Thousands of rands have been spent promoting breastfeeding for babies, so why do we treat mums who do like criminals, asks Sizile Makola, who has started the #BreastfeedAnywhereAnytime social media campaign.
The greater availability of food, rather than our sedentary lifestyles, are responsible for our expanding waistlines, says a new report.
Tuberculosis (TB), followed by HIV, remain the leading killers of South African youth, according to Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) latest report on death and sickness among young people released yesterday (Monday)
A recent sporting event in Limpopo encourages the disabled to exercise to keep healthy.
A 32-year-old Free State man who sent a video of himself and his under-age girlfriend having sex to friends and teachers at the girl’s school could be in hot water, says SA Police Service National Spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo.
Mpumalanga’s Standerton Hospital opened a new wellness clinic to improve services and shorten wait times this week.
The 28-page guidelines outline the diagnosis of a number of sexual transmitted infections (STIs) including public lice, syphilis and genital warts.
Poverty-stricken children in the Free State are being forced into prostitution, often by their families, in order to be able to eat.
Special Olympics South Africa has called on local communities to fight to stop the scourge of sexual abuse perpetrated against the disabled.
A Limpopo headmaster is livid at street hawkers who have been selling his pupils rotten food and has banished the hawkers from the school area.
To commemorate Youth Month in June, Health-e News is broadcasting a five-part adolescent health series on Morning Live (SABC 2). This insert – the third in the series – follows Aphiwe Thamela, an HIV-positive youth who is both raising a daughter and making a difference in her community.
Some students go to university to get an education, but leave with not only a degree but also HIV or a sexually transmitted infection (STI), according to University of KwaZulu Natal’s HIV/AIDS Programme co-ordinator Nomonde Magantolo.
This Department of Health handbook is aimed at guiding the work of District Clinical Specialist Teams introduced as part of South Africa's National Health Insurance.
Limpopo mums who dump used disposable nappies in the streets have been warned that they will face the wrath of the law if they do not clean up their act.
Our rural doctor-turned-blogger gets what could be the important WhatsApp of her career as she faces a bakkie load of factures by herself and without a specialist.
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