There is a risk that the Health Market Inquiry’s recommendations on the private health sector will be disregarded by government as they do not align with the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, warn health activists. But are the two mutually exclusive? And what are the government’s plans? HEALTH-E NEWS’ Amy Green finds out.
As malaria season approaches the Limpopo Department of Health aims to disinfect a million houses in the province.
Heavily overweight or badly undernourished – a large number of South Africans fall into the categories of people suffering over- and under-nutrition.
Witnesses of the fire that tore through a building in downtown Johannesburg on Wednesday watched in horror as firefighter fell to his death from the 23rd floor.
Mpumalanga - A young woman says HIV will not claim her life. Khosi Zitha said before she accepted her HIV status she battled with denial and anger. The 24-year-old told Health-e News that she could not cope because three of her siblings, who had been HIV-positive, had died.
After spending 17 years in an abusive marriage, Koena Selemela (46), penned her experience in a book called Healing Poems. This is an anthology documenting details of her horrific past as they unfolded every day.
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While the Gauteng government investigates corruption in the running of its food banks, those who rely on these banks are going hungry.
Tobacco companies are thriving in Africa due to weak anti-tobacco and tax laws, and tobacco use has increased by 44 percent between 1990 and 2012.
Dr Richard Lebethe has this week been appointed as the new acting CEO of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital following protests at the facility by health unions who have been picketing outside since Monday.
After two decades, clean water will once again flow when Mgobodzi residents open their taps. Those residents in the village in the Nkomazi local municipality in Mpumalanga, who could afford to pay R15 for 25 litres of water had no choice but to share streams with animals.
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Mbizana, Eastern Cape - For 40 years patients at the Khanyayo Clinic have been treated in the same consulting room with little privacy - but thanks to a public-private partnership the clinic has received two extra consulting rooms.
A new fast food is on the rise in South Africa’s townships - spatlho, commonly known as bunny chow. You can find a spatlho outlet on almost every corner in Ikageng, a township in the North West province.
It takes immense courage to be a whistleblower – to rise up against authority and speak out against incidences of wrongdoing or human rights violations. But it has not gone well for most South Africans who have done so, and this week another brave source has been taken down.
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