A threat of more infectious diseases, a drug-resistant AIDS epidemic and malnutrition could add to Zimbabwe's current cholera woes, says humanitarian medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders.
South African health care workers are increasingly testing positive for Covid-19 as cases rise across the continent, with South Africa no exception.
While health facilities say there are staff shortages, many qualified nurses and community service workers remain unemployed. Unions say these professionals should be absorbed into the department.
Shocking figures about HIV infection in babies and high AIDS-related child mortality have made the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies a key focus of third South African AIDS conference.
A Limpopo woman is in shock after doctors performed a hysterectomy without her permission. Doctors say it was necessary to save her life after complications with her pregnancy. As studies show, the experience of the 36-year-old woman is not unique, highlighting poor communication in the labour ward.
The young girl who shot herself in the stomach to get rid of her unwanted pregnancy has always stuck in Elizabeth Serobe's mind.This image is one the main driving forces behind this Soweto midwife's commitment to providing women in Soweto with a choice to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. This week doctors, midwives, social workers and researchers shared their assessment of the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Act with Parliament.
The ambitious 24-hour daily service, including weekends at Limpopo clinics and primary health centres (CHCs) is hitting a snag due to a shortage of nurses and ancillary staff. Community members and health workers’ unions have since called for action…
The role of midwives need to be protected as an essential service to prevent increasing maternal mortality rates, say experts.
Maternal, newborn and child deaths would be drastically reduced if South Africa simply implemented the policies it already has in place.
The private sector is putting pressure on government to allow it to operate private medical schools.
Covid-19 brings fresh complications to pregnancy and childbirth across Eastern and Southern Africa, writes Dr Gabriele Fontana .
The needs of people living with albinism are not taken seriously including by healthcare providers writes Innocentia Mgijima Konopi and Aldridge Munyoro this Albinism Awareness Day.
When maternal mortality almost doubled in fourteen years, health leaders in Namibia decided to make maternal health a priority ' and set up a pilot in Khomas region.
As the country heads to the polls, some South Africans have mixed feelings about service delivery and the quality of health services in their communities. Health-e asked Mpumalanga residents what they thought about the province’s public clinics and hospitals.
Dr Aaron Motsoaledi rubs his forehead and repositions himself in his chair, leaning forward as if to make sure the point come across clearly: 'I will say it upfront. There is no way National Health Insurance (NHI) will function anywhere if the public health system is not functioning well.'
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