More than 40,000 prisoners screened for MDR-TB
More than 40,000 prisoners have been screened for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) this year as government attempts to tackle TB in correctional facilities.
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Drug-resistant TB: The distance between
Tugela Ferry was the epicentre of a high profile and deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) in 2006. Now, the rural community is pioneering new ways to treat drug-resistant TB, but patients still face a long road to treatment.
Editorial: Decentralise treatment for drug-resistant TB
Decentralised treatment of people with drug-resistant TB reaches more patients and is cheaper - yet government is dragging its feet to implement this approach, which it adopted as policy in 2011
Young women expelled for wearing trousers
Ntokozo Mathonsi, 18, says she should not have to wear a skirt to get an education. About two weeks after Ntokozo and seven other girls were suspended from an East Rand high school, the girls are back to school after the Department of Education intervened.
Duduza family battles nyaope addiction
Sheila Gumbi watched her son change before her eyes as her once sweet baby boy became increasingly aggressive. She now knows why but being able to name her son’s addiction has not given her the power to stop it.
Opinion: SA needs clear e-cigarettes legislation
City of Cape Town warnings that it will seek to clarify legislation around e-cigarettes and hookah pipes is a responsible move, writes Dr Dominique Stott, executive for medical standards at the Professional Provident Society financial services company.
Government opens up public comment period on food policy after uproar
After weeks of lobbying by civil society organisations, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to open its draft food security plan for public comment.
Draft policy: Early Childhood Development Policy
The public comment period on the 164-page draft policy closes 24 April 2015.
Handful of civil society organisations allegedly invited to food policy consultations
Activists have alleged that only five civil society organisations were invited to today’s public consultation on government’s new food policy.
Opinion: The fight for the right to food
South Africa’s Constitution is one of just 20 in the world that recognises the right to food, but realising that right will mean re-thinking agriculture and re-connecting with the source of our food, writes Busiso Moyo with the Studies in Poverty and Inequality Institute think tank.
Life on two wheels about maintenance as much as access
Life has been an uphill fight for eight-year-old Sonke Shongwe who was born paralysed from the waist down. For him and many disabled children across the country, getting a wheelchair is only the first step.
Brother’s death leaves a legacy of commitment
February marked the one-year anniversary of her brother’s death due to AIDS-related illnesses, but Sazi Mnyageni says she keeps her brother’s memory alive every time she counsels a person on HIV.
Thousands may die without life-saving dialysis
As South Africa marks World Kidney Day, only about a third of those living with kidney conditions are receiving life-saving dialysis.
Is there a place for dagga in medicine?
Dagga may have some medicinal qualities, but are the benefits of legalising it worthwhile?
Bad dagga, good dagga?
People who use high-potency cannabis (“skunk”) every day are five times more likely to have a schizophrenia-like psychotic episode than those who don’t, according to new research.