Child hunger risks South Africa’s future
About 2.5 million children go hungry each year in South Africa and researchers warn that today’s unmet needs will have serious consequences for tomorrow without more early childhood interventions.
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At a glance: Tobacco and your body
Causing cataracts to cancer, smoking can affect every part of your body - see how in this graphic.
New Health-e documentary focuses on mental health
Airing this Sunday on SABC 3’s Special Assignment, Health-e’s latest documentary exposes South Africa’s serious lack of mental health facilities.
Government unveils NCD strategic plan
With non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounting for almost half of all deaths in South Africa, the department of health has released a new strategy to curb rising rates of diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hypertension.
Timeline of a troubled province
Over the past 15 years the Eastern Cape Health Department has deteriorated. Fraught with medicine shortages, equipment failures, huge staff vacancies, corruption and fraud, this timeline documents just some of the many problems surrounding this troubled province.
Alarming new smoking trends among the youth
New studies have revealed an alarming increase in electronic and menthol cigarette smoking among young people.
Moves to safeguard water amid proposed fracking may not be enough
The anti-fracking lobby continues to lash government plans to allow the controversial mining practice in the Karoo. Activists say that despite recent government regulations aimed at safeguarding communities and water supplies, the risk is just too great.
Mpumalanga hospital patients go hungry
Patients at Ermelo Provincial Hospital in Mpumalanga are being told to bring their own food as the hospital battles food shortages.
New study supports menthol cigarettes ban
Younger smokers may prefer menthol cigarettes, leading researchers to argue that the mint-flavoured smokes are undermining tobacco control efforts.
You may be a smoker and not even know it
A recent study has found that almost a third of South Africans could be exposed to dangerous second-hand smoke and may not even know it.
A day in the life of a rural doctor in South Africa
Interested in expanding your horizons as a doctor? Work in rural South Africa. Watch this video to see what it is like to work in a rural hospital.
Take-home test helps detect cervical cancer
About nine women die every day as a result of cervical cancer in South Africa. A new, do-it-yourself test could help detect more cases earlier but it’s only part of the solution, experts warn.
80% of South Africans don’t consult traditional healers – Africa Check
Fact-checkers Africa Check lay bare the 30-year-old claim that 80% of South Africans consult traditional healers first
The Mpumalanga province graduation ceremony for NIMART nurses
More than 800 nurses have graduated in Mpumalanga this month, of which 225 graduated as NIMART (Nurses Initiated and Managed Antiretroviral Therapy) nurses.
Even healthy-looking smokers have early cell damage
Smokers who've received a clean bill of health from their doctor may think that cigarettes haven't harmed their lungs. However, new research shows that even smokers who seem healthy have damaged airway cells, with characteristics similar to cells found in aggressive lung cancer.