle’s lies.
Condoms, career counselling come to sex workers
From female condoms to career counselling, a recent meeting at a municipal hall in Bethal, Mpumalanga set out to be a one-stop shop for the needs of local sex workers.
Banting or ranting?
Truth or hoax – Tim Noakes has convinced thousands of people to follow his low-carb, high-fat diet, but do the central pillars of his diet stand up to scientific scrutiny?
Wits, UKZN to share in million-rand research pot
Professors from the universities of the Witwatersrand and KwaZulu-Natal are set to share in more than R970 million in research grants announced yesterday. These grants will go to fund projects to address some of the continent’s most pressing health issues including HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and mental health.
Cape factory is a boost for malnourished kids
Cape Town factory - a joint venture between Norway and South Africa - is the first in the country to get Unicef-accreditation for the food it makes for malnourished children
[Updated] Documentary premiere: Dying in our homes
Amid a dire shortage of ambulances in the Eastern Cape patients’ lives are at risk as many calls for help go unanswered. A new Health-e News documentary, Dying In Our Homes, reveals the impact on the lives of rural families.
Getting to zero preventable child deaths is possible
News child mortality data shows East and southern Africa are making the fastest progress on reducing child deaths - and this bodes well as the world ushers in new development goals, write UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and southern Africa Leila Gharagozloo-Pakkala and Save the Children East Africa Director David Wright.
Karate-fighting nurse takes fitness out of the ring, into hospital
Mamokete Moleme may look like your average Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital Complex health worker, but on the weekends this mild-mannered nurse trades the wards for the ring as a karate champion.
MDR-TB treatment comes closer but not close enough
As many as about 60 percent of patients started on treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) will not be cured. With odds already stacked against them, Eastern Cape MDR-TB patients face a long and costly journey for treatment.
Tshwane rolls out new medicine pick up programme
Tshwane has become the latest district to roll out a new programme that will let patients pick up chronic medication at community pharmacies.
Limpopo gogos swipe condoms for aches
That condom lubricant can soothe arthritic joints may have become the condom myth that just will not die as fresh reports suggest elderly Limpopo residents are falling victim to the hype.
Rejection remains real concern for people living with HIV
More than three decades into South Africa’s HIV epidemic, HIV knowledge in the country is dropping and falling levels of HIV savvy may have real consequences for those living with HIV.
Traditional health practitioners should be regulated, summit says
Traditional health practioners should be regulated say some Northern Cape traditional healers as the Department of Health looks to integrate healers into HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and chronic illnesses programmes.
Kidney donor shortage fuels dialysis scarcity
South Africa performs less than 300 kidney transplants annually, according to the South African Renal Society. As more people await life-saving transplants, the demand for dialysis is increasing and the country is not keeping up.