Fear stands between North West patients and sight
Klerksdorp Hospital assures patients cataracts can be cured as hospital looks to perform 1,000 sight-saving operations this year.
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Tshwane schools look to curb drug use
Police and community member are looking to get students on the right side of the fight against drugs, nyope and alcohol.
Celebrating heritage with health
Thousands of people celebrated National Heritage Day with health check-ups at a health event at Soshanguve’s Bible College showgrounds in Block K.
Tshwane residents know little about NHI
More than a year after the National Health Insurance pilot was launched in South Africa, Tshwane District communities still have no or little knowledge of what it means. This is despite the fact that Tshwane is one of the pilot districts for the NHI.
TAC demands better health care in Mpumalanga
More than 250 members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) marched to the Nelspruit offices of the Mpumalanga MEC for Health and Social Development to hand over a memorandum listing health issues that needed to be addressed urgently.
Plan to keep Ermelo clinics open later fails
Attempts to improve health care services in Ermelo by extending clinic hours until 7pm on weekdays and opening over weekends, have failed due to staff shortages.
E Cape: “It’s us in the rural areas who suffer most”
OurHealth citizen journalist Mtshama Mvlisi covers the Eastern Cape’s OR Tambo District. He works and lives in one of the country’s worst health districts.
Dogs eat aborted human foetus
A woman has told of her shock and revulsion at finding dogs in her yard eating a human foetus estimated to have been aborted at around four months.
Recurring sewage spills in Soshanguve unresolved
Manholes over the sewerage system in Soshanguve Block K and M keep bursting and spilling condoms, nappies and faeces.
Condom distribution in Mpumalanga must improve
The Sexual HIV Prevention Programme (Shipp) is currently supporting community-based organisations by improving their knowledge of condom distribution.
Treatment is now available in Ekurhuleni
Treatment Action Campaign branches in Ekurhuleni are relieved to see that facilities in the area are no longer experiencing antiretroviral treatment stock-out.
Teenage mom regrets not using protection
Busisiwe Malinga,* 18, gave birth to a baby girl three months ago. She explains why having unprotected sex at a young age was a bad idea.
Sports day for farmworkers in Vhembe
MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, Merriam Ramadwa has encouraged farmworkers to participate in sport in order to keep their bodies healthy.
“I finally said ‘enough’ to my abuser.”
Ntombi Shabalala, a 36-year-old domestic worker, is from a small community called Nyibe in Ermelo. She explains how she escaped an abusive relationship:
Blocked manhole causes health concern
A blocked manhole in the yard of a Jouberton family has remained unattended, and the family has lived in a stinking - and what it believes is an unhealthy - environment for nine weeks.