Released in April 2015, the 136-page guidelines introduce important changes in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission as well as the treatment of children and adolescents.
Thousands of rands have been spent promoting breastfeeding for babies, so why do we treat mums who do like criminals, asks Sizile Makola, who has started the #BreastfeedAnywhereAnytime social media campaign.
Carrying condoms isn’t scandalous, it’s a smart, say two young women from Johannesburg’s East Rand.
South Africa’s first national HIV stigma index has found that seven percent of HIV-positive women surveyed reported being sterilised against their will and about 40 percent reported contraception was a pre-requisite of accessing antiretrovirals (ARVs).
A mother of five in Limpopo alleges she has been sent from pillar to post for almost three years in her desperate attempt to get her hernia properly treated.
In her latest column on mental health, writer Jocelyn Fryer talks about what bipolar treatment meant for her body and what her new body meant for her.
Nthabeleng Moloi alleges that Bethlehem’s Bohlokong Clinic closed its doors and sent her away after she arrived at the clinic in labour. She ultimately delivered her baby by herself.
The Department of Health is launching a new, cell phone app to take health messaging to the country’s young people – and asking youth to help.
Exams, pregnancy and a new baby – life for 17-year-old Busi Sibande* had been hectic, which is why her family thought nothing of her strange behavior until the new mum was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
East Rand women may be waiting months for life-saving cervical cancer screenings as the new Natalspruit Hospital battles a back log of screenings dating back to July 2014.
Doris Nkosi, 35, says she spent years digging her own grave by smoking and neglecting her health until the words of her 5-year-old son changed all that.
Priscilla Mkhwanazi was always her mother’s favourite but being the apple of her mother’s eye came at a high price as she tells OurHealth’s Cynthia Maseko.
Sarah Masinga* was a sister, grandmother and a friend to many living with HIV in Daantjie. Sarah recently lost her months’ long battle with cervical cancer.
Shoshanguve mums say they are connecting with the Department of Health’s new MomConnect SMS service.
People with disabilities may be differently abled but they have sex just like everyone else – a reality that health workers, policies and sex education programmes have not caught up with, according to the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC).
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