Cutting the cost to conceive
For couples who can’t conceive naturally, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can cost ten of thousands of rands but that may be changing.
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Study estimates 153,000 sex workers active in South Africa
First of its kind research released yesterday shows that South Africa is home to about 153,000 sex workers as a new plan aims to decriminalise one of the world’s oldest professions.
Study links birth control to increased risk of HIV infection
Women using the birth control shot known by the brand name Depo-Provera may have about a 30 percent higher risk of contracting HIV, according to new research. However, the link between hormonal contraception and HIV remains uncertain.
Check out Health-e News’ 2015 health calendar
Back at work? Get ready for 2015 with our event calendar, which includes everything from training and scholarship opportunities to ways to earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.
Local experts wary of early cervical cancer jab successes
Local experts are cautiously optimistic about last year’s cervical cancer vaccine roll-out after Australian authorities announced that vaccine is already showing positive results seven years after it was introduced in the country.
Halfway between help and home
When the voices stop and their thoughts become their own again, people with schizophrenia may be ready to leave psychiatric facilities - but the next step may be anyone’s guess.
Woman’s passion changes life for Tshwane children
It began with two children and developed into a passion. Now, Annah Ndlovu is hoping to translate her passion for children into real change in her community of Soshanguve outside Pretoria.
Rural Eastern Cape teen becomes community role model
Avelile was born with HIV. Now, the teenager from rural Eastern Cape never misses a dose of her antiretrovirals (ARVs) – and has become an example to her community.
In-Depth: Water trucks take over as communities run dry
Amid ongoing power cuts, many communities are dealing with intermittent water supplies and relying on water trucks for portable water as municipalities struggle to maintain their water systems.
Residents left to plead for water at school gates
Without running water, residents of one rural Mpumalanga community say they are left to beg for water at the gates of a local school where they say security guards often turn them away empty handed.
Dirty water deliveries for Limpopo villages
At least two villages in Limpopo’s Mutale Local Municipality depend on municipal water trucks to survive but now villagers are claiming the trucks are delivering dirty water.
R300 million slated to improve Madibeng Municipal water
Local Ward 3 Councillor Susan Nthangeni says R300 million has been allocated to fix local municipal pipes and boreholes following deadly service delivery protests in April.
Water crisis looms in Kestell, Free State
With the construction of a promised dam delayed, residents of Kestell, Free State say that the lack of water risks their lives and their livelihoods.
Bethlehem informal residents beg water off neighbours
Residents of Silahliwe informal settlement outside Bethlehem share one working toilet for about every 900 people. According to local officials, securing access to water and sanitation may mean that about a third of the settlement’s residents will have to move.
Ambulances scarce in rural Eastern Cape
When emergencies happen, rural communities outside Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape say there is no one to call – and with disastrous results.