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Survey uncovers shortages in critical medication
A survey of stock levels of HIV drugs is in stark contrast to health department claims that "there is no shortage".
Government tackles TB in prisons
Initiatives in the past four years have greatly increased inmates’ access to healthcare.
Overcrowded jails deadly, inhumane
The situation of detainees in remand is so bad, it exceeds the punishment of incarceration.
SA’s bold move on salt gets off to a shaky start
South Africans consume between 7.8 and 9.5g of salt per day, exceeding the World Health Organisation’s one teaspoon recommendation per day.
Analysis: Why doesn’t medicine measure up to SA’s transformation ideal?
Student demographics are shifting, but academic staff remain predominantly white
‘Once he says he doesn’t want a condom, that’s that’
Gender imbalances in intimate relationships make it difficult for women to decide when, if at all, to have children.
HIV researchers, citizens must be part of decisions
If the progress we see today is anything to go by, it means we are closer than ever to having an HIV vaccine.
Birth control implant needs a shot in the arm
Poor training of nurses may have led to severe reactions to a new contraceptive device.
Mother and child health must improve
Increasing access to health services will prevent many mothers and newborn babies from dying.
‘Magic’ vs science: Matter of choice
Homeopathy may now be regulated but many remedies remain untested.
When the long wait for treatment turns deadly
Johannes Mnguni believes his wife would still be alive if a Mpumalanga clinic had done its job.
‘I gave my children booze – and now I fear for their future’
In a binge-drinking community parents often give their children alcohol, or they get it in the womb.
Prisoners’ health rights routinely violated in SA’s jails
The HIV and TB epidemics are being exacerbated by a chronic shortage of health workers in prisons.
Tense debate over ethics of trial on link between HIV, contraception
Health experts are at loggerheads over research that raises questions about the possible link between the contraceptive injection and HIV.
Washable pads have the potential to bring dignity to all women
Reusable sanitary towels are cheaper than regular pads and tampons but the state is failing to distribute these to schoolgirls from poor families.
Headache a day helps HPCSA keep media at bay
The council issued an incorrect media statement on its Tim Noakes hearing on Friday. But its media blunders are not new.