More than R130 million slated for new TB drugs
In just four years, South Africa has seen a 40-fold increase in health facilities treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) as government pledges more than R130 million for new medicines.
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Drug stock outs hit more than one in 10 health facilities
HIV and tuberculosis (TB) drug stock outs have hit about 14 percent of health facilities nationwide in the last nine months, according to a new study released today by civil society coalition the Stop Stock Outs Project.
Report: 2014 Stock Outs Survey
The Stop Stock Outs Project's second annual survey was conducted among about 2,500 of the country's 4,200 health facilities and shows slightly worse results than its previous 2013 survey.
Sex education must start as early as Grade R
With many children becoming sexually active at 14 years old, the Department of Basic Education’s Chief Director for Care and Support in Schools Dr Faith Kumalo has warned that sex education and life skills must begin as early as Grade R.
Almost 10 percent of HIV-positive women report forced sterilisation – study
South Africa’s first national HIV stigma index has found that seven percent of HIV-positive women surveyed reported being sterilised against their will and about 40 percent reported contraception was a pre-requisite of accessing antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Report: The People Living With HIV Stigma Index – South Africa 2014
Compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council, this stigma index released at the SA AIDS 2015 Conference is the world’s largest study into HIV stigma.
Video: A sporting chance with brittle bones disease
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 second in the series - follows Mduduzi Nkosi, a youth who suffers from brittle bones disease.
Codeine: SA’s over-the-counter addiction
It is destroying her life, but a Free State mother won’t give up her ‘bronco’ cough mixture.
Nurses making a difference: Breipaal Clinic
Returning to her life purpose later in life has turned into a blessing, not only for Nurse Maria van Bergen, but also for the many lives she touches at the Breipaal Clinic in Douglas, Northern Cape. The clinic, small and…
Opinion: Going too far with GMOs, ‘toxic’ chemicals
Helen Whitehead says Port St. Johns residents have little choice but to heap genetically-modified food onto their plates. She’s joined many in demanding better transparency about what’s on the country's crops and plates.
Strategy: Roadmap for Nutrition in South Africa 2013-2017
Government's 50-page roadmap seeks to coordinate departments and even the private sector to tackle country's deadly mix of over and under-nutrition
Noakes hearing postponed on technicality
Banting guru, Tim Noakes' hearing with the Health Professions Council of South Africa has been postponed until November.
Video: A young man’s experience of “the snip”
To commemorate Youth Month in June, Health-e News is broadcasting a five-part adolescent health series on Morning Live (SABC 2). We start by following Hloni Mahate as he goes for medical male circumcision.
NHI: School health teams take screenings to rural children
For the country’s rural children, the revitalisation of school health services could be a lifeline - if doctors and specialists answer the call.
Anti-tobacco crusader endorses e-cigarettes
While many say there isn't enough evidence to show that e-cigarettes are safe and beneficial, Vitality Institute head Derek Yach has endorsed them and called on government not to regulate them