Curse of the ‘blessers’
Health minister launches plan to keep girls in school - and out of the clutches of abusive sugar daddies.
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Children benefit from ‘power of prevention’ – but not adults
HIV infection rates amongst children in eastern and southern Africa are steadily declining.
Generic applications flood the MCC
The Medicine Control Council should limit generic applications to seven per innovator medicine to cut the backlog that is blocking cheaper, better drugs from entering the SA market. By Henry Leng
Fighting illegal abortion clinics
The Limpopo Department of Health is fighting to shut down a growing number of illegal abortion clinics in the Vhembe area – some targeting students specifically with 50 percent discount offers.
Limpopo gets first breast milk bank
Limpopo mothers have welcomed the opening of the first breast milk bank in the province, believing it will help to save babies.
Platinum status for new clinic
Two new clinics are transforming the lives of rural communities in Mpumalanga, where people no longer have had to travel long distances to get medical attention
Health-e News intern wins a study tour to US
Health-e News intern Thabo Molelekwa has been selected, along with three other journalists, to be part of a study tour to the United States later this year.
Counting the costs of flu
The flu season can see you coughing up about R4000 in costs and the South African economy loses more than R2-billion because of colds and flu every year
Pooling of resources for NHI could lower cost of universal access.
On Tuesday, Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi addressed the media along with members of the Board of As the debate on National Health Insurance (NHI) funding continues, the minister of health has come out in response to the criticism over the high cost associated with rolling out universal health care in South Africa.
Gauteng gets new drug treatment centre
Gauteng and a private sector partner have opened a new in-patient substance abuse treatment centre
Free maternal healthcare saving lives in Lesotho
Free maternal healthcare service in Lesotho introduced by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is drastically curbing deaths during labour and delivery.
What now for patients after psychiatric hospital closes?
Relatives of mentally ill loved ones protested last week, saying their family members are not doing well since they were discharged from Life Esidimeni’s psychiatric hospitals.
Hospital ‘misdiagnose’ nine-year old with HIV
An East Rand family is reeling after their son, who has TB, was misdiagnosed with HIV and given incorrect TB medication, which left him sicker than before.
Residents target councillor who ‘does nothing’
Residents are furious that councillor is nominated for municipal election when they have water shortages for three weeks at a time
Mpumalanga holds first people’s health assembly
Mpumalanga recently welcomed its first provincial People’s Health Assembly as the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and others continue to bemoan staff shortages.