Patients fear for their health after ARV shortage
BLOEMFONTEIN '€“ While the rest of the country is celebrating the roll-out of a new HIV treatment, the Gabriel Dichabe Clinic has run out of antiretroviral tablets.
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Doctors charged with rape dies
VHEMBE. - A 43-year-old medical doctor who was arrested for raping a patient in his surgery has died.
Activists demand better service
A group of about 200 activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) recently picketed at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital to demand better service.
HIV+ mom feels ‘€˜blessed’€™ with new medication
MGUNGUNDLOVU. - April marked the start of a new era for HIV positive pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers. That was when the fixed dose combination pill for HIV was introduced in South Africa.
Patients and health workers excited about new HIV treatment
TSHWANE. - Phedisong 4 Clinic in Ga-rankuwa was abuzz with when the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, recently introduce the roll-out of the new one-a-day antiretroviral treatment for HIV patients.
Health services don’€™t increase along with population
GERT SIBANDE. '€“ The population of the small Mpumalanga town of Ermelo has grown rapidly over the last few years due to booming industries in the region.
Simple antiseptic can save newborn lives
JOHANNESBURG '€“ A cheap antiseptic ointment, used to cleanse a newborn'€™s umbilical cord, can reduce the risk of infection and death in the first few weeks of life by as much as 20 percent.
Roadmap to tackle newborn deaths
JOHANNESBURG '€“ Each year, about three million of the 7.7-million children who die before reaching their fifth birthday are newborns who do not survive their first four weeks of life. This situation has led to the top health agencies and child experts meeting in South Africa to formulate what will become the Global Newborn Action Plan.
Limpopo children get safe new pre-school
VHEMBE. '€“ Matavhela pre-school made the news last year due to the poor, unsafe conditions at the facility, despite the principal'€™s request to the Department of Education'€™s to upgrade it.
Court action looming over ECape tent clinic
Media Release: Activists are threatening court action unless the Eastern Cape health department urgently address the dire situation at Village Clinic in Lusikisiki. The busy clinic has been operating from tents after it was evicted from the building.
FS private doc ban criticised
The South African Medical Association has criticised a decision by the provincial health department to ban government doctors from doing work in the private sector. Read their statement here.
Fewer South Africans dying of HIV/AIDS, but more of diabetes
Government'€™s annual death report has confirmed the trend that fewer South Africans have been dying of HIV/AIDS-related diseases. However, more people are dying of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes.
NHI – The first 18 months
Blurb: National health department DG Precious Matsoso summarises the progress and future plans for introducing the NHI in South Africa.
Regulating alcohol to public health
Regulating alcohol outlet density, or the number of physical locations in which alcoholic beverages are available for purchase in a geographic area, is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and associated harms.
Clinics run on skeleton staff before Easter
SOSHANGUVE '€“ In the run-up to the long weekends in March and April, Clinic 2 and Maria Rantho were running with skeleton staff because most staff had gone on holidays already.