Women use hydroponics to fight hunger
The Joburg Municipality has decided to fight hunger by launching an ambitious rooftop food gardening programme to be run by unemployed women from the inner city.
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The challenges of a child born without gender
A Northern Cape mother who gave birth to a child with genitals that are not typically female or male is raising her child to choose his own identity and life path, despite the difficulties and challenges they encounter.
South Africa’s HIV/AIDS Crisis: why drug resistance matters
Great strides have been taken to deal with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, but now drug resistance may become a serious problem. International institutions and governments create the impression that things are going well and we are in control of the pandemic. But we’re not, says Dr Bent Steenberg Olsen.
Mpumalanga Health Department working hard to stop malaria
The Mpumalanga Health Department joined forces recently with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to plan how to tackle malaria transmission in the province.
Treatment Action Campaign boycotts Worlds Aids Day event
Activist organisation the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) boycotted the official World AIDS Day event hosted by the National Department of Health in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg.
AIDS Day: If you like it, put a ring on it!
A new HIV prevention product for women in the form of a vaginal ring that slowly releases antiretroviral medicine, may soon become available commercially.
HIV+ SA children can benefit from new software tool
With a new online tool, doctors, public healthcare workers can track who is, and isn’t, doing well on HIV treatment, in real time.
How South Africa can beat its sugar-fuelled diabetes epidemic
Four times as many people have Type II diabetes today as 36 years ago, according to the World Health Organisation. In 1980, 108 million people were diagnosed with diabetes worldwide. By 2014, the figure was 422 million writes Dr Sundeep Ruder.
Limpopo Health MEC to fight ‘prophet of Doom’
The MEC of Department of Health in Limpopo province Dr Phophi Ramathuba has publicly condemned the actions of the Limpopo pastor alleged to be spraying insect repellant in the faces of his followers to heal them.
The dirt-eaters – a stressful and dangerous addiction for many women
All over South Africa, women have developed taste for eating soil or clay and now packets of soil are being sold by street vendors alongside their usual products. SANDILE MBILI, BONTLE MOTSOENENG AND LINDIWE MSIBI report...
 Limpopo Departments of Health and Education continue to disappoint
Despite getting 47 percent of the provincial budget, the Limpopo Department of Education has once again failed to get a clean audit.
South Africans are eating GMO foods every day
Most South Africans, without their knowledge or consent, are unknowingly consuming genetically modified food products every single day.
Help for young mother after four-month public hospital ordeal
LIMPOPO - After four months battling to recover from childbirth due to ongoing bleeding caused by failed efforts by nurses to stich her properly after giving birth, a young Limpopo mother has finally been helped.
Community Health Workers protest for better working conditions
Community health care workers, unhappy about how they are treated by the Gauteng Department of Health, took to the streets on Tuesday and marched to the department’s offices to raise their concerns.
Staff changes and happy announcements at Health-e News
Health-e has the good fortune to welcome a number of new staff members over the past few months. Gill Gifford joins us as news editor.