New youth-friendly services launched to curb HIV infection rate among Durban’s...
For many young people the experience of going to a clinic to access services such as HIV testing and treatment can be very daunting.
In...
Dr Tlaleng On Advocating For Sexual Rights
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Doctor Tlaleng Mokokeng is an internationally renowned health activist, doctor and writer. In her latest book Dr T: Guide To Sexual Health and...
KZN Health’s LLETZ Procedure To Curb Cervical Cancer Deaths
The department of health in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday unveiled 15 new cervical cancer machine to help reduce the waiting periods for cervical cancer treatment...
“There is something sick in the area”
Mpho Tshele is a 61-year-old grandmother living in Snake Park, in the heart of Soweto. She looks after her 11-old-grandson, Koketso, who suffers from...
We need to be talking about the obesity epidemic, locally and...
Dean Ryan* (34) could not fall asleep unless he took sleeping pills. It was difficult for him to get in and out of his...
Final Year Medical Students Raise Concerns Around Graduation
Final year medical students are concerned they may not be able to graduate this year. As the COVID-19 lockdown continues in South Africa, many...
Durban Floods: Devastation Lingers For Victims
Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Durban this week, claiming lives and leaving hundreds of families devastated and destitute after homes were swept away...
#LifeEsidimeni arbitration should hold health department accountable
Led by former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, an arbitration process to help resolve the deaths of over 100 mentally ill patients after they...
Understaffed and overworked: what it’s like working in South Africa’s public...
The Department of Health (DoH) is having difficulty placing young medical graduates in internship positions. The Daily Vox has spoken to a number of...
Nursing Students Angry Over Mismanagement, Unfair Exam
Third-year students at the Ann Latsky Nursing school in Johannesburg protested on October 11 after raising concerns since the start of the year about...
“There is no dignity in poverty and even worse in disabled...
I was recently one of the unfortunate grant recipients who was left stranded by the government at the beginning of January. When we could...
Nurses Are Vital Part Of COVID-19 Response
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Bhelekazi Mdlalose is a forensic nurse working with Doctors Without Borders (MSF Southern Africa). As a part of the health workers' response...
Sending smoke signals: lessons from the ban on advertising tobacco products
In the second part of this series we looked at how the banning of alcohol advertising would contribute to lessening the burden alcohol-related incidents...
Important Resources For The Lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on March 24 that South Africa would be going into a 21-day lockdown. These measures are being put in place...
Migrants in South Africa have access to healthcare: why it’s kicking...
A political storm has erupted in South Africa after a video went viral showing the health minister for the Limpopo province – which borders...
Emergency services in South Africa are overwhelmed: how one community created...
In a medical emergency, the time it takes emergency services to respond could be the difference between survival or death. Ambulance response time is...
Everyone’s hyping up Ivermectin but there’s not yet conclusive evidence that...
AfriForum has brought an urgent court application against the South African Health Products Rights Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) and Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to...
Draft bill could limit access to safe abortions
A proposed Bill by the African Christian Democratic Party could endanger legal abortions in South Africa, doctors have warned.
The ACDP’s amendment to the 1996...
5 Alternatives To “Listeria Meat”
South Africans are suffering a polony panic. This came after an Enterprise Foods facility in Polokwane, Limpopo was pointed as the ground zero for...
Treatment Action Campaign not pleased with David Makhura’s absence at #LifeEsidimeni...
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was not pleased when it learnt that Gauteng premier David Makhura, did not attend the #LifeEsidimeni arbitration hearings on...
