One pill a day will soon help keep thousands of sex workers HIV-free as South Africa is expected to announce today that it will provide antiretrovirals to thousands HIV-negative sex workers in a bid to keep them HIV free.
The Competition Commission’s inquiry into private healthcare has changed focus, with medical schemes and administrators doing their best to blame others for the cause high price of private care.
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The Health Professionals Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is expected to announce a reprieve for thousands of unregistered dental hygienists nationwide just weeks ahead of a change in policy that could have left many open to criminal prosecution.
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A herd of goats has helped to improve the health of children at Vhutshilo Mountain School in Tshikombani village in Vhembe.
As Gauteng and Limpopo brave another heat wave, the Northern Cape's Tshwaragano District Hospital has reported 17 deaths from the recent heat wave that sent temperatures soaring.
Facing a R9-billion shortfall just to meet salary demands, provincial health departments are freezing posts. Whether couched openly in memos or hidden between the lines of spiralling bureaucracy, staff freezes may be South Africa's most significant threat to healthcare.
As Free State health services allegedly continue to deteriorate and prompt a heated battle between politicians and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) activists, a new organisation has joined the fray as a former Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) leader breaks from TAC.
Several malaria cases are being reported in northern Limpopo daily, according to Limpopo Department of Health Spokesperson Mack Lesufi.
While science has doubled our life spans, for many elderly people, the last phase of their lives is often a painful series of medical interventions that delay death but do not add value to life. What should the role of medicine be at the end of a person’s life?
After months of erratic supply of its antiretroviral (ARV) Aluvia in South Africa, international pharmaceutical company AbbVie will now allow generic manufacturers to produce the drug to help safeguard supplies, according to an announcement made today.
There is an almighty struggle to get affordable, appropriate medicine for TB – particularly when one tablet to treat drug-resistant TB can cost R655.
Despite KwaZulu-Natal’s relatively good access to contraception, uptake of birth control methods remains a challenge. The province’s 12-page strategy aims to increase awareness and uptake of contraception services, especially among young women.
Dyfunction. Maladministration. Incoherence – a damning ministerial task team report on the Health Professions Council of SA signals the end of an era where the top officials could do as they pleased. But will change come fast enough for foreign doctors who are twisting in the wind?Â
From picking the dress to negotiating curfew, a lot goes into the perfect matric dance but some teens may be taking dangerous risks in an effort to look "their best" for the big night.
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