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TB in pregnancy can be cured

News

Mpumalanga - When 24-year-old Gabisile Zulu discovered she was pregnant she was thrilled. Her joy was short lived because she was also diagnosed with tuberculosis - she was now fighting two diseases, HIV and TB.

cynthiamaseko
December 10, 2018

Tribute to TAC at 20!

News

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) turns 20 today - International Human Rights Day - and our history would be much poorer without them.

kerrycullinan
December 10, 2018

Bells and Whistles: Cycling for Safety

Health

WATCH: Tebogo Mmazwi takes bicycle safety so seriously that he has now become famous for his hard-to-miss bike.

kimharrisberg
December 7, 2018

Cabinet to decide on NHI Bill in January

News

Cabinet will convene a special meeting in January to discuss the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, according to government sources.

kerrycullinan
December 6, 2018

Sibasa Clinic toilets fixed as Vhembe cleaners remain unpaid

News

LIMPOPO – After weeks of patients and staff having the use of only a single toilet at Sibasa clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, an expose by Health-e News has prompted action by the Department of Health.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
December 6, 2018

Innovating in the fight against trafficking

Gender Based Violence, News

From the simple use of cellphones, to the galactic potential of satellites, innovators and activists are hot on the tracks of traffickers worldwide.

kimharrisberg
December 4, 2018

Plates over Pills

Health

WATCH: meet the doctor using her garden as her prescription pad.

kimharrisberg
December 3, 2018

School meals. School Nutrition Programme Resumption

Gauteng food banks remain empty

News

Amost half-a-million Gauteng beneficiaries reliant on feeding schemes under the suspended provincial food bank programme, having already gone hungry for four months, are now facing a bleak Christmas.

jamesthabo
December 3, 2018

Youth is no protection against breast cancer

Health

Think breast cancer is something only older women have to worry about? Think again. Experts say there are no age restrictions to this cancer – but that social support can mean the difference between life and death.

Pontsho Pilane
December 3, 2018

SA sleeping on the most successful HIV weapons

News

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), taken as a once-daily pill, has been hailed the world over as one of the major HIV prevention interventions in the fight against AIDS. Yet, apart form sex workers, very few South Africans are using PrEP or even know it exists.

Amy Green
December 3, 2018

HIV: One child infected every two minutes

News

AIDS kills 76 adolescents around the world every day, and some 360 000 will die by 2030 unless “urgent” action is taken.

Amy Green
November 30, 2018

Health facilities fail to provide counselling for rape survivors

Gender Based Violence, Health, Mental Health

Could the lack of adequate counselling and mental health services in South Africa’s health facilities leave sexual violence survivors more vulnerable to post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicide? A new national study gives us the answers.

Pontsho Pilane
November 28, 2018

Rural filmmaker breaks infertility silence

Our Health

Infertility is seldom talked about in rural communities but award-winning filmmaker Molatelo Maenetja has made a film, When Babies Don’t Come, to break the stigma surrounding the issue.

Mogale Mojela
November 28, 2018

NHI Bill being pushed for elections?

News

The Presidency and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi seem intent on pushing the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill through Parliament before next year’s election despite major unanswered questions.

kerrycullinan
November 27, 2018

One toilet for patients and staff at Limpopo clinic

Our Health

LIMPOPO - With only a single working toilet shared by both male and female patients at Sibasa Clinic in Makwarela, outside Thohoyandou, security personnel at the clinic are concerned.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
November 27, 2018

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