Despite court-mandated moves by government to stem the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, a recent Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) investigation has found just eight doctors serve the Department of Correctional Services, according to this piece written by TAC researcher Lieve Vanleeuw.
The Department of Health is expected to launch new tuberculosis (TB) guidelines at the South African TB Conference, which begins today in Durban.
The Department of Health’s multi-million rand investment in an automated, rapid TB test is being short-changed by slow health systems, said researchers this week.
As the Health Professionals Council of South Africa’s (HPSCA) postpones the sentencing Dr Wouter Basson for his role in apartheid’s biological warfare again this week, experts are calling for clear guidelines to deal with doctors involved in unethical behaviour.
Shaun Harris is South Africa’s fourth fastest 50m freestyle swimmer and has set his sights on gold at the 2016 Olympics just two years after beating cancer.
Crooked doctors and hospital admission clerks are at the centre of syndicates illegally benefiting from hospital cash plans, according to Discovery Health CEO Dr Jonathan Broomberg
Pacific islands famous for white sands and turquoise seas are also home to some of the fattest people in the world, according to global research released today by The Lancet medical journal.
Tembisa Hospital is at the centre of an investigation again after one man's family alleges that staff left him to die. Now, his daughter is on a quest to find the truth.
On 1 March, Johanness van der Nest was attacked while walking home from a local pub. Finding out what happened to Van der Nest next has become his daughter's obsession.
From headaches to dental work, James Mchekecheke says he has seen a lifetime of poor service from South Africa’s public sector. Now, the 55-year-old building contractor says he would rather pay out-of-pocket than walk through a public clinic’s doors.
One Mpumalanga clinic is getting a facelift, but paint fumes and dust are making nurses and patients alike think twice about coming back.
Our rural community service doctor is well into her first week on Tim Noakes' Banting diet as she deals with life and death in the maternity ward.
Health-e's resident rural health blogger checks in as she starts her Banting Challenge: Can she do the latest high fat, low carb diet on a rural family's average food budget?
The lives of three million mothers and newborn babies could be saved every year if they received proper healthcare, especially during birth, according to a new Lancet report.
Doctors have cured a woman with advanced blood cancer by injecting her with the measles virus, the US non-profit Mayo Clinic recently announced.
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