Improved maternal health in Limpopo a sign of success, but budget cuts loom
Limpopo public health facilities have seen an improvement in maternal health, but budget cuts may weaken the health system’s gains.
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Young girls need more than sanitary products, survey reveals
The ♯HelpHetta Project seeks to address the needs of girls and young women beyond sanitary pads and hygiene products after lockdown restrictions revealed overlooked disparities.
More than 14 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been delivered to 22 African countries
The deliveries were through Covax, an effort co-led by the Coalition for Epidermic Preparedness Innovations(CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Limpopo grannies struggle with the isolation life under the Covid-19 lockdown
In lockdown for over a year, Limpopo grannies have not been able to gather for regular exercises, access healthy meals nor medical check-ups, showing the isolating effects of the pandemic on the elderly.
‘Losing her to TB was the most painful thing I ever went through as a parent,’- a mother shares her story
A mother shares the story of how she adopted an HIV-positive teenager to give her a better life, and the pain of losing the child to tuberculosis (TB).
‘Is being a child a crime?’—Children plea for safety in a violent society
South African children have expressed their fear of growing up in a country with high rates of violence. Some are demanding action from the adults tasked with keeping them safe.
New technology and a hotline to protect Gauteng health workers and patients against TB
A new device can help health care workers better protect themselves against TB. At high risk, frontline workers say more must be done to protect them against contracting TB at work.
South Africa won’t achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 this year, says committee chair
South Africa will not vaccinate 67% of the population by the end of 2021, the national target needed to achieve herd immunity. Health-e News journalist Max Matavire spoke to the chairperson of the country’s COVID-19 advisory committee.
The fight against COVID-9 has taken resources from other diseases like TB
The fight against COVID-19 has seen massive resources being shifted from other diseases, including for tuberculosis (TB), resulting in the scaling down health programmes.
#WorldTBDay: ‘I never thought that a person like me at such a young age could be diagnosed with TB’
Childhood and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is common and often more difficult to diagnose and treat. Health-e News spoke to two TB survivors who had the disease while they were just 14 and 18 and about the special challenges having TB as a teen.
‘Why do we have a COVID-19 vaccine before a TB vaccine?’ and other tough questions on #WorldTBDay
This World TB Day, international expert José Luis Castro answers the six tough questions about TB. Health-e News editor Amy Green asked what the real impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis (TB) has been, why TB doesn’t have a vaccine for half a century, and why TB funding pales in comparison to funding for COVID-19.
OP-ED on #COVID-19: Community journalists are crucial to informing the public
The African Alliance writes that community journalism projects, of which Health-e's OurHealth citizen journalism programme is one example, are critical to accurate and responsible reporting on serious issues of national and local importance like COVID-19.
World Down Syndrome Day: Girl with Down Syndrome runs successful business at age 17
On World Down Syndrome Day, made all the more important as this week cops who are charged with the tragic killing of Nathaniel Julies are set to take the stand, Health-e News reports on a young woman with down syndrome from Durban who at the age of just 17 was running a successful business.
Families too poor to afford healthy food face added risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and more
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for over half of deaths in South Africa. Poverty, limited resources and lack of healthy living programmes and regulations add to this burden.
Messaging around obesity urgently needs to change: NCD Alliance CEO
Obesity has been classified as as an extremely serious health condition yet the stigma and messaging stand in the way of addressing it.