Deputy Health Minister Dr Joseph Phaahla recently handed over two obstetric ambulances to the Hammanskraal community outside Pretoria. According to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel, the ambulances designed to save the lives of mothers and babies join a fleet of just 20 for the province.
This government circular issued on 16 October describes changes in recommended prescribing of the contraceptive implant Implanon that may affect women living with HIV, TB and epilepsy.
A range of new products, including vaginal rings and antiretroviral (ARV) injections, may soon be on offer to prevent HIV.
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When Phindile Mashaba was diagnosed with HIV she could not believe it. She says that disbelief killed her daughter.
Shortly after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, an elderly Tshwane woman has lost her fight with the disease – and left her family blaming themselves and the health system.
OurHealth talks to two Tshwane women about what they love and hate about the country’s newest birth control option.
After the passing of her sister, Sandra Madonsela* says she her sister might still be alive if she had gone for cervical cancer screening sooner.
This new Amnesty International report details barriers to antenatal care in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Amnesty International has launched an online, write-in campaign targeting Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Pravin Gordhan. The campaign is aimed at improving allegedly deadly service delivery problems Amnesty International says are contributing to maternal deaths in Mpumalanga.
When she got pregnant, a teenager from Stinkwater outside Hammanskraal says her older boyfriend's attention and financial support disappeared.
About one in 35 South African women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes but delays in treatment may be stacking the odds of survival against them.
South African sex workers may have one of the world’s highest HIV prevalence rates and addressing this is just one of six ways South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) CEO Dr Fareed Abdullah says the country can fix its HIV response.
In the wake of World Contraception Day, Health-e News caught up with Penny Ndlhovu, a proud user of the FC2 female condom to get her thoughts about the experience.
For Thabelo Mbedzi, her mother was the only person she could depend on. After recently losing her to breast cancer, she is learning how to cope with her absence.
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