As a school campaign to inoculate girls against one of the leading causes of cervical cancer wraps in the Northern Cape’s Siyancuma Local Municipality, one nurse says parents need to know more about the human papillomavirus (HPV).
More than a month after OurHealth first reported on long wait times at Tshwane District Hospital, patients allege that the problem persists.
Recently, a burst pipe sent hundreds of litres of clean water flowing down storm drains in Mofolo, Soweto as residents went without.
As the South African Department of Basic Education prepares to launch a national deworming campaign, a Tshwane family is proof the problem of parasitic worms is not just a rural one.
Some Tshwane drug dealers are allegedly giving nyaope away free to keep users hooked, say two young men from outside Hammanskraal who say they are ready to get clean.
When Phindile Mashaba was diagnosed with HIV she could not believe it. She says that disbelief killed her daughter.
When Leah Khumalo arrived at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, she says she thought she was due for a routine scan to discover the cause of her persistent ankle pain. Instead, the hospital amputated her leg. Now, she wants answers.
Dorah Marothodi, her daughter and four grandchildren live off social grants. Recently, Soshanguve good Samaritans gave the Marothodi family something to smile about after fixing the family’s toilet.
As the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) continues an international fundraising campaign in response to a financial crisis, HIV activists have hailed the AIDS lobby group as an example of activism in southern and east Africa.
HIV and tuberculosis remain leading causes of death in South Africa. Now, Anova Health Institute’s Dr Khanyi Tshabalala responds to the top five reasons tuberculosis (TB) and HIV patients give for skipping their daily doses.
Soshanguve residents outside Pretoria are demanding a local clinic expand its services and operate 24 hours a day to meet the community’s need.
Shortly after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, an elderly Tshwane woman has lost her fight with the disease – and left her family blaming themselves and the health system.
Nokuthula Mthinsilane, 7, was born unable to speak. Now, her parents are battling to get her into school and the education she deserves.
The communities of Mafunze and Maswazini say they would ranther pay more to travel to a nearby clinic than use the one in nearest their communities.
Members of the Chaba family have become prisoners in their own home - trapped by years of raw sewage collecting in their East Rand yard.
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