A Limpopo dentist is offering free oral health screening services as the country marks National Oral Health Awareness Month this September – and has urged people to stay away from fizzy, sugary drinks which are the main tooth decay culprits.
A report issued by a community-led monitoring group found that public health facilities in Limpopo face a multitude of challenges, including a shortage of medicine, long waiting times and dilapidated infrastructure.
It's African Traditional Medicine Week and a traditional healer in Limpopo is warning people not to use traditional medicine without consulting a trained practitioner, as this could have a devastating impact on their health.
While residents in Limpopo live in a nightmare of overflowing sewage and no running water, ANC councillors have been accused of being too busy bickering instead of attending to infrastructure issues plaguing Mahwelereng.
Youngsters from Limpopo say they are ready to line up for the jab as government opens its COVID-19 vaccination rollout to individuals aged between 18 to 34.
In a bid to bring dignity to vulnerable women, a Limpopo woman is running a sanitary towel and toiletry donation initiative to improve the lives of those in need.
The family of five-year-old Michael Komape, who drowned in a pit latrine more than seven years ago, is still battling with the Department of Basic Education to ensure the eradication of unsafe and unhygienic toilets at Limpopo schools.
A group of Limpopo female surgeons and other health professionals jumped right in and volunteered to perform medical procedures on children at public hospitals in the province in celebration of Women’s month yesterday.
Family, friends and members of the LGBTIQ+ community in Limpopo have been left reeling by the brutal rape and murder of a young lesbian community health worker, in what is suspected to be a hate crime.
Given the nutritional value and importance of breastmilk, several mothers from Limpopo have spoken out in support of breastmilk donation to infants whose mothers are unable to breastfeed them.
A money-disinfecting device, that could potentially help curb the spread of COVID-19, is the latest brainchild of an aspiring inventor from Limpopo, who hopes to build on the success of his earlier invention.
While a large number of teachers and support staff in Limpopo have already been vaccinated, labour unions and health officials are scratching their heads about how vaccinated and unvaccinated staff should interact to best curb the spread of COVID-19.
Women in Limpopo are desperate to get their hands on two types of injectable contraceptives which have been in short supply for over a month. One patient has deemed the situation a ‘disaster’ which the provincial department of health reckons will be.
As the country continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines, mothers in Limpopo are worried that their children could be exposed to dangerous diseases due to a shortage of essential pediatric vaccines at pubic and private health facilities.
A woman from Khopho Village, outside Tzaneen, is planning to turn her passion for farming into an opportunity to create jobs for her community to alleviate hunger and poverty.
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