As the country celebrates 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, Lusikisiki residents came together to raiser awareness about rape, but argue that safety, and access to justice and care should be priorities 365 days a year.
Two breast cancer survivors are separated by less than two kilometres, but the gap in their access to treatment may be much wider.
As the world prepares to mark the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, the rural community of Wrenchville outside Kuruman mourns the death of another young woman.
Recently, the residents of Bongani outside the Northern Cape town of Douglas celebrated World Food Day to learn about how to eat better for cheaper.
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality hopes that by partnering with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), it can reach ambitious targets laid out in the country’s national HIV and tuberculosis (TB) plan.
Thandi* Maringa had returned home after three years of living on the streets. Although she was safely home, she could not outrun the consequences of life on the street that her family says ultimately killed her.
Hammanskraal NGO Lesedi Care Givers north of Pretoria held a day-long event to raise awareness about HIV and gender-based violence (GBV).
With more than 100 informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, taking HIV prevention and care into communities is crucial in addressing the metro’s high HIV prevalence rate, says local government.
The world has five years to increase access to HIV treatment and prevention to end HIV as a global health threat – and prevent the pandemic from resurging, according to the latest global HIV report released last night.
Released on 18 November ahead of World AIDS Day, the UNAIDS report outlines new targets for the five-year window UNAIDS says is crucial to ending the global threat of HIV.
This Health-e News documentary produced for eNCA's Checkpoint looks at the dire shortage of cancer treatment in South Africa's public sector
Anecdotes of people claiming to have reduced or gone off diabetes medication altogether after cutting out carbohydrates have seen fad diets cash in on claims of “reversing diabetes”.
The 208-page report outlines the Department of Health's progress against stated goals for 2013-14 and includes updates on the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI).
Health workers and home-based care givers from Limpopo’s Matavehela village recently spent the day at the local secondary school to take sex education out of the clinic and into the classroom.
As pneumonia remains a leading cause of death in South Africa, experts stress that early treatment is key to heading off this killer infection.
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