School nutrition programme improves children’s concentration
Learners who get free meals at school as part of the National School Nutrition Programme are more likely to concentrate in class, be punctual, attend school regularly.
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Aspen boosts local medicine manufacture
South Africa has opened Africa’s first facility to safely manufacture specialised medicine with highly potent active ingredients that are usually toxic.
Medical cannabis confusion in South Africa
While the Western Cape High Court ruled on the use of medical cannabis last year, most South Africans remain confused on the issue, including some members of the South African Police Service.
North West hospitals slightly calmer
Tshepong Hospital in the North West is still being blocked by striking workers, but the situation at other provincial hospitals appears slightly calmer amid a large police presence.
Mentally ill man left alone after mom’s death
LIMPOPO – The plight of a 27-year-old mentally and physically handicapped man from Mpheni village, outside Louis Trichard is growing increasingly worse as nobody is looking after him and a loan shark retains possession of his social grant card.
Tormented by peers, children choose to go hungry
Children, especially in rural areas, are turning away from school feeding schemes because they fear being judged for being poor by their fellow learners, despite being hungry. HEALTH-E NEWS spoke to learners and experts about the stigma of hunger and its effect on children's health and education.
Diabetes rising in African females of childbearing age
JOHANNESBURG - As increasing numbers of African people embrace Western life over traditional customs, so they are exposed to a number of new chronic conditions and illnesses.
Situation in North West remains desperate
NORTH WEST - Doctors reporting for duty at Tshepong Hospital in North West on Thursday morning had to be escorted into the facility by police after striking workers blockaded the premises, turning patients and workers way.
Stigma hinders rehabilitation of rural disabled
The stigma attached to disabled people in rural communities is proving to be a real problem for caregivers in Limpopo who are being hampered in their efforts to help and educate.
Hope for visually impaired rural people
LIMPOPO – Despite most public libraries now offering hope to visually impaired people through the South African Libraries For The Blind Project, many blind people in rural areas remain unemployed with limited opportunities.
Violence at Charlotte Maxeke hospital strike condemned
Destruction of property and acts of intimidation that accompanied National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union’s recent strike at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital has been harshly condemned.
Albinos fear for safety after murder
The murder of a 13-year-old albino girl and the theft of body parts from a 28-year-old albino man hours after he was buried has Mpumalanga residents angry and fearing for the lives of other albino people.
Stunting haunts a child for life
Poor nutrition in early childhood has a number of negative consequences for people later in life, according to Professor Daniela Casale, from Wits University’s School of Economic and Business Sciences.
Patients’ lives threatened in North West
Corruption, medicine shortages, healthworkers being barred from treating patients – the public healthcare sector in the North West province has been in crisis for weeks. Health-e News’s GRAEME MAKAM reports.
Salmonella a risk with backyard chickens
NORTH WEST - Breeding chickens at home, also known as backyard poultry farming, has come under the spotlight following this week’s recall of over 200-million eggs in the US.