Guide: Voice – A health care provider’s guide to reporting health care challenges
Produced by the Rural Health Advocacy Project, this guide teaches health professionals how to report problems in the health system.
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Ambulances scarce in rural Eastern Cape
When emergencies happen, rural communities outside Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape say there is no one to call – and with disastrous results.
East Rand community fears for orphaned children
Community members say they have tried for years to get the Department of Social Development to assist a child-headed family in Buhle Park east of Johannesburg. Now, they fear for the family’s safety.
Poor care, ambulance shortage blamed for toddler’s death
Yolisa Ngeseki alleges poor care and a shortage of ambulance led to the death of her 3-year-old girl after she contracted Hepatitis B.
Overweight South Africans at higher risk of cancer
Emerging evidence indicates that being overweight increases your risk of cancer and decreases your chance of surviving it.
World body addresses prostate cancer test problems
New international guidelines released yesterday aim to address problems around prostate cancer screening.
Exercise helps fight breast cancer
Women with breast cancer who do exercise, even at moderate levels, have a lower risk of death, according to research presented yesterday at the 2014 World Cancer Congress in Melbourne, Australia.
HIV patients miss out on crucial test
One test may mean the difference between life and death for people with HIV on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, but the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) says many patients are not getting viral load testing.
Guide: HIV in our lives
In the latest updated version of its well known HIV treatment literacy guide, the Treatment Action Campaign explains the science behind HIV.
Treatment Action Campaign pickets Mpumalanga Clinic
To mark World AIDS Day, the Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) Mpumalanga branch picketed outside a local clinic as the AIDS lobby continues to complain about poor service delivery.
Changing HIV treatment for expecting mums changes more than pills
In January, the country will introduce a big change in antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for pregnant women with HIV. Health workers in the Western Cape, which has been operating under the new treatment plan for over a year, warn that the change means more than just pills for expecting mums.
HIV activists reflect on 10 years of treatment
As government officials took to podiums nationwide to deliver World AIDS Day speeches, HIV activists held a much quieter gathering in Johannesburg to reflect on 10 years of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
Your rights as an employee living with HIV
While awareness of HIV has increased dramatically since the first World AIDS Day event 26 years ago, discrimination against those who disclose their HIV status is still rife in the workplace.
Growing up HIV positive
Living with the reality of being HIV positive may be daunting for adults but it can be even more terrifying for teenagers
South Africa attempts to set new HIV testing world record
Tshwane health services set an ambitious goal to test more than 10,000 people in one day ahead of World AIDS Day and break the international world record.