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#FreeToBleed: Zero-rating and free pads to start in South Africa

Gender Based Violence, News

Bleeding every month is about to get a lot cheaper for many people who menstruate. In some cases, it may even be free.

Pontsho Pilane
April 1, 2019

#FreeToBleed: Zero-rating and free pads to start in South Africa

Gender Based Violence, News

Bleeding every month is about to get a lot cheaper for many people who menstruate. In some cases, it may even be free.

Pontsho Pilane
April 1, 2019

SA is not yet polio-free

Health

South Africa is part of a ‘pariah group’ of countries not yet certified polio-free, thanks to weaknesses in our disease surveillance and vaccination programme. The Department of Health is determined to win back its certificate next month, and launched an immunisation coverage survey last week to investigate the nation’s vaccination rate.

kerrycullinan
March 11, 2019

SA is not yet polio-free

News

Kerry Cullinan
March 11, 2019

State patients ditch surgery waiting list thanks to Mediclinic Limpopo

News

A collaboration between the Limpopo Department of Health and a private hospital has seen many patients waiting for surgery at state facilities receive their operations through a pro bono agreement.

Mogale Mojela
December 14, 2018

Mboweni zero rates and allocates funds for free sanitary pads

News

Three provinces will be the testing grounds for the Department of Women’s free sanitary pads policy.

Pontsho Pilane
October 25, 2018

Op-ed: Championing a TB free South Africa

News

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is that fiery blend of political activism, commitment to mission, and professional competence that will help to bring an end to tuberculosis (TB), writes TB Proof's Ingrid Schoeman ahead of World TB Day on Saturday.

Guest Author
March 23, 2018

New pain-free test for TB in kids

Health

Diagnosing TB in children is so difficult and often-painful that many kids are misdiagnosed and lose their chance to be cured, but new research offers hope.

Amy Green
October 23, 2017

The maddening state of Gauteng’s psychiatric facilities

News

A massive shortages of hospital beds for psychiatric patients in Gauteng is compromising patient care.

jamesthabo
August 28, 2017

Vhembe get state-of-the-art hospital

News

After years of complaints by residents in Limpopo’s Vhembe district about the poor conditions at Siloam Hospital, the National Department of Health has stepped in to re-build the entire facility.

Statement: Call for dental assistants to register by 31 March

Health, Health Systems

The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has urged all dental assistants to register as the moratorium on criminal prosecution of unregistered dental assistants draws to a close.

healthe
February 22, 2016

The Big Chill: Health post freeze threatens services

Health Systems, News

Facing a R9-billion shortfall just to meet salary demands, provincial health departments are freezing posts. Whether couched openly in memos or hidden between the lines of spiralling bureaucracy, staff freezes may be South Africa's most significant threat to healthcare.

lauralopez
February 1, 2016

Smoke-free laws do not hurt business

Health

One of the largest studies to date on the economic impact of smoke-free laws, recently published in the scientific journal Preventing Chronic Disease, provides powerful new evidence that such laws do not harm the restaurant and bar industry, even in…

wilmastassen
August 16, 2013
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Public health facilities in a dire state

Health Systems

A poisonous snake slithering through a district hospital, badly cracked walls and rooms filled to the roof with broken equipment were some of the challenges facing researchers as they conducted the first national audit of public health facilities.