A new proposal that aims to get more women to breastfeed says this could cut back the greenhouse gas emissions and get countries that produce the bulk of emissions to pay for it
The police are yet to determine whether the organophosphate is linked to the spaza shops where the children bought chips
The medium term budget policy statement (MTBPS) on 30 October will lay out spending intentions for the next three years. This is the first chance the government of national unity has to meaningfully display its position on fiscal policy. Despite the government’s denial that we have an austerity budget, the continuous slashes to expenditure (after adjusting […]
When Zane Wilson faced crippling panic attacks, she struggled to find help. So she decided to do something about it
Mental health in the country ranks among the worst in the world
Seven women are killed in the country each day and nearly six in 10 of such murders are at the hand of an intimate partner
Despite the termination of pregnancy being legal and offered at public and private health facilities, many women and girls still resort to backstreet abortionists
By the end of October, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) will submit a proposal to President Cyril Rampahosa with solutions to their concerns about the National Health Insurance Act. This follows a September meeting with the president. But is there hope for change? In this podcast, Mia Malan asks Ramaphosa’s special advisor, Olive Shisana, and […]
The HSRC also found that male circumcision rates had declined in the province, dropping from 52% in 2017 to 50.9% in 2022
Fixing the problems in both the public and private health system will help ensure all people in South Africa get quality and healthcare
Nearly 365 teenagers give birth in South Africa every day, with 10 of those daily births to mothers younger than 15
The Northern Cape could spend four times more per case than Gauteng, even though its health budget is far smaller.
Mashatile was delivering a keynote address at a celebration in Limpopo when he had to be carried from the stage
The Bill says the same rules should apply to vaping and traditional cigarettes and that both should be sold in plain packaging and banned in all public spaces
Health authorities say vaccines will mostly be donated, or, when available, be bought via negotiated deals with drugmakers, but with different budgets
The health department says the country has a limited number of treatments based on the number of active cases
The children are being treated as part of ’MealSA’s ‘Gift of Mobility’ programme, Raslouw Private Hospital in Pretoria and the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund
South Africa spends too much money on medical malpractice lawsuits and wants to pursue new ways to settle cases out of court
Failures in infrastructure, maintenance and governance are contributing to maternal and neonatal deaths in the province
A programme meant to allow pharmacists and nurses working at private pharmacies to prescribe HIV treatment or anti-HIV pills and jabs is on hold because of a drawn-out court case
The pens are running out in public hospitals because of Novo Nordisk’s decision to stop supplying it to the health department
President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was about the rapid spread of the disease across the continent, which reflected a ‘concerning shift in the epidemiological pattern’
The African Centres for Disease Control said so far in 2024, 13 countries had confirmed 2 863 cases and 517 deaths from the viral disease
Twenty-eight years after the first South African students left for Cuba to study medicine, an increasing number are in senior leadership positions in healthcare
Having diabetes is bad enough but heat waves, floods, air pollution and infectious illnesses make dealing with it harder and increase rates
The Clade Ib strain has already jumped borders, with cases being reported in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya in the last two weeks
But regardless of whether it is sniffed, sucked or chewed, the plant is still bad for people’s health
The international community can support the continent through, for example, the transfer of technology to enable drugs and vaccines to be produced on African soil
Lenacapavir drug can be made for as little as R740 per year for each patient
CAB-LA virtually eliminates someone’s chances of contracting HIV, but costs about four times more than the government can afford to pay
Tilana Alida Louw said Dr Stephen Paul Grobler had verbally abused her, hurled profanities, insults, and used blasphemy, in front of other staff and patients
Section27, representing 44 of the bereaved families, has called for those responsible to be charged with culpable homicide