Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa account for half of the world’s tuberculosis cases, but only South Africa’s president will attend today’s (September 26th) first United Nations high-level meeting on TB.
President Cyril Ramaphosa urged the country to follow central tenets of Covid-19 prevention – social distancing, hand sanitizing and proper face mask use – during the new phase of the Covid-19 lockdown. Some have taken these words to heart, whilst others struggle to acclimatise to the new normal.
After tweeting to the presidency about her numerous gender-based violence (GBV) experiences, Sihle Bolani has only been met with a deafening silence despite a resounding response from South Africa. She asks why there hasn't been decisive action to tackle GBV with the same gusto as the Covid-19 pandemic. By: Sihle Bolani.
Youth unemployment is staggeringly high, a cause of ill-health and is in the spotlight this Youth Day.
Women are being infected by Covid-19 at a higher rate than men in South Africa says the NICD as it releases more data showing an accelerated spread of the coronavirus.
Rapid HIV tests, which allow you to get your HIV test result within a few minutes, should be in use country-wide within the course of next year. But only those rapid tests used in government health facilities have been properly evaluated for reliability. Quality control of the other brands on the market is not yet assured. Jo Stein reports
With two small children, Health-e News reporter Marcia Zali had a strict routine. Then came lockdown, and her work-life balance unravelled.
The pharmacy profession plays a critical role in the National Health Insurance (NHI), says the department of health.
A once successful businessman shares his story of how he became homeless at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Already hooked on drugs, his life took a turn for the worst once President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the country…
An LGBTQI sexual violence survivor and activist is fighting tooth and nail to raise awareness about the challenges they face in their communities. Sexual violence affects every demographic in South Africa. But according to Queen Beyonce Tovhowani Makondo, lesbian, gay…
People world over need to change their lifestyles and adapt their behaviour to live in a very different world compared to before the Covid-19 outbreak, experts agree. Writes Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla.
A task team should be established by no later than 15 February 2025, with a draft of this plan to be finalised by 28 February 2025, at the latest.
In Mpumalanga nearly 80 junior doctors remain unemployed despite completing their obligated community service in December.
Denny was a gynaecological oncologist who dedicated decades of her life to cervical cancer research, screening and treatment.
Activist organisation the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) boycotted the official World AIDS Day event hosted by the National Department of Health in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg.
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