With high levels of traditional medicine use among pregnant women at Bertha Gxowa Hospital outside Johannesburg, traditional medicine should always be a topic of discussion between health workers and patients, says one doctor.
Women with breast cancer who do exercise, even at moderate levels, have a lower risk of death, according to research presented yesterday at the 2014 World Cancer Congress in Melbourne, Australia.
In January, the country will introduce a big change in antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for pregnant women with HIV. Health workers in the Western Cape, which has been operating under the new treatment plan for over a year, warn that the change means more than just pills for expecting mums.
People with HIV are at higher risk of developing cancer and with more than six million people living with HIV in the country, South Africa faces the threat of an HIV-related cancer epidemic.
As the country celebrates 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, Lusikisiki residents came together to raiser awareness about rape, but argue that safety, and access to justice and care should be priorities 365 days a year.
Two breast cancer survivors are separated by less than two kilometres, but the gap in their access to treatment may be much wider.
Mary Mavuso,* 31, has been raped four times in her life. As the world marks the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, Mavuso talks to OurHealth's Cynthia Maseko about how she may found happiness now but her past continues to haunt her.
As the world prepares to mark the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, the rural community of Wrenchville outside Kuruman mourns the death of another young woman.
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality hopes that by partnering with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), it can reach ambitious targets laid out in the country’s national HIV and tuberculosis (TB) plan.
Hammanskraal NGO Lesedi Care Givers north of Pretoria held a day-long event to raise awareness about HIV and gender-based violence (GBV).
With more than 100 informal settlements in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, taking HIV prevention and care into communities is crucial in addressing the metro’s high HIV prevalence rate, says local government.
Roads in John Dube Village outside Johannesburg are so bad that ambulances cannot reach critical patients. Instead, patients must walk or be carried to the main road to receive emergency help.
Health workers and home-based care givers from Limpopo’s Matavehela village recently spent the day at the local secondary school to take sex education out of the clinic and into the classroom.
More than three decades into South Africa’s HIV epidemic, treatment is widely available and HIV is no longer a death sentence – but stigma might be.
One couple talks to Health-e News about sex after “the snip” of medical male circumcision.
