Shortages of ARVs ‘a disaster’, warns prof
Stock-outs of antiretroviral medicines have continued to plague health facilities, mainly as a result of a global shortage of certain active ingredients.
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Young East Rand lesbians wear the pants
Knowledge of the Constitution is enabling young lesbian women on the East Rand to fight for their rights and to ‘walk tall’ in the face of persecution. They are eking out spaces for themselves through small daily acts of defiance.
Government, community reach out to North West disabled, aged
Government recently held winter games in the North West to help bring health services and education to the region’s people living with disabilities and elderly.
Man kills himself after HIV diagnosis
A 26-year-old North West man recently killed himself after being diagnosed with HIV, leaving his family and two-year-old child in shock. A local counsellor says the death underscores the need for better counselling.
New health clinics slated for Tshwane as district receives millions
Tshwane District Health Services are slated to receive about R114 million for infrastructure development, including seven new clinics, according to District Health Manager Mothomone Pitsi.
Rural Reflections: There is a problem
As public debate rages about whether there are or are not antiretroviral (ARV) stock outs in the county, our rural doctor and blogger reminds us what three letters and ARV stock outs really mean.
Limpopo village brings ubuntu to life
A tiny Limpopo village proves that ubuntu is not dead as they pull together to help a grandmother raise three children.
North West community health care workers protest bikes, payment
The North West’s move to put more than 300 community health workers on bicycles has met resistance from workers and union representatives as they alleged they were never consulted about the bikes – and that they remain underpaid.
‘Please help me save my mother,’ son pleads with N. Cape Health authorities
Mom gets toe amputated for no reason when wrongly diagnosed as diabetic, claims son.
SA teas pack a cancer punch
Two distinctly South African teas have been fingered for their potential to treat two of the country’s biggest cancer killers.
Activists worldwide call for immediate HIV treatment
South Africa may join just ten countries in the world that provide antiretrovirals (ARVs) to people living with HIV upon diagnosis as new research spurs activists to demand immediate treatment for all people living with HIV.
Cancer cures in your kitchen cupboard?
Rooibos, honeybush and garlic may protect against cancer, which is set to increase massively in South Africa in the next 15 years
Grant pay point security scrutinised following shoot out
A recent cash-in-transit heist at a grant pay point has led the Department of Social Development to relook pay point security nationwide.
Hospitals hold babies ransom, say mothers
Mothers allege some Gauteng hospitals are withholding newborn babies from immigrant mums until they can pay for delivering at public hospitals. Others say health care workers have threatened not to treat children unless bills are paid in full.
from foreign mums until bills for delivering at public hospitals are paid.
Afrikaners may be more likely to carry breast cancer gene
New research has shown that Afrikaans South Africans may be more likely to carry the breast cancer gene that led recently led actress Angelina Jolie to undergo a double mastectomy.