Analysis: Why policy is failing community health workers
Community workers are twiddling their thumbs while the state drags its heels on a new strategy, writes Mia Malan.
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
Some researchers say e-cigarettes are less toxic than tobacco, but they are certainly addictive.
Ignoring prenatal HIV care leads to a lifelong burden
Mothers blame themselves and their children can never give up their antiretrovirals.
[From our archives] Former Free State health MEC: They call me a killer, I...
In this 2014 interview, former Free State health MEC Benny Malakoane says that detractors are still alive is proof of the good work under his watch.
Cerebral palsy: ‘To take care of others, you must start with yourself’
Cerebral palsy does not only affect one person, it alters the lives of the family as well.
SA can learn from Brazil’s health model
The favelas are served by teams of community workers, who are the doctors' eyes and ears.
Double stigma leaves gay men with little hope
Stereotyping prevents men who sleep with other men from accessing proper treatment and prevention of HIV infection.
Layoffs prove to be a bitter pill to swallow
Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
‘I won the battle to beat bipolar’
The condition is widely misunderstood but it can be treated successfully with the right medication.
Maximum intervention prescribed
The HPCSA failed to rein in medical aid schemes — now it’s up to the Competition Commission
Is obesity all in the head?
Scientists believe the brain is key to treating weight problems, and are closing in on answers.
How a dying woman’s bed was taken by an ANC official
In the Free State, access to health services can depend on who you know, as the tragic case of one woman illustrates.
Life-saving medical care not available to ‘people of nothing’
Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.
Prosthetics give the poor a leg up
An NGO is changing lives by giving prosthetic limbs to amputees from rural and poor areas.
How long do we have to wait for Dr Death to be punished?
The much-anticipated sanctioning of Wouter Basson has still not happened, 13 years later.
Mpumalanga healthcare limps to aid of ailing poor
These stories show how complex health is in Mpumalanga, and how few opportunities there are for disempowered people to change their circumstances.