Daughter gives mom strength to keep fighting
When single mum Colleen Arumugam was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, her young daughter became her rock.
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Policy: South Africa’s Integrated School Health Programme
Introduced in 2012, the policy aims to strengthen the country's school health services and forms the basis of South Africa's Integrated School Health Programme.
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Multidrug-resistant TB cases double
Diagnosed cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have nearly doubled globally but treatment in countries like South Africa’s is not keeping up, leaving patients to die and communities at risk, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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Community health workers strike for better working conditions
Lack of payment recently prompted Gauteng community health workers to protest, marking at least the second such action in three years.
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The long road to childhood cancer treatment
Thousands of children develop cancer in South Africa every year, but scarce facilities and delayed diagnosis mean the odds are stacked against many.
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Breast cancer survivor on taking control of cancer
When Johannesburg’s Chantal Oosthuizen found a lump in her breast her idyllic life took an unexpected turn.
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Tobacco control: Then and now
Health-e News takes a look back at South Africa’s history of tobacco control.
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Alleged glue addicts terrorise Tigane residents
Haartebesfontein - Residents of Tigane township, about 20km outside Klerksdorp, live in fear of a gang of alleged glue addicts said to be terrorising local residents.
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“Drugs destroy the real you”
OurHealth was invited to Vhembe’s Folovhodwe village to celebrate a young man's choice to stop abusing alcohol and drugs.
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Soshanguve struggles with addictions
Dan Vilazkazi, 19, from Soshanguve recently got clean after years of nyaope use but staying clean is another when drugs are everywhere.
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EC Health Department “misses” deadline
The Eastern Cape Department of Health has missed a civil society deadline to release a plan to fix the province’s crumbling health services, say activists.
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Ermelo youth ignore alcohol risks
Most students from an Ermelo high school admit to drink regularly, according to an OurHealth survey.
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The results of a 2011/12 snap shot survey on community drug use in South Africa. The study was conducted among about 7,800 participants.
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Taxes, bans save millions from tobacco deaths
Anti-smoking measures like tobacco advertising and public smoking bans, as well as higher taxes on tobacco products could prevent tens of millions of deaths across the world, according to recent research.
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Tshwane patients complain about poor care
Health workers urge patients of Tshwane’s Dilopye Clinic to put complaints in writing as community members continue to complain about poor care at doctor’s hands
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