South Africa’s elderly population is growing rapidly - but state mental health care is not adequate. About 30% of adults aged 60 and older will at some stage require medication to treat mental conditions.
LIMPOPO - After realising that most disabled women in rural areas have extremely limited opportunities, a company known as Unique Me - which strives to empower disabled people - hosted a beauty contest for disabled women.
A new study confirms smokers are at higher risk of oral HPV infection, which causes throat cancer.
Shopping in supermarkets significantly increases body mass index (BMI), and contributes to eating more processed and highly processed foods and less fresh fruit and vegetables, this is according to a recent study.
The tobacco industry is spending vast sums of money to fight government’s attempts to tighten smoking laws and regulate electronic cigarettes – and it has managed to recruit some unlikely allies.
The country's medicine regulatory body has developed "contingency plans" to ensure that it's "lifesaving" mandate is not disrupted amid continued protest action at the National Department of Health's (NDoH) headquarters.
ALEXANDRA – A lack of professional capacity and despite tireless work by an elderly couple to take her into foster care, 12-year-old Lebogang Mokoka has never had a family.
Most sex workers hide what they do for a living from those closest to them – especially their own children, causing pain and distrust mainly because South Africa does not legitimise their work.
This women's month, we speak to Dlamini on her activism, feminism and her goal to see the profession of sex work decriminalised.
Civil society organisations – enraged by the recent nominations of disgraced politicians Brian Hlongwa and Qedani Mahlangu to the provincial executive committee – have threatened to lead a revolt against the ruling ANC.
Hospices are associated with dying, but many simply help people to cope with the pain or the psychosocial problems they are experiencing rather than preparing them to die. Health-e's AMY GREEN reports.
Ananelang Tumi Motumi (26), who has just returned from Amsterdam following a reward trip to the World AIDS Conference 2018, describes the experience as the best time of her life.
LIMPOPO - A water project meant to supply Mashau village and surrounding villages in Vuwani with clean drinking water is under threat after residents who were promised temporary employment at the project were not hired.
MPUMALANGA - While thousands of women marching across the country against gender-based violence #TotalShutdown #NoMore, one family mourned the death of their 13-year-old daughter.
LIMPOPO – Treasury MEC Rob Tooley says effective revenue collection strategies in the Department of Health were needed as millions remained uncollected in the province.
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