The fight against COVID-9 has taken resources from other diseases like TB
The fight against COVID-19 has seen massive resources being shifted from other diseases, including for tuberculosis (TB), resulting in the scaling down health programmes.
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#WorldTBDay: ‘I never thought that a person like me at such a young age could be diagnosed with TB’
Childhood and adolescent tuberculosis (TB) is common and often more difficult to diagnose and treat. Health-e News spoke to two TB survivors who had the disease while they were just 14 and 18 and about the special challenges having TB as a teen.
‘Why do we have a COVID-19 vaccine before a TB vaccine?’ and other tough questions on #WorldTBDay
This World TB Day, international expert José Luis Castro answers the six tough questions about TB. Health-e News editor Amy Green asked what the real impact of COVID-19 on tuberculosis (TB) has been, why TB doesn’t have a vaccine for half a century, and why TB funding pales in comparison to funding for COVID-19.
OP-ED on #COVID-19: Community journalists are crucial to informing the public
The African Alliance writes that community journalism projects, of which Health-e's OurHealth citizen journalism programme is one example, are critical to accurate and responsible reporting on serious issues of national and local importance like COVID-19.
Endometriosis: One in ten women experience this debilitating and isolating condition
In Depth Feature: March is Endometriosis Awareness Month and Health-e News spoke to several women about how the condition severely affects almost every aspects of their lives.
World Down Syndrome Day: Girl with Down Syndrome runs successful business at age 17
On World Down Syndrome Day, made all the more important as this week cops who are charged with the tragic killing of Nathaniel Julies are set to take the stand, Health-e News reports on a young woman with down syndrome from Durban who at the age of just 17 was running a successful business.
Families too poor to afford healthy food face added risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and more
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) account for over half of deaths in South Africa. Poverty, limited resources and lack of healthy living programmes and regulations add to this burden.
Messaging around obesity urgently needs to change: NCD Alliance CEO
Obesity has been classified as as an extremely serious health condition yet the stigma and messaging stand in the way of addressing it.
New data shows ‘global impact of COVID-19 on TB epidemic is worse than expected’
Over a million additional cases of tuberculosis (TB) went undiagnosed and untreated in the last year due to the impact of COVID-19-related lockdowns, significantly setting back the global effort to end TB by a massive 12 years, according to new data.
To save rural communities from junk food, raise awareness and the sugar tax, says health group
In rural areas, unhealthy food is cheap and accessible while awareness about the dangers is low. That’s why the Healthy Living Alliance is kicking off a campaign in communities and lobbying government for a sugar tax increase.
‘I was so scared and thought that I was going to die’ – breast cancer survivor shares her story
A breast-cancer survivor from a rural Limpopo village shares how understanding the disease helped her beat it. Breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world most-diagnosed cancer, but survival rates are low in low-income countries.
Funds diverted for the COVID-19 relief effort left thousands of learners without sanitary pads
With budgets diverted to food parcels, nearly 180,000 Gauteng learners did not receive dignity packs, which include sanitary towels. Health-e spoke to learners who were left vulnerable by the decision.
Water woes in Limpopo make Covid-19 prevention difficult
Heavy rains have damaged already inadequate water infrastructure in Vhembe in Limpopo. The long wait for running water is making it impossible for community members to follow hygiene-based anti-Covid-19 practices like washing hands.
Electronic registration system for the Covid-19 vaccine tightened amid fraud claims
Reports of fraudulent vaccinations has led to tighter measures around the Electronic Vaccination Data System. Doctors in private practice are accused of registering their employees and family members to receive the Covid-19 vaccine during the country’s first phase of the national rollout.
Zimbabwe prepares to enter second phase of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Some 34,000 Zimbabweans have already been vaccinated and the country plans to roll out the second phase with help from the private sector.