Uphill battle for community care givers
OURHEALTH. - Community care givers in Howick in KwaZulu-Natal face many challenges in their work every day.
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Selfless women give back to community
OURHEALTH. ' Five women from Tseseng village in Phuthaditjhaba (Qwa-Qwa) in the Free State are making a big difference in their community.
Clinic runs out of critical meds
OURHEALTH. ' The Michael Maponya Clinic in Pimville, Soweto, is experiencing a critical shortage of medicine, including vital diabetes treatment.
ARV shortage at E Cape clinic
OURHEALTH. - Goso Forest Clinic in Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district of the Eastern Cape is experiencing a shortage of medicine, including life-saving antiretrovirals (ARVs).
Limpopo villagers without water
OURHEALTH. - Villagers from Matavhela and Mufulwi villages in the Vhembe district in Limpopo say they are fed up with having to use rain water because there is no water coming out of their taps.
Community complains about poor service at clinic
OURHEALTH. ' Patients and staff at the Boitumelo Clinic in Sebokeng in the Gauteng Province are complaining about the services and working conditions at the health facility. Sources told OurHealth that the clinic is currently without a manager, causing medicine and staff shortages at the facility and resulting in poor service delivery.
Clinic services improve under new management
OURHEALTH. ' If you arrive at Kgabo Clinic in Winterveld at five in the morning you will find there are already close to 100 people queuing. by Mishack Mahlangu.
Blood donors save countless lives
OURHEALTH. - Dr Pieter Murray is a Bethlehem resident and one of the area's approximately 4 500 donors with the South African National Blood Services (SANBS). by Selloane Molakeng
KZN community suffers without municipal services
OURHEALTH. - Residents from the Shiya Bazali township face many of challenges every day. The informal settlement has no municipal services which mean no electricity, no flushing toilets and only one communal tap for the whole township. By Lungile Ngubane
Community stands together against HIV
OURHEALTH. - Community members from the Vhembe district in Limpopo this week held a gathering at the Matavhela Clinic to celebrate the success the community has achieved in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Story by Surprise Nemalale.
OurHealth: TB patient in the dark about treatment
Story by Mtshana Mvlisi, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Lusikisiki in the OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape.
Township toilets sickening
OURHEALTH. ' Residents of the Selahliwe informal settlement have had to deal with poor sanitation and disgraceful toilet facilities for years. by Thamsanqa Majola.
Book illustrates how mental illness can be overcome
OURHEALTH. - Mashudu Maemu and Oscar Magedana wrote an inspirational book to help discourage discrimination against mental illness. Story by Ndivhuwo Musetha.
OurHealth: Counsellors demoralised by working conditions
Story by Mishack Mahlangu, the OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from the Tshwane district in Gauteng.
OurHealth: ‘Exercise keeps me young’
Story by Thamsanqa Majola, OurHealth Citizen Journalist reporting from Bethlehem in the Free State.