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Bhekisisa Team

Physician, exercise thyself
Article
/ 6 August 2015

Physician, exercise thyself

Doctors can get patients to take better care of themselves by setting a good, healthy example.

By Bhekisisa Team
Cuffed for no crime, kicked to the kerb
Article
/ 30 July 2015

Cuffed for no crime, kicked to the kerb

Instead of the care she sought, a vulnerable patient found further distress in a PE hospital.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
Online drugs a big turn-off
Article
/ 8 July 2015

Online drugs a big turn-off

Despite the risks, many South Africans continue to buy black market aphrodisiacs over the internet.

By Ina Skosana and Bhekisisa Team
Meet the Khayelitsha compliers club
Article
/ 25 June 2015

Meet the Khayelitsha compliers club

Communities are bringing HIV monitoring and dispensing out of the clinics and into their homes.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
SA’s bold move on salt gets off to a shaky start
Article
/ 2 June 2015

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.

By Karen Charlton and Bhekisisa Team
Motsoaledi refutes claims SA faces drug shortages
Article
/ 25 May 2015

Motsoaledi refutes claims SA faces drug shortages

The health minister says the media portrays the department as failing to provide drugs for patients, but supply is also subject to business decisions.

By Bhekisisa Team
Comment: Mother and child health must improve
Article
/ 14 May 2015

Comment: Mother and child health must improve

Increasing access to health services will prevent many mothers and newborn babies from dying.

By Mark Suzman and Bhekisisa Team
‘I gave my children booze – and now I fear for their future’
Article
/ 30 April 2015

‘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.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Genderqueer: Existing outside the binary
Article
/ 10 April 2015

Genderqueer: Existing outside the binary

When Demelza Bush was a little girl, she knew she wasn’t. And they weren’t a boy either.

By Dylan Bush and Bhekisisa Team
Comment: Do we take state help for granted?
Article
/ 2 April 2015

Comment: Do we take state help for granted?

SA’s disability allowance eases the financial and emotional burden of people with tuberculosis.

By Bhekisisa Team
Kampala is seizing TB by the horns
Article
/ 27 March 2015

Kampala is seizing TB by the horns

A private-public partnership is gaining ground in the fight against the disease in the city’s slums.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
System is in good health, insists MEC Malakoane
Article
/ 24 March 2015

System is in good health, insists MEC Malakoane

Free State Health MEC Benny Malakoane has accused the M&G of sensationalist reporting, but warned that his department will run out of money this year.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Office space – the primary health frontier of any enterprise
Article
/ 13 March 2015

Office space – the primary health frontier of any enterprise

Without good lighting, plants and privacy, the open-plan office can become a threat to the wellbeing of the people working there.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
Basson launches bid to force committee recusal
Article
/ 12 March 2015

Basson launches bid to force committee recusal

Citing a conflict of interests and an inability to be impartial, "Dr Death" wants the committee conducting the inquiry into his conduct to step down.

By Ina Skosana and Bhekisisa Team
Miners seek justice over killer dust
Article
/ 5 March 2015

Miners seek justice over killer dust

Workers afflicted with silicosis and/or TB launch historic class action lawsuit for compensation.

By Bhekisisa Team
New study holds hope for obese women to fall pregnant
Article
/ 17 February 2015

New study holds hope for obese women to fall pregnant

Researchers have identified some of the reasons obese women struggle to conceive, and warn that their babies are likely to become overweight.

By Bhekisisa Team
[From our archives] Binge-beating Banting: Why Tim’s take is hard to stomach
Article
/ 13 February 2015

[From our archives] Binge-beating Banting: Why Tim’s take is hard to stomach

Can the banting diet cure binge-eating disorder? Mia Malan follows one person’s journey.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Measles threat puts Ebola to shame
Article
/ 29 January 2015

Measles threat puts Ebola to shame

The disease is outfoxing prevention efforts, thanks in part to vaccination myths.

By Bhekisisa Team
Experimental cancer drugs effective – but with drawbacks
Article
/ 26 January 2015

Experimental cancer drugs effective – but with drawbacks

Two emerging technologies look promising, but top oncology researchers are concerned about dangers seen during clinical trials.

By Bhekisisa Team
Dr Death outfoxes his pursuers
Article
/ 22 January 2015

Dr Death outfoxes his pursuers

After 14 years of delays, the Health Professions Council should have seen what was coming in the Wouter Basson case.

By Mia Malan, Ina Skosana and Bhekisisa Team
Basson case postponed over alleged HPCSA conflict of interest
Article
/ 20 January 2015

Basson case postponed over alleged HPCSA conflict of interest

Wouter Basson’s lawyers have called for the recusal of an HPCSA committee over suspected involvement in a petition to strike him off the medical roll.

By Ina Skosana and Bhekisisa Team
Health project helps sex workers – but rogue cops a problem
Article
/ 13 January 2015

Health project helps sex workers – but rogue cops a problem

The Aids council’s programme is a "big step in the right direction", but abuse by police still needs to be tackled, says an HIV specialist.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
After drastic drop SA life expectancy rises
Article
/ 19 December 2014

After drastic drop SA life expectancy rises

While South African life expectancy dropped between 1990 and 2013, the are signs of hope again.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Public versus prison healthcare: What are the facts?
Article
/ 18 December 2014

Public versus prison healthcare: What are the facts?

Deputy Minister of Correctional Services Thabang Makwetla claims that prisoners in SA have access to better healthcare. Africa Check investigates.

By Africa Check Author and Bhekisisa Team
Comment: Good health without the fear of ruin
Article
/ 12 December 2014

Comment: Good health without the fear of ruin

Twenty years after the genocide, Rwanda’s health system is showing drastic improvements.

By Bhekisisa Team
Analysis: Tempers flare at Dr Death hearing
Article
/ 27 November 2014

Analysis: Tempers flare at Dr Death hearing

A move to ban Wouter Basson from medicine has been met with a tongue-lashing from his lawyer.

By Mia Malan and Bhekisisa Team
Xenophobia violates Health Act and migrants’ rights to care
Article
/ 27 November 2014

Xenophobia violates Health Act and migrants’ rights to care

Refugees run the border crossing gauntlet of lions, rivers, rape and theft hoping for a better life.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
E-cigarettes the enemy of the health system – Motsoaledi
Article
/ 20 November 2014

E-cigarettes the enemy of the health system – Motsoaledi

If the health minister has his way, vaping will soon be regulated like regular smoking because, he says, Big Tobacco is complicit in its rise.

By Amy Green and Bhekisisa Team
Care is cast aside beyond the city limits
Article
/ 7 November 2014

Care is cast aside beyond the city limits

Primary healthcare barely exists outside our urban centres, and apartheid-ordained inequality is stark.

By Bhekisisa Team
Cost of negligence claims impacting medical specialist recruitment
Article
/ 6 November 2014

Cost of negligence claims impacting medical specialist recruitment

Medical malpractice litigation is preventing young doctors from entering high-risk fields of medicine.

By Ina Skosana and Bhekisisa Team
Caution urged as new Aids combatant proposed
Article
/ 4 November 2014

Caution urged as new Aids combatant proposed

A French team of scientists have proposed a process called "endogenisation", believed to have neutralised other viruses in humans in the past.

By Bhekisisa Team
Health-fad herb may reduce ARV efficacy, report warns
Article
/ 2 October 2014

Health-fad herb may reduce ARV efficacy, report warns

Experts believe Ginkgo biloba, a natural product used in vitamin supplements, may be harmful if taken together with HIV medication.

By Bhekisisa Team
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