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Officials discover an illegal drug rehab in a North West shack

News

Officials have discovered an illegal drug rehabilitation run from a shack in the North West, where nyaope addicts were “chained down like dogs.”

PreciousMashiane
September 8, 2020

Educating rural communities about cancer

‘I was 31 years old and I knew nothing about cancer’ – A survivor uses her experience as education

Health

After discovering she had stage four breast cancer at 31, a survivor is using her experience to educate rural communities like the one she grew up in.

NdivhuwoMukwevho
August 19, 2020

There are lessons from HIV on how to effectively respond to Covid-19 and beyond, says UNAIDS

After a ground breaking study on contraceptives and HIV, what have we learned?

Health, Women's Health

A year after the Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes study, experts take a look at the current state of Sexual and Reproductive Health care.

Marcia Moyana
August 15, 2020

Mpumalanga launches its first oncology centre

News

Many cancer patients in the province had no choice but to travel a long distance to Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Gauteng, about 300km away, to receive oncology treatment. This ends now.

cynthiamaseko
August 30, 2019

Lupus patients unable to get medicine

Our Health

South Africans who suffer from the lupus are not able to get access to the only medicine developed to treat the auto-immune disease because it has not yet been registered here.

Marcia Moyana
April 2, 2019

Lupus patients unable to get medicine

Our Health

South Africans who suffer from the lupus are not able to get access to the only medicine developed to treat the auto-immune disease because it has not yet been registered here.

Marcia Zali
April 2, 2019

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

Taking the itch out of eczema

Our Health

Mpumalanga - Nomonde wears the scars of eczema on her face but the 9-year-old girl carries invisible scars from being bullied because of her skin condition.

cynthiamaseko
November 13, 2018

Depression: Treat to defeat

Our Health

Mpumalanga - Carol Ngcamane was recently diagnosed with depression and is slowly coming to terms with the diagnosis.

cynthiamaseko
October 17, 2018

Landmark ARV pricing deal to save SA billions

News

Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health, says a landmark pricing deal announced by UNAids will accelerate the availability of the first affordable, generic, single-pill HIV treatment.

healthe
September 22, 2017

‘I am HIV positive not cursed’

News, Our Health

Mpumalanga – A young man, diagnosed with HIV and advised to start anti-retroviral treatment, chose instead to please his family and turn to the church for help.

cynthiamaseko
May 4, 2017

Township TB drive highlights disease dangers

Health, News, Our Health

SOWETO – A door-to-door campaign conducted at Jabulani Hostel in honour of TB awareness month revealed that while many residents are infected, a high number of them have been defaulting on their treatment.

lungilethamela
April 5, 2017

Patients stranded after clinic torched

News, Our Health

Recent protest action by angry residents at Duduza in Ekurhuleni has left sick people in a vulnerable position after their local clinic was so badly damaged it can no longer function.

EsauDlamini
April 4, 2017

Pets neglect pose scabies risk to humans

News, Our Health

Disadvantaged rural communities in parts of KwaZulu Natal are at risk of contracting scabies from exposure to pets with sarcoptic mange.

SandileMbili
March 29, 2017

Animal TB – a looming threat to humans say researchers

Health Systems, News

Animal TB (termed zoonotic TB) poses a greater threat to human health and the economy than previously thought, according to a report published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases last week.

Amy Green
October 7, 2016

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