The Democratic Alliance (DA) was left with no choice but to report the Mpumalanga Department of Health to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), after it rejected the party’s concerns about the shortage of medicine at clinics and hospitals.
A group of bikers in Mpumalanga have joined forces with the province’s health department to encourage people to get the COVID-19 jab.
In celebration of Women’s Month, NPO Tsa Semzini decided to return to the communities its members hail from to donate dignity packs consisting of feminine hygiene products to 1 000 schoolgirls.
The Mpumalanga province, which currently has the fourth-highest HIV rate among the country’s nine provinces, is eyeing a multisectoral approach to curb infections.
The Mpumalanga Health MEC, Sasekani Manzini, has been forced to take action as several healthcare facilities in the province face chronic medication shortages.
A number of inmates from Mpumalanga are refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, fearing that it will ruin their ability to perform sexually, but others have spoken out against spreading false information and encouraged everyone to get the shot.
Community environmental organisations in Mpumalanga’s Highveld are seeking judicial intervention in their quest to reduce air polluting nitrogen dioxide emissions in the area.
Many cancer patients in the province had no choice but to travel a long distance to Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Gauteng, about 300km away, to receive oncology treatment. This ends now.
As the country heads to the polls, some South Africans have mixed feelings about service delivery and the quality of health services in their communities. Health-e asked Mpumalanga residents what they thought about the province’s public clinics and hospitals.
Tired of swallowing medicine every single day for close on 10 years, Ntombifuthi Radebe (32) was misled by her treatment buddy who encouraged her to ditch the pills and forget about the arduous habit.
Tired of swallowing medicine every single day for close on 10 years, Ntombifuthi Radebe (32) was misled by her treatment buddy who encouraged her to ditch the pills and forget about the arduous habit.
The Mpumalanga Department of Health has observed a sudden increase in pertussis, commonly known as “whooping cough” in children under five, and particularly one year-olds.
The new, recently introduced Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme for patients on antiretrovirals and other chronic medication has already proven to be a major benefit.
A death threat, an angry phone call from an MEC – clearly, a parliamentary oversight visit to Mpumalanga touched raw nerves. But this is good news for patients, who have suffered enough in the province.
MPUMALANGA – Human Rights Day was commemorated at the Mkhondo Rugby Stadium in Piet Retief on Tuesday, with many gifts being handed out including the title deeds to 759 RDP houses.
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