Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates speaks to the Mail & Guardian about Africa’s health challenges.
Ill residents may suffer most after the axing of Free State community health workers.
The philanthropist says the rise of the continent will depend on whether its leaders are open to learning from each other, and from their own people.
The province’s health MEC has condemned the slogans marchers on the department have been chanting, calling them insulting and inappropriate.
In a TAC march, workers in the province’s crisis-hit health sector say they will hold a night vigil every Wednesday until demands are met.
A budget spending monitoring forum says the department is on the verge of collapse and is R700-million in debt.
The HIV lobby group says over 100 of its community healthcare workers have been arrested in Bloemfontein after a night vigil sit-in.
Low carb, high fat diets don’t work better than traditional balanced diets, according to a Stellenbosch University study.
Appalling conditions in Free State hospitals reveal a health care system that seems to be corrupt from top to bottom.
In the Free State, access to health services can depend on who you know, as the tragic case of one woman illustrates.