Cervical cancer steals sister too soon
After the passing of her sister, Sandra Madonsela* says she her sister might still be alive if she had gone for cervical cancer screening sooner.
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South Africa’s battle of the bulge
Diets have made headlines this year with experts debating what South Africans should or shouldn’t be eating. As National Obesity Week kicks off, experts agree that South Africans need to lose weight.
Tshwane family welcomes missing daughter home
Sophy Maringa had high hopes for the granddaughter she lost three years ago. The woman who returned to her this year in her granddaughter’s place is almost unrecognisable, she says.
The ordinary heroes of the Treatment Action Campaign
In late September, Health-e News broke news of the financial crisis facing AIDS lobby the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). We look at two TAC activists that embody what South Africa could lose if the TAC closes its doors.
Lumkhile Sizila: “If someone has been attacked at 3am and needs help, he will be there”
TAC’s Khayelitsha office throngs with people who have been ill-treated by the health establishment and have no one else to fight for them.
Fikile Mtsweni: “It talks a lot, this t-shirt, to the community”
Friendships are rarely a matter of life and death but for Khosi Dlamini, her best friend may have saved her life.
Soshanguve welcomes new park
As South Africa battles a growing obesity problem, Soshanguve Block M outside Pretoria has welcomed a new park that may help get community members outdoors and exercising.
Learners cheer for new loos
Learners at one Vhembe schools are happy to report their school toilets are fixed following an OurHealth visit.
Breathing space for children
The EarthChild Project is teaching yoga, meditation and healthy living to children in Khayelitsha and Lavender Hill - two of the most dangerous communities in the Western Cape
Deworming campaign set to hit schools
The Department of Basic Education will spend about R18 million to deworm children in the nation’s schools starting next January.
Nowhere to go but relapse?
Gauteng’s lack of halfway houses and after rehabilitation care could be setting some former drug addicts up to fail, according to social worker Goddard Ngobeni who works in Winterveld outside of Pretoria.
Report: Struggle for maternal health
This new Amnesty International report details barriers to antenatal care in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Between black and white: Growing up with albinism
Like many teenage girls, Nombulelo Mlombo says she never felt pretty. Worse, she faced incessant teasing due to her albinism and her search for acceptance had grave consequences, she says.
Amnesty International launches campaign over Mpumalanga maternal deaths
Amnesty International has launched an online, write-in campaign targeting Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Pravin Gordhan. The campaign is aimed at improving allegedly deadly service delivery problems Amnesty International says are contributing to maternal deaths in Mpumalanga.
Teen mum says she fell victim to broken promises
When she got pregnant, a teenager from Stinkwater outside Hammanskraal says her older boyfriend's attention and financial support disappeared.