Globally renowned health experts add their names to call for sugar tax in SA
Scholars and academics from leading universities around the world have added their voices to the call for the implementation of a tax on sugary drinks in South Africa.
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Black skin is no longer beautiful in Vhembe
Mothers in Vhembe, Limpopo are crying for help because their children – particularly young girls – are using skin bleaching products.
Celebrating breast cancer awareness month
Scores of Ekurhuleni women gathered together recently to join in a 4km fun walk – the first annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk aimed at creating an awareness of the illness in the local community.
Underfunding ‘nightmare’ hampers the global TB battle
There is a “nightmare of underfunding” for tuberculosis (TB), described by experts as “the greatest infectious disease killer on the planet”.
Millions to be invested in social justice leaders
A R630-million programme aimed at training 600 innovative leaders to address inequality in the health sector has been launched. The US-based Atlantic Philanthropies (AP) this week committed itself to training 30 young and mid-career people every year over the next…
One in four people globally has latent TB
Almost a quarter of the world’s population is infected with ‘latent’ tuberculosis (TB) - a dormant form of the disease, threatening the World Health Organisation’s aim to fully eliminate TB by 2050.
MSF offers access to new TB drug in SA
After feeling ill for months, 16-year-old Sinethemba Kuse received the news that she had multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) from her local clinic in Khayelitsha outside of Cape Town in December last year.
Hawks identify Kuruman as human trafficking hot spot
Kuruman – a small town in the Northern Cape – has become a hot spot for human trafficking, with young women and children being targeted and in some cases even murdered.
Rural clinic in KZN struggles for years as authorities turn a deaf ear to their plight
Poor service levels at the Charles Johnson Memorial Gateway Clinic in KwaZulu Natal’s Umzinyathi district has been ongoing for so long that it is almost accepted as the clinic’s culture. A shortage of nurses and a confusing number system for patient queues are the main issues impacting heavily on both staff and clinic visitors.
SA’s healthcare workers hard hit by TB infections
Exposure to infectious patients, high HIV rates and a lack of ventilation in facilities are some of the reasons healthcare workers in South Africa have the one of the highest tuberculosis (TB) infection rates in the world.
Rural pupils choose junk food over feeding scheme offerings
The Department of Education in Limpopo has introduced feeding schemes at all rural schools in the province in an effort to promote healthy eating habits among learners, yet many children are choosing unhealthy food sold by the hawkers outside the school…
The deadly consequences of obesity
By turning to another man for comfort after her obese husband lost interest in sex, a Free State woman’s actions sparked a tragic series of events that ended in murder.
Basic foods increase by 15 percent
The price of basic foods eaten by low-income households has increased by 15 percent in the past year, and many households cannot get through the month any longer.
Funding for health innovation: How does South Africa measure up?
Innovators, policymakers, and investors gathered in Johannesburg last month for the South Africa Innovation Summit and after this, it is worth asking, are we as a nation doing enough to finance health innovation and technology? Dr Tony Bunn discusses...
Animal TB – a looming threat to humans say researchers
Animal TB (termed zoonotic TB) poses a greater threat to human health and the economy than previously thought, according to a report published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases last week.