Vaccinations could save 20 million children in five years
The world could save 20 million children in the next five years with better access to vaccines, according to Wits Reproductive Health Institute Executive Director Helen Rees.
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Study: High incidence of latent TB infection among South African health workers
Researchers from the Wits Reproductive and HIV Research Unit, Aurum Institute and others call for an urgent response to high levels of tuberculosis (TB) infection in South African Health workers.
Cut shebeen hours to curb drinking
When young people get bored, there are two things they have quick access to: alcohol and sex.
What’s in your purse dictates what’s on your plate
The stream of media coverage about diets may suggest that the majority of South Africans are pre-occupied with the latest food fads. But what people choose to eat is more often dictated by class and their purses than clinical decisions about what is good for them, writes Thandi Puoane.
Coping with childhood eczema
Thabitha Rakoma spent months trying to cure the dry patches of skin on her baby boy’s face until her local clinic diagnosed the problem.
Study: National Student Sexual Health HIV Knowledge, Attitude & Behaviour Survey
The recently released study by the Networking HIV/AIDS Community of South Africa surveyed students on 14 campuses.
Many can’t afford a healthy diet
The Heart and Stroke Foundation has urged South Africans to check their blood pressure readings and follow a healthy diet – but poverty and the high food prices put a healthy diet out of reach of many people in the country.
Food activists threaten to boycott business, media
Representatives from more than 20 organisations including farmers’ cooperatives, waste pickers associations and unions recently marched to Times Media Group and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) offices to protest fast food advertising and high food prices.
SA hosts world’s first study into better XDR-TB treatment
South African scientists are spearheading the world’s first trial into shorter and better treatment for tuberculosis (XDR-TB), which kills about half of all those diagnosed with the condition in South Africa.
Policy: Basic Education draft policy on HIV, STIs and TB
The Department of Basic Education is inviting public comment on the draft strategy on HIV, TB and sexually transmitted infections until 26 May.
Dieticians warn against Banting for baby
Parents raising children on the low carbohydrate, high fat Banting diet may be exposing kids to health risks, including nutritional deficiencies, gall bladder problems, kidney stones and even heart problems.
Guidelines: Primary Care 101
The National Department of Health guidelines outline care for adults living with conditions like HIV, diabetes and mental health within primary health care.
Pneumococcal vaccine cuts hospitalisations by 70 percent
New data shows that South Africa's expensive pneumococcal vaccine roll out has cut childhood hospitalisations due to meningitis, pneumonia and rotavirus by about 70 percent in just five years, according to Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi.
Department of Health announces new youth health app
The Department of Health is launching a new, cell phone app to take health messaging to the country’s young people – and asking youth to help.
Study unearths high rates of violence against gay, bi-sexual students
More than one in ten gay or bisexual male students report that they have been the target of campus violence because of their sexual orientation, according to the first national survey of sexual orientation and HIV risk on South African campuses released yesterday.