HIV-positive graduates inspire others
From a bleak past, these activists now have a much brighter future - but their project needs more support
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Traditional leaders turn treatment supporters
Communities surrounding Port St. Johns recently gathered at the house of a local headman to celebrate patients preserving with chronic illness.
Patient incorrectly prescribed HIV medication
When epileptic patient Thabang Madimabi collapsed, he never expected to wake up in hospital and on antiretrovirals (ARVs)  – especially since Madimabi is HIV negative.Â
Positive life changes for Africans
Africa has made the greatest progress in increasing life expectancy in the world, reports the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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A new cut may save an old tradition
In Mpumalanga, boys are preparing to head to ‘the mountain’ and return as men. As concerns regarding the safety of some initiation schools mount, a new blend of tradition and medicine may help preserve a centuries-old rite.
Water supply under threat from pollution
SAHR 2016: Sewage, acid mine drainage and climate change threaten the purity of our water supply.
Staff shortages, poor leadership cripple healthcare
There is a human resource crisis in healthcare that is driven partly by government tolerance of incompetent staff, according to Health Systems Trust’s South African Health Review 2016
Report: South African Health Review 2016
The Health Systems Trust’s annual publication on health trends and topics in South Africa includes chapters on water and sanitation, eHealth, and sexual and reproductive health.
Medicine, morality on South Africa’s drug routes
When you're a doctor operating along South Africa’s drug routes, anything can happen and when it does, reality and relations can change in an instant, writes one rural doctor.
Quarter of surveyed health facilities report stock outs
Almost 25 percent of health facilities surveyed nationally have gone without HIV or tuberculosis (TB) medicines at least once in the last year, according to preliminary survey results released this week.
Health-e News among Discovery Health Journalism Awards finalists
Health-e News print and television reporters are among finalists announced today for the prestigious annual Discovery Health Journalism Award.
Community health workers take health department to court
At least 400 Gauteng community health workers are suing the Gauteng Department of Health after they allege the department violated labour law when it asked them to re-apply for their jobs without notice.