 Limpopo Departments of Health and Education continue to disappoint
Despite getting 47 percent of the provincial budget, the Limpopo Department of Education has once again failed to get a clean audit.
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South Africans are eating GMO foods every day
Most South Africans, without their knowledge or consent, are unknowingly consuming genetically modified food products every single day.
Video: No quick fix for overcoming Obesity
Manie Pretorius used to be a sports enthusiast who weighed just 70 kilograms. Just a few years and a knee injury later, Pretorius weighed almost 200 kilograms. He had become obese and his state of health was on the decline.
Help for young mother after four-month public hospital ordeal
LIMPOPO - After four months battling to recover from childbirth due to ongoing bleeding caused by failed efforts by nurses to stich her properly after giving birth, a young Limpopo mother has finally been helped.
Diabetes and inequality: Most Africans undiagnosed
Almost a century after the discovery of insulin diabetes is still killing many people, especially those in poorer nations.
Diet denialism on Diabetes Day
Today is International Diabetes Day and the rate of type 2 diabetes in South Africa has increased by over two-thirds in just five years, mostly as a result of poor diet.
Community Health Workers protest for better working conditions
Community health care workers, unhappy about how they are treated by the Gauteng Department of Health, took to the streets on Tuesday and marched to the department’s offices to raise their concerns.
Kuruman runs out of free condom supplies
Residents of Kuruman in the Northern Cape are up in arms after free condom supplies to local hospitals and clinics have run out.
New clinics in rural Vhembe to offer maternity services
In their quest to bring medical services closer to the rural villages in Limpopo, the provincial Department of Health has opened two new medical clinics in Kutama- Sinthumule and Midoroni villages in Vhembe, near Louis Trichard.
SA kids need family support to avoid drugs
Children are more likely to turn to drugs when their parents are absent in the home, according to Soul City.
Staff changes and happy announcements at Health-e News
Health-e has the good fortune to welcome a number of new staff members over the past few months. Gill Gifford joins us as news editor.
Limpopo Health Department steps in to help young mother after horrifying four month ordeal at public hospital
LOUIS TRICHARD - Ongoing bleeding and repeatedly failed efforts to stitch her up have left a young Limpopo woman battling to recover from childbirth, as the Health Department promises to step in and help.
Diabetes support group finds strength in numbers
This National Diabetes Month, we visit a diabetes support group that meets monthly to talk, learn and help each other to live with Diabetes.
The vet and the wildebeest
Tuberculosis can be passed from animals to people, a British vet tells Health-e how he struggled to get diagnosed and believes the problem of zoonotic TB is a biggesr problem in Africa than most people realise.
Using the power of soccer to teach healthy life choices
Grassroots Soccer - or GRS in short - is a non-profit organisation supported by a global soccer body FIFA (Federation International of Football Association), and aims to improve the lives of youngsters.