Teen mums face tough road to parenthood
Every year, thousands of South African girls fall pregnant. Teen mums from around the country say that the road to parenthood is lonely and the battle to stay in school is hard won.
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SA’s food chain a noose around women’s necks
Despite the current hype about Women’s Month, no one is more likely to be hungry than the women of this country.
North West tests new nutritional supplements
Fatty acids have been getting good press as being possibly helpful to adults' health, but could they help babies? A nutrition study in the North West is seeking to find out whether adding fatty acids and iron supplements to babies’ food could give them a better chance for growth and development.
Teen painted red for being gay
Humiliated and traumatised after being covered with red paint for being gay, a teenage boy from the rural community of Mangweni recently tried to kill himself.
Criminals endanger toddlers
An abandoned building in the North West once used as a posh guesthouse for politicians has become a hideout for criminals who are making the lives of toddlers at a next-door crèche a nightmare.
Toddler suffers burns at crèche
An open fire and hot water spelled disaster for a toddler, who sustained burn wounds to both hands, at a daycare centre in Limpopo.
Shortages of ARVs ‘a disaster’, warns prof
Stock-outs of antiretroviral medicines have continued to plague health facilities, mainly as a result of a global shortage of certain active ingredients.
Young East Rand lesbians wear the pants
Knowledge of the Constitution is enabling young lesbian women on the East Rand to fight for their rights and to ‘walk tall’ in the face of persecution. They are eking out spaces for themselves through small daily acts of defiance.
Common throat infection holds danger for kids’ hearts
Rheumatic heart disease week is marked from 4 to 10 August. Read about one boy's battle with this disease.
Government, community reach out to North West disabled, aged
Government recently held winter games in the North West to help bring health services and education to the region’s people living with disabilities and elderly.
New Soweto clinic fails to treat TB patient
A TB patient was pushed from one clinic to another because his closest clinic, Zola Gateway Clinic next to Bheki Mlangeni Hospital in Soweto, could not offer TB services.
Doctors condemn assisted suicide
The Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) is appealing against a recent court decision giving a terminally ill man the right to get a doctor to help him to die.
Man kills himself after HIV diagnosis
A 26-year-old North West man recently killed himself after being diagnosed with HIV, leaving his family and two-year-old child in shock. A local counsellor says the death underscores the need for better counselling.
Millions go hungry, accountability and public participation needed
One in four people go hungry in South Africa every day, and the public needs to ensure that their right to access to food enshrined in the Constitution is realised.
Rural Reflections: There is a problem
As public debate rages about whether there are or are not antiretroviral (ARV) stock outs in the county, our rural doctor and blogger reminds us what three letters and ARV stock outs really mean.