New World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations for the use of long-acting HIV prevention and treatment are a welcome boost in the global efforts to end AIDS as a global health threat by the year 2030. The WHO announced new guidelines…
On paper, it might seem simple. Eat less unhealthy food, exercise more, and you’ll avoid obesity. But for many South Africans, the reality is far more complicated. According to the World Obesity Observatory, more than 32% of adults in South…
The lifelong and chronic illness caused by untreated HIV has a knock-on effect on development.
R64.8bn health budget targets HIV, staffing and health facility upgrades.
Since the U.S funding cuts, more than 8,000 people have lost their jobs.
Hewu Hospital is facing a severe nursing staff shortage.
Dlamini now walks the streets of KwaMashu in Durban, going from house to house, meeting young people who are caught in addiction.
It is reported that the rapid growth of the mining town affected the ailing infrastructure.
The municipality says the sewer spillages in Stinkwater are caused by a sewer pump station that is not operational due to vandalism.
Dudula members have also accused foreign nationals of collecting medication to manufacture nyaope, a street drug.
Women with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer than those who are HIV-negative.
The growing waiting lists raise serious concerns about delays in diagnosis and treatment, particularly for time-sensitive conditions such as cancer and neurological disorders.
Among the closed facilities are clinics and state morgues in Botshabelo, Phuthaditjhaba and Bloemfontein, where services are partially operating.
Residents say human excrement and foul-smelling water constantly flow through their yards and streets.
Some patients had to fast from 10pm the previous night in preparation for the procedure, only to be informed in the morning that the surgery had been cancelled
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