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Motsoaledi: Why I use government hospitals
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has promised to get state facilities running to the highest standards.
Gold industry’s appeal in miners’ silicosis class action is shameful
Widows and children stand to inherit damage claims from the mining industry, but their decision to appeal doesn't bode well.
Labour contracts stall upgrades to Mamelodi Hospital
The Gauteng health department has admitted to problems at the facility, seen by the public protector.
KZN traffic officers wrongly conducting HIV tests
KwaZulu-Natal traffic officers have allegedly stopped drivers at the Mooi River Toll plaza on the N3 and forced them to take HIV tests.
TB: A dire struggle to keep up on path of increased resistance
Less than half of those treated for resistant strains of TB survive. It's just not good enough.
It’s time to stop treating sexual violence as just coincidental to HIV infections
A national policy on sexual assault has been in draft form for years. Now, the country now has the chance to put survivors of sexual violence first.
[READ] The Gauteng health department’s budget speech 2019/20
Health MEC Bandile Masuku tables his inaugural budget before the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. In the speech, areas such as health facility upgrades and security...
Why COVID school closures are making girls marry early
The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade.
‘I saw the world through the blurry lens of an oxygen tent’
With the severe effects of the habit on the unborn child now widely known, why do pregnant mothers refuse to give up?
Doctors use a torch to do operations
"This year we've been running out of simple things, such as Panado," says one doctor.
Mother mentors a boost for health
HIV-positive pregnant women get sound advice from mothers who can empathise.
Doctors must be taught how to be better counsellors on lifestyle choices
People who smoke and drink too much, don’t exercise and eat unhealthily are likely to suffer from non-communicable diseases, such as heart disease.
Figures & feelings: How trust can help repair a broken health system
More than two decades ago, an unthinkable genocide rocked Rwanda. What happened next could be a study in how to remake a health system from its ashes and why metrics are a mix of evidence — and trust.
Abused from the womb
Pregnant women who drink alcohol put their unborn children at greater risk than they think, writes Mia Malan.
Obese SA has to get a move on
There is a simple way to combat chronic lifestyle diseases, and that is to eat properly and exercise.