The fat life, island style
Pacific islands famous for white sands and turquoise seas are also home to some of the fattest people in the world, according to global research released today by The Lancet medical journal.
Men’s Health
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New birth control hits mark with Mpumalanga women
South Africa’s first under-the-skin birth control implant is leading some Mpumalanga women to trade traditional birth control shots for the three-year implants.
Weighing up circumcision options
Choosing the best circumcision option for your son can be a tough decision for parents, especially if tradition says that initiation schools are the way to go.
Guidelines: National contraception, fertility planning policy
In February 2014, South Africa began rolling out its latest contraception and family planning guidelines.
HIV goes up, condom use goes down
South Africa’s latest HIV survey finds boys having sex earlier, plummeting condom use and that unmarried couples living together are more at risk of HIV than married or single people.
Vital donation made in fight against abuse
The Vital Foundation has set aside R1,9 million to assist organisations fighting the abuse of women and children.
The other side of the female condom
Female condoms are not just for the ladies as some gay men in KaMsogwaba Township outside Nelspruit have found, but nearby clinic nurses are still not sold on the idea.
SA Men’s Health Barometer
On Tuesday, the 19th November, as the world commemorated International Men's Day, Brothers For Life, a national campaign representing the combined efforts of over 100 organisations, released the first Men's Health Barometer.
Health worker opts for circumcision
A 33-year-old health promoter at Tshwane University of Technology has been circumcised in spite of his fear of the pain it would cause.
Only son lost to botched circumcision
At Ngalavhani village in Vhembe parents are grieving the loss of their only son after complications from the circumcision he got he got during initiation rights in the mountain.
‘Shame’ of homosexuality prevents men from getting health care
There is a high burden of HIV in Mpumalanga amongst men over the age of 25 who have sex with men, a study conducted by Anova Health Institute and the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) in Gert Sibande and Ehlanzeni district municipalities has revealed.
Big boost for the snip
CAPE TOWN - The US government will give South Africa R100-million to expand its medical male circumcision programme, US Global AIDS Co-ordinator, Ambassodor Eric Goos by announced yesterday.
Mpumalanga tackles circumision
The South African Nursing Council (SANC) has finally given the Mpumalanga Department of Health permission to allow professional nurses to perform Medical Male Circumcision under the supervision of a medical doctor.
WHO pre-qualifies MMC device
MEDIA RELEASE: The announcement last week that the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the PrePex device for non-surgical voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) offers another important option for expansion of VMMC programs in countries hard hit by the HIV epidemic.…
Shortage of docs delays MMC in Ermelo
Health facilities in Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande district are battling to cope with an increase in requests for medical male circumcision (MMC), according to health workers and patients. Debbie Chauke, a nurse at Ermelo Hospital confirmed that they are able to…