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Hepatitis C : New hope as treatment prices set to drop

Health Systems, News

The cost of treating Hepatitis C In South Africa will drastically decrease in the coming months. Currently, a 3-month treatment course is R19,984 per patient. The National Health Department says the price cut will make treatment much more affordable. Health…

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
June 1, 2023

Hospital Horror: Babies found in dirty laundry

News

A woman who works in the laundry section of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg says she frequently deals with an array of horror finds among the linen – from amputated limbs to babies; dead and alive.

Bernadette Maguire
April 17, 2019

Distributing clean needles to curb the spread of HIV

Health

The Step Up Project runs needle exchange programmes with injecting drug users in Cape Town, Durban and Tshwane.

kyla
April 21, 2016

South Africa’s ‘other’ virus

Health

No one knows how many South Africans are living with hepatitis C but the virus affects everyone from injecting drug users to suburban housewives. For decades, Hep C treatment was priced out of reach. Now, South Africa is importing new, better and cheaper drugs but a cure still comes at a cost.