A Durban teenager, who has been waiting for years for the transplant surgery he desperately needs to live a normal, healthy life, is pinning his hopes on organ donor awareness campaigns.
A lay counsellor working for the Department of Health at the Kanyamazane Clinic outside Nelspruit in Mpumalanga appeared in court this week on allegations of stealing medication from the clinic.
MomConnect delivers text messages to women, with information geared towards their stage of pregnancy – and soon pregnant women with HIV will be able to receive specialised messages.
Mofolo Clinic in Soweto, recently rated highly by clinic inspectors, is now under investigation for having allegedly cheated in order to gain a higher-than-deserved score.
Limpopo residents are hard hit by the drought, as their situation continues to get worse. Residents of Madobi village, near Makhado, are now struggling to get drinking water as many of the boreholes in the area have dried up.
As post-municipal election politicking continues and the weather warms up, the Jabulani hostel community is Soweto is growing increasingly anxious about appaling health conditions in their area.
Amid calls for the projected R 11 billion revenue for the proposed sugary drinks tax to be ring fenced to fight South Africa’s epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), National Treasury has affirmed that it has no intention to earmark taxes as it “is unsound fiscal policy”.
There’s just a week to go before eHealthALIVE2016 kicks off at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg between 6 and 7 September 2016.
A 19 year-old disabled student at the University of Venda, experienced going to bed at night as an extremely stressful end to his day. But thanks to a special new bed he has been given, he can now sleep happily.
Monday's deadline for comment and responses by industry stakeholders and the public to Treasury’s proposal that a tax be imposed on sugary drinks has kicked the conflict between those in favour of the measure and those against it into high gear.
A new programme aimed at addressing the high mortality rate of children under five years old has been launched in the Eastern Cape – using puppets and educational play to teach small children basic healthcare that could save their lives. Siya Booi reports...
Villages in Qwaqwa in the Free State, hit by drought in June 2015, are continuing to struggle severe water shortages.
After several months off school because of a ongoing protests in the area, pupils from the Vuwani in Limpopo’s Vhembe district are finally back at school, ready for long days as they try to catch up.
Dieketseng Mofokeng of Qwaqwa in the Free State, like many people, has always associated skin cancer with fair-skinned people, believing that darker skin offered greater protection from the sun.
A 22 year old Free State woman, currently in hospital with a massive infection and bleeding following a home abortion, is to be arrested and charged with murder when she is discharged.
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