After 2022, the Ngcobo Community Health Centre in the rural Eastern Cape ceased operating 24 hours every day because spiralling crime and dry taps made it impossible for workers to operate at night
The health department said it is investigating the local transmission of the disease after the infected patients were found to have no travel history
After eight years at the helm of the University of Cape Town’s department of medicine, Ntusi says it is ‘time for somebody else to come and lead’
The digital solution was designed to inform patients, improve healthcare outcomes and protect doctors
If the circumstances in which a health system has to work aren’t fixed, simply passing a law to give everyone access to healthcare won’t change things for the better
Limpopo consistently ranks as one of the provinces with the lowest reading outcomes in Sepedi
Deputy Minister Parks Tau reiterated the government’s stance that medical aid tax breaks will be forfeited to fund the proposed universal health care plan
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, about 150 people died from TB every day in South Africa in 2022
About 83 out of every 100 people in our country depend on the public sector for their health care
People often rely on antidepressant medicine alone, when the power of collective song and dance is a neglected channel for increased endorphins, dopamine and lowered cortisol
A proposed treaty and law changes would compromise national and health sovereignty
We can tackle inequality in access to medicines by reshaping the systems, policies and practices under which life-saving medicines are produced, priced and distributed
People who live close to coal-fired power plants continue to fall ill from breathing in dirty air
There is some reason to celebrate the latest version of the draft Pandemic Accord, a deal drawn up to prevent a repeat of Covid’s worst effects. But it’s still too soon to look away
The health of young women and girls is shaped by gender-based inequalities and violence
About 3.9 million people in South Africa are beneficiaries of the grant, which is currently at R2 080 per person a month
An innovative digital locker means that thousands of public health patients won’t wait for hours in a clinic queue to collect medication
Still, the South African Medical Association says government doctors in the country aren’t paid enough
The service provider, LNG, has been ordered to pay back the profit earned from the R113.2 million contract
Unregulated tariffs and the lack of low-cost benefit schemes drive up the price of medical aid premiums, causing patients to feel the pain
The Foundation for Professional Development has harnessed local ownership to provide quality care
South Africa has close to 700 medical doctors who haven’t been able to find a job in the public sector since qualifying
But there are still not enough vacancies for junior doctors, according to the minister
It is an unfortunate reality that the healthcare system is still failing the majority of South Africans
The defence force only re-employed the woman after being threatened with litigation
Tobacco ads have been banned in many countries for years, but Big Tobacco is finding ways to get around the rules — like partnering with Formula 1 to punt their new products to a global audience
USAID has pumped $45 million in grant funding to support the work of a consortium of top African scientists from eight countries
Implementation trials start soon in South Africa to help researchers find out what will make people use a two-monthly anti-HIV jab
Meet the doctor who, for 25 years, has worked tirelessly to transform the trauma unit at Bara, the largest hospital in Africa
A new report from the World Economic Forum shows that Africa is most vulnerable to health-related losses
Because it involves one partner who provides the other with a reward in exchange for sex, it’s not an equal power relationship
Bill which aims to provide universal care through a state-run fund is being reviewed by President Cyril Ramaphosa